1 his Papei Has Enlisted
With the Government in
the Cause of America for
the Period of the War
- VOL. DC.
M
GERMAN EMPIRE IN TMKOES
QUIT THE EMPIRE
Kaiser's Son and His Succes
sor Take "French Leave'"
For Tall Timbers.
IS GREAT EXCITEMENT
llerlin Banks Suspend. Chancellor
Maximilian Issues Statement Lute
today, Setting ..Forth. His
Government's Plans.
(By Associated Press.)
Paris, Nov. 9. The abdication of
Emperor William has been officially
announced from Berlin, according to
a telegram to the Dispatch from Ba
sel, Switzerland. ,
HAVAS CABBIES IU5POBT.
.Paris, Nov. . The Basel, Hwitzer
land, 11satch, regarding the abdica
tion of the Kaiser, was curried by the
Havos ..Agency, ..the ..semi-official
French News agency.
THBONB IS RENOUNCKD.
London, Nov. 9. -A German wire1-
less message received .this afternoon
states: " - -. :
"Gorman Imperial Chancellor, the
Prince Maximilian, has issued the fol
lowing decree: "The kaiser ami
kng has decided to renounce the
throne.. The chancellor will remain
in ofllce until the situation connected
with the abdication of the kaiser, the
reuouncng by the German . crown
prince of the throne of the German
empire and Prussia and the setting
up of a regency have been settled.
For the regency he intends to appoint
Deputy Ebort as chanceUor and pro
poses that a bill be brought in estab
lishing a law for the immediate pro
mulgation of general suffrage and for
a constitutional German ..assembly,
which wiU settle finally the future
form of government of the German
nation and those peoples which might
be desirous of coining within the em
pire." (Signed)
IMPERIAL CHANCEIJiOB.
EMPEROR'S SON A BDIOATES.
London, Nov. 9. A telegram from
Copenhagen late this afternoon as
serts that Emperor William's son-in-law,
duke of Brunswick, and his suc
cessor, have also abdicated. ..The re
volution is now spreading all over
western Germany, having reached Co
logne. Berlin banks are reported as
having stopped all payments of de
posits owing to the great rush Oint
is being mode upon them tody
BESIGNATION NOT ACCEPTED.
Copenhagen, Nov. 9. Emperor
William has not yet accepted the res
ignation of Prince Maximillian as
chancellor. He has asked that Max
imillian continue provisionally until
the emperor's final decision is reach
ed. ' ,
GERMANY PLANS AN ELECTION.
.Berne, Switzerland, .Nov... 9. A
Berlin message says that groups are
forming as a majority of the Belchs-
. . at .In. annmuihinir HUH.
tag no I" ." '.' "i o
slon a plan for the election to the
Reichstag ana ioer.i.uu m
- .1 flamu. AtAtM tV eanal.
IDrouuu v. ...... .
direct and secret ballot following the
principles of proportionate represen
tation and all without distinction of
sex.
Copenhagen, ..Nov. . Kmperor
in in noruieru
parted, has spread to Hanover, Ol-
denour wiu
ENTDIE FRENCH FRONT ACTIVK.
Paris Nov. w. xne rrenc-j. wuij
today resnmed their forward march
along the entire front. .
OUSTING THE HUNS.
.Associated Press War Lead, Nov. 9.
While Germany Is considering tlie
fUlied armistice terms, the British,
French and Amercan armies are car
rying on tlie task of eliminating the
German and freeing French soil of
tlie invaders. The allied forces have'
been so successful In their efforts In
this direction that the territory for
merly held by the Huns in France has
been reduced from 10,000' to ' 2500
square miles and tlie enemy has been
driven sixty-four .miles farther from
Paris during the allied offensive.
Evidently badly wrought up over tlie
fact of the continual gains made by
our forces, revolutionary movements
are spreading to a great degree,
especially Is this a fact in the north
western part of tlie empire. ,
NO WORD ON THE ARMISTICE.
Washington, Nov. 0. A'o word ha
been received by General Foch fron
tlie German high, command since the
courier ..started ..back1 through the
battle line lost night, so far as the
American government has been ad
vised today. - ' nwt
. COURIER IS DELAYED.
London, Nov. 9. The British press
announced late tliis afternoon that
owing to the heavy German barrage
and machine gun fire, the courier
from General Foch's headquarters to
Sjmi had been delayed and was not
exftected to reach German headquar
ters until this afternoon, consequent
ly it is unlikely that any decsion will
be reached today.
ALL ARE GIVING
For Winning of War and Mak
ing World Safe-f or--- -.
Democracy.
