'0mm$ ij VOL. LVIII. NO. 18,0T9. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, '1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS. 4 t AUSTRIA-HUIIGAKY CRASHIEIG 10 111!!!! i War and Political Upheaval Wrecking Empire. SURRENDER TO ITALY NEAR Revolution Success in Hungary and Government Control Taken Over. VIENNA HAS BIG UPHEAVAL Emperor Charles Flees Capital. Count Tisza Assassin ated by Soldier. LONDON, Nov. 1. Out of the clouds of the military and political storm, which is carrying the Austro Hungarian empire down to ruins, the following news developments stood out conspicuously today: General Diaz, the Italian Commander-in-Chief, handed the armistice terms to the Austrian commander to day. Fighting on that front may stop at any time. ' Count Tisza, former Hungarian Premier, who has been charged with having a direct part in precipitating the war, has been assassinated by a soldier. Emperor Charles is reported to have fled Vienna. A successful revolution led by Count Karolyi has been carried out at Buda pest. Austrian Republic Launched. The formation of an Austrian re public, apparently under Socialist leadership, has been announced at Viepna. According to an imperial proclama tion the AUstro-Hungarian navy has been handed over to the South Slav National Council, sitting in Agram. PARIS, Nov. 1. The Austro-Hun-garian commander on the Italian iront, in asking General Diaz for an immedi ate armistice, argued that under such an arrangement Venetia would be evacuated without damage to the cul tivated areas, according to a Buda pest dispatch to LTnformation. COPENHAGEN7Nov. 1. (By the Associated Press.) A successful revo lution has taken place in Budapest and the Hungarian National Council has taken over the government, ac cording to a message sent by Count Michael Karolyi to the Berlin Tage blatt. Karolyi Announces Success. The message from Count Karolyi, who is head of the Hungarian Inde pendent party, reads: "Revolution in Budapest and Na tional Council took over government. Military police acknowledge National Council completely. Inhabitants re joicing. "KAROLYI, "President National Council." BASEL, Switzerland, No. 1. Offi cial announcement has been made in Budapest, says a telegram from the Hungarian capital today, of the forma tion of a ministry under Count Karolyi. LONDON, Nov. 1. After the proc lamation in Budapest, Archduke Joseph, the representative of the Em peror, left the city, according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Zurich. Charles Leaves Vienna. Emperor Charles, the dispatch adds, before leaving Vienna personally gave orders that all conflict with the popu lation be avoided. He instructed the authorities to yield without resistance to the new power. COPENHAGEn7Nov. 1. A dis patch from Vienna printed in the Tageblatt, of Berlin, says: "The National Assembly met at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. A vast crowd had assembled before the Diet and frantically cheered the red flag which was displayed by laborers from the suburbs of Vienna. Socialist Speaker Cheered. "Socialist members of the Diet were cheered when they addressed , the crowd in favor of a republic. "Mayor Weisskirchner tried vainly to get a hearing, but he was greeted with hisses. "Meanwhile the National Assembly (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) Progress of the War. Br the Amiociated Presfl. FROM the mountain regions of North ern Italy to the plain of Venetia and on salient sectors in Belgium and France the Teutonic armies are being violently attacked by troops of the entente. In Italy, except on several sectors in the hill country, the enemy is fast be ing: overwhelmed; in both Belgriuro and France additional splendid gains have been recorded in favor of the entente, in the achievement of which Americans took a goodly part. The Austrians and Germans are fast making their way out of Serbia, many of them already having crossed the Danube. French end Serbian cavalry have reached Belgrade, from where a fast turning movement westward along the Save River Is likely to work havoc with enemy forces coming northward in Western Serbia and those struggling northward through Albania. So far as Turkey is concerned, her capitulation is an abject one, and the Ottoman no longer Is to prove a factor in the world war. Although the new smashes of the British, French and Americans in Bel gium and France have been markedly successful toward ridding French and Belgian soil of the invaders, it is still the Italian theater on which the eyes of the world are centered. Internal strife in Germany and Austro-Hungary and continued pleadings from the dual monarchy for an armistice and a ces sation of hostilities have received scant notice when compared with the im pression that the wonderful drive of the Italians and their allies against the Austro-Hungarians has made upon the world at large. Everywhere the enemy is being de feated in Italy. In the Alpine region, where the natural barriers had acted as bastions of defense, the enemy line has been broken at salient points and the foe compelled to retreat to fur ther mountain strongholds. On the plains the retrograde movement toward the Tagliamento River is .virtually a complete rout, with allied airplanes violently attacking with machine guna the throngs of the enemy hurrying eastward, with the cavalry cutting to pieces the stragglers and the infantry and machine gunners taking a heavy toll in killed or wounded. Great numbers of the Austro-Hungarians still continue to be winnowed back of the line to the prison cages. Large quantities of stores are still fall ing into the hands of the entente forces and numerous additional towns are being liberated. More than 700 guns already have been added to the store of other trophies. In Belgium along the Scheldt from Berchem to Gavere, King -Albert's men have pressed forward in the general di rection of Ghent and at last accounts were standing on the western 'side of the canal which the Germans had hoped before the concentrated attack was be gun would prove a strong point in their northern defensive system. To the south, below Valenciennes, English and Canadians have driven the German line farther eastward over a front of six miles, inflicting exception ally heavy casualties and drawing their line almost to the outskirts -f Southern Valenciennes. Several thou sand prisoners were taken in the enter prise. On the southern part 6fthe front the French and Americans are driving northward over wide fronts, clearing the enemy from the territory which it is essential for him to hold if his line from Belgium to the Meuse is to be retained intact. RAILROAD FUND HALF GONE Two-thirds of Money Advanced Went to Seven Systems. WASHINGTON. Nov. 1. The half bit lion dollars revolving fund provided originally for Government administra tion of railroads is about one-half ex pended. The Railroad Administration reported today that $222,741,000 hs been disbursed from the fund of cer tain roads, making $363,116,000 total ad vances to the railroads. Payments to car and locomotive builders of $58,- 433,000 raises the total disbursements of the Railroad Administration for these purposes to $421,550,000. Nearly two-thirds of all money ad vanced has gone to seven systems: Pennsylvania, $56,620,000; New York Central, $