MUCH DEPENDS ON MAN
Millions of Friends Will Look Into
Eyes of tlie Millions of Return- .
cd Soldiers For First Hand
Information in Service.
(Pour-minute talk, by J. C. Spencer.)
We have given and are giving our
selves whole-heartedly to "winning
tlie war." We believe that the end
must come soon. ' The news of 11
may be published on the same page
with these words. We are "making
the world safe for democracy." Bui
the sort of democracy that shall live
in the world after the war is over,
will depend entirely on the sort ot
men, who shape and direct it.
As millions of friends look Into the
eyes of the four million men whr
return from training camp and over
seas service, they will ask but one
question, "What sort of man hat
come back?" And before they have
been 'home very long, the question
will be answered. . There will be told
In long story and casual allusion the
magnificent work of these great wel
fare organizations that have follower
the soldier from the point of entrain
ment into the very front line o
trenches, and have been a constan'
reminder to him of the fact that thr
"folks at name" did not forget hln
when they sent him out to fight tlr
Boche.
He will tell you of the lrksomt
routine of camp life made brlghte'
by the games, the ontertalnments an
the good fellowship of the huts, o
the coffee and chocolate that came
just when they were needed in the
fearful onrush of the drive, of the
splendid Influence of the hostes
houses, of the opportunity for writ
ing the home letter, of the hot baths
and the comforts of rest billets, of
the mighty moral Influence exerted
by the devoted men and women who
manager, all these, and the continual
reminder that the people "over here"
were providing them for the boyp
anywhere and everywhere tney might
(to.
And then friend reader, he may
have a question for you. He may
say. with a question In his voice, "I
hope you did all you could for those
organizations, for they certainly were
the great forces that, along with our
discipline, Kept us at. our Dest anu
helped' to win the war."
Now Is your chance to make good,
and begin to get your answer ready.
Already the estimates for these seven
great organizations have been found
to be too small. We must go over
the top with a hlg oversubscription
or they will fall, perhaps at some
vital point. Oet your checks and
vour money reauy lor next Monday
and then give and give and give, to
save the armies that saved the world.
J. C. SPENCER, Four-minute Man
the Only Paper in
ROSKBUlifl, DOUGLAS
SLAPPED IN FACE
General March Comments on
Garbled "Peace" Report
Given to the Public.
STOPS IMPORTANT WORK
Essential Supplies Going to Our Boys
in France, Handicapped By tlie
Buthless Fabrication that
is Given to Worhl.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Nov. 9. Gen. March
today cluiracterized the publication of
the erroneous announcement that the
urmistice had been signed by German
representatives Thursday morning,
us very bod for tile military progrum
now under way in the United States.
"For instance", the General stated,
"in New York tlie stevedores engaged
In loading very essential supplies for
the "..expeditionary ...forces ..stopped
work and 'did not return at all on
that day or the next and .the. army
food shipments were thus badly de
layed." He further stated that the
American .uiiny. would remain in
France some time, even when peace
had been declared. .
LAST.- ARTERY IS SEVERED.
Washington, Nov. 0. Gen. March
in a statement this morning said that
the capture oi Maubeuge by the Brit
ish troops marks a severance of the
last German artery to that sector and
makes it utterly Impossible for the
enemy to shift their forces to meet
a new attack. The 01st division,
comprising Paciflo Coast troops, arc
now on the heights of Ardcnnrde on
the Scheldt river in Flanders operat
ing with the British, while Pershing's
ilrst army lias advanced into Hun
territory for a distance of thirty
miles in the last eight days.
BRITISH TROOPS ACTIVE.
London, Nov. 9. The British
troops have captured the fortress of
Maubeuge anil are now pushing 'u
head to the south. They have crossed
the river Scheldt in the Flanders
front north of Tournnl on on Ex
tremely wido front.
HUNS TRY STOP YANKS.
With the Americans at Sedan, Nov.
(. 'Hie American army east of the
Mouse are1 continuing to advand?
despite the fact that tlie Huns arc
glutting up a strong machine gun re
sistance today.
BAVARIAN CAPITAL UPSETl
I'aris, ..Xov. ..0. -Kurt Eisner, a
Munich newspaper man and promin
ent socialise. Is reported as the leader
n a revo -it -on being carried out in
the Hava-liii' capital, and it Is pro
claimed dial he may be made presi
dent of the Bavarian republic.
SUNDAY WORK IS STOPPED.
Washington, Nov. The navy au
thorities have ordered the discontin
uance of all Sunday work in the navy
yards and other shore stations of
the navy. The production is now ev
ceedlng the requirements In most till
essentials.
SOLDIERS' TRAIN WRECKED,
.Aurora, 111., Nov. 9. An east-bound
special train from Camp Grant, car
rying camp fans to a football game
at Chicago, was wrecked sir miles
east of here today. ..Three soldiers
were killed and 20 Injured according
to report received from the wreck
B.L
PASSED AWAY TODAY
Clifford Hyiand, aged K,. and a
brother of B. L. Hyiand, local ntana
ger for the Standard Oil Co.. parsed
away at Eugene this morning after
an illness of several weeks. The
young man was first taken 111 with
Spanish Influenza, after which pneu
monia developed. Befote fully re
covering from the latter affliction, a
Roseburg Carrying Associated.Press Dispatches
COUNT, OREGON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1918.
severe attack of appendicitis develop
ed which necesslated an Immediate
operation. His weakened condition
was against him and while every pos
sible effort was made to rally the
young man, this was without avail
and he missed away this morning.
)He was a student at : the Eugene
I High school ana very popular among
his associates. Mr. and Mrs. Hyiand
will leave here uiis evening for Eu
gene to be present at the funeral,
which will probably occur tomorrow
afternoon.
The teachers' of Roseburg met
with Superintendent Aubrey . 0.
Smith at the high school this morn
ing and received their warrants for
the past months' pay. It is the pur
pose of the Superintendent to make
up the work, which has been missed
by lengthening the school .day and
cutting holidays short.,, ;-
Numerous inquiries have reached
the ofllce of the District Attorney,
George tNeuner, Jr., who Is also the
Government Appeal agent, from per
sons within the drafUage regarding
the necessity of filling out questlo
naires and the classifying of registr
ants of September 12, 1918, since the
rumors to ,tne effect that Germany
has capitulated and the armistice
having been signed with the; other
bellingerents. In answer to 'thin, the
Government Appeal Agent says, word
s received by the department to pro
ceed with all dispatch the classifying
of registrants, and every person with
in the draft, who fails to return his
questlonaires, or falls to submit to
physcal examination, when called,
will be reported as delinquent and
will be treated as such. Therefore,
every registrant must submit his
nuestionaire and be classified and ex
amined, If called, irrespective of any
impending armlstce or contemplated
peace. A falure on tlie part ot tne
registrant may subject him to em-
barrasment tnd severe penalties.
FROM FRANK ALLEY
A very Interesting collection of
war relics and souvenirs sent by one
of Roseburg's old-time progressive
citizens, Sergeant Frank Alley, who
si at present serving with a corps of
Canadian railroad construction en
gineers in France, appears today in
the large display window of Rice &
Rice, real estate dealers. The col
lection was sent to Mr. AIley'B dau
ghter, Frances. .
In the ulsplay are a large number
of foreign coins, a Portuguese two
cent piece, an English ha'penny, a
Belgian 2and one-half cent piece, a
French penny, which Is worth 2 cents
of our money, a centlssinil, which is
equivalent to two-fifth of one cent In
American coinage, and several Ca
tholic medallions with charactestic
religious inscriptions. A helmet,
which, judging from the dents on It's
surface, has seen considerable service
on the head of German Boche, is also
shown. Copies of forolKn magazines,
the Stars and Stripes, published In
Paris particularly for the A. E. F.,
News of the World and the Daily
Chronicle and Express irom London,
are among the interesting features
of the collection. There Is also a
wing from; the wrecked Hun plane
which was brought down by our
American aviators. One of tha unique
articles sent by Mr. Alley Is a time
worn text book on German classical
philosophy, which has been edited
by Dr. William Kroll, professor of
nhllosonhy. at the University of Leip
zig. This little volumne, printed In
the German language, Is filled with
many of the Insidious preachings of
the German Ideal of nationalism, that
Is. the right of the strong to rule.
Sergeant Alley has been serving
with the ianad'an forces lor about
two years and haB been associated
with some of tne most difficult feats
of railroad engineering effected by the
Canadians In France.. During the
time. Sergeant Alley made his home
In HosebuTK. he was one of the fore-
most citizens of the city, always
ready to do everything In his power
for the upbuilding and advancement
i ot municipal affairs.
UNITED WAR WORK
DRIVE EXPLAINED
Details Concerning Its Form
ation, Object and Character
Fully Outlined. . ...
THE 7 ORGANIZATIONS
Cover a Wido ScoN In Dealing With
tlie Problems That Go to Moko
' Our Men Comfortable at the
Battle Front.
(Article by S. C. Bartrum, Four-Minute
Man.)
The drive next week for f 170,
600,000 .by the United War Work
Campaign may not be understood by
some. I will therefore endeavor to
briefly explain Its formation, objects
and the character of its work.
The United War Work Campaign
Is the merging, (at the request of
President Wilson), of seven powerful
and responsible organizations In co
ordinating their war work on the
Bess, in the camp and on the fleld
for the purpose of economy and ef
ficiency and to avoid duplication of
effort, both in ne appeal for funds
an its expenditure.'
These seven organizations are the
Young Mens Christian Association,
Young Womens vhrlstlan Associa
tion, Nntional Catholic War Council.
Jewish Welfare Board, War Camp
Community Service, American Li
brary Association and Salvation Ar
my, The funds collected will be
distributed upon a pro-rata basis
among the Beven societies participat
ing in the campaign.
These organizations are doing, an!
have done, since the war began, a
wonderful work. The magnitude-of
their combined efforts Is simply col
lossal. Never In the history of the
world has anything annroached It.
Their work, made possible with your
subscribed funds, Is extending to our
soldier boys in the camp, on tne Boas
and "over there"- every homelike
comfort that it Is possible to give.
They eliminate that foe of every ar
my, 'leisure.' which is the harbor of
that most dreaded and Infectious dis
ease, "homesickness", by giving to
your hoy thnt which produces a con
tented mind. . nelr leisure, instead)
of being a liability. Is being turned
Into an asset for their future.
Your donation to this .cause Is a
direct benefit to the soldier. It se
cures for thein millions of books,
tons upon tons ot supplies, miles and
miles of motion picture films, field
sports, all kinds of healthy amuse
ments, gymnasiums and religious
services conducted by prominent
preachers, priests and rabbi. . In
short, our boys find that those thlngB
which made their home life to peas
ant before the war are represented
by these seven organizations. No
matter whether they are In the
trenches, on me Beas or In the camps
the friendly and' welcome hand Is ex
tended to them through the church,
the school, the club, the lecture hall,
the theatre and the gymnasium.
Thus the progress -and development
of the mind and the body doou not
cepsn even though we are at war.
We need have . no conscientious
scruples against subscribing to this
fund on account of the difference of
principles enunciated by the different
organizations. They are united In
a common cause, representng the
highest ana most funuamental prin
ciples of all religious sects. While
war may end In a short time, and
it probably will, the need for the
services of these seven organizations
and your funds to back them, will
be necessary for at least 18 months
or two years yet. , , .,
According to word received here
today, Thurman Boyle, who mysteri
ously disappeared" from Mare Island
about three years ago, has been lo
cated by government offlclali at a
KING YOUNG MAN
IS FINALLY LOCATED
i
REVtUTPION
home for the feeble minded In Penn
sylvania. Boyle, wjio- is about 27
years of age enlisted In the navy
about seven years ago. After Bervlng
for four years, he re-enlisted. Just
prior to the time lie disappeared from
Mare Island, Boyle had a severe at
tack of fever, during which time he'
was delirious and upon recovery, It
is assumed that, In a slightly unbal
anced condition, - he slipped1 away
from the iBland. His relatives, work
ing in cooperation with the govern
ment officials, have done their ut
most during the last three years to
locate the unfortunate young man
and just a few days ago, a govern
ment message arrived, stating that
he had been found in a hospital for
the feeble minded In Pennsylvania,
out was now, in such a condition that
he could bo sent homo at once, if
some one would come for him. Young
Boyle passed the earlier portion of
his life at Cayonville with his jarents
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Boyle: One bro
ther, Clifford Boyle, Is employed In
the local postofflce. The parents
have arranged for an attendant for
their son on the transcontinental trip
and It Is expected that he will arrive
at his home the first of the week.
RETURNS TO HIS CAMP.
Roy Phillips, who came down from
Camp Lewis to attend the funeral of
his brother, returned to camp this
morning. Mr. Phillips 1b connected
with the 76th Infantry and has been
in the service since July.
Next Monday-Is the Opening
Day of the Big Drive For
Funds City and County. '
MUST RAISE $30,000
The Amount Culled For Is Equival
ent to $2.50 For Every Man, Wo- '
man and Child In Douglas
; County. Will We Fail?
, Soliciting for the United War Work
will begin next Monday, the 11th of
November. ' The amount now called
for Is equivalent to' $2.50 for every
man, woman and child In the coun
try. The first Red Cross drive was
made for $7, COO In Douglas county.
We must raise $30,000 In thU drive
to measure up to the standard set fnv'
us. Will we fall? Two reasons are
put forth most urgently for raising
the entire amount.
First, the need. Although peace It
at hand, our hoys cannot be returned
to civil life for more than a year.
Doubtless, a large part ot the army
will be held in Enropo pending the
settlement of peace terms. Some
means must be provided for tne com
fort of our boys, for their recreation
and their occupation. It will require
a largo sum to provide these three
We need only to observe : wnat tr
going on at home to appreciate the
urgent necessity of providing whole
Borne recreation and continuous oc
cupaton for our hoyB. If tho procla
mation of peace bo upsets a large
percentage of our host citizens, hav
ing the responsibilities of their bu
siness In mind, what effect will It
have on our boys, whoso main busi
ness, that of making war, Is at ar
end? How can we look our boys Ir
the face upon their returning, I.' wr
do not continue the good work ol
the Y. M. C. A. through tho liylnr
period' from the armlstlcs to demo
bilization? Second, gratitude. A large num
ber of' our citizens ought to give P
large sum Individually out of grati
tude for tho early victory and trium
phant poace. Our boys have fought
as men never fought before. They
have brought peace haBtlly, much
sooner than we dared to hope. A
reasonable appreciation of thelt
offorts will Impel everyone to give
something, and those who have, tr
ilve liberally. Let us than glvo morr
than sao.OOO asked as a thnnks offer-
In for the triumph of our armlfr
bo early. i"u"'
General Chairman United Wai
Work Campaign.
UNITED WARWORK.
CAMPAIGNTOSTART
THE WEATHER
Tonight and Sunday: Bala.
Highest temp, yeaterday........6S
owest temp, last night,. ...... 47
NO. 967
FRED J. BLAKELEY
BACK FROM EAST
After Eighteen Months Visit
; Throughout States " Re.
turns to Roseburg.
BRIGHT FUTURE AHEAD
Business Conditions Excellent and Ho
Ijooks For Some Big Developments .
When the War Ends. Plenty '
Ijooxe Money at Itand,
Fred. J. Blakeley returned yester
day evening after an absence of near
ly two years from Roseburg, during
which time he has visited a great
number of the large eastern cities
and, In conversation with a News re
presentative this - morning, had the
following to say in reference to his
extended visit: , :-
"Now that glorious victory Deems,
almost assured for humanity it has
brought joy to the hearts ot. every
one. It 1b about all one ban think
(IK tnllr nhAllf hllf in a ohni4 llm
people will begin to think' of the
,conaiiions,or cnaugeB mat are oounn .
to come in the very near futur.
"Never In the history of the coun
try has there been so much money In :
circulation. It Is true that we have
had to take Liberty bonds and con
tribute in many other ways to 'help
carry on the conflict, xhls money
though has been spent mostly In our
country In the purchase ot munitions,
supplies, eto. Manufacturer! and
other lines of business, especially In
the east, have made money and made
It quickly. With -ne war ended they
will naturally begin to seek invest
ments. : .
"The west will come In for Its
share ot this money, Just what state
or section dependB largely upon the
efforts put forth to induce Investors
to spent their money In certain lo
calities. Oregon now has a golden oppor
tunity. She should reach out and
grasp it with a Arm hand, Just how
this should be done, I am not pre
pared to 'say, but the many advant
ages ot our state should be presented
to tho people of the east In such a
way, as to at least have these people
visit us and Investigate our resour
ces. ... . .: .... ' ,
For Che past three years the east
ern and mldule states have expe
rienced1 especially severe winters, on
every side you hear complaints about
It, not only from people living in the ,
cities and towns, but also among the
farmers. Good attractive literature
and Judicious advertising will be read
with Interest in the east and in the
end bring many people to the toast. .
Farm lands have been selling at ex
ceptionally high figures In the east, .
many farmers have taken advantage
of this, sold their lands and are
looking tor other locations, Oregon
can offer them as good, it not cetter
inducements than any other state in
the union, out one lesson we must
heed, "don't put your property on
the market at too high a price,
r This question of getting eastern
people to come, should be taken up
by the state. A few years ago,
when we had people' coming here,
each locality tried to handle its own
advertising, but the t result would
have been far better, lf,.the state had
handled It as a whole. ,
During my absonce. nearly eigh
teen months, I have been in prac
tically all the large cities . ot the
oast; most of my time though has
been spent In Detroit, Michigan.
Our people here on the coast can
hardly realize what wonderful hives
of Industry these cities are, especial
ly Pltsburg, Detroit, Cleveland and
Toledo. With the great concerns
manufacturing war munitions and
other supplies and1 the enormous
mount! of money paid out for labor,
everything seemed tb be on the move.
Florida and other of the southern
states are making a strong bid for
emigration, but they have not nearly
bo many and great Inducements to
offer as haa the Pacific coast.
I am certainly glad to be back
home, especially to meet my old
friends once more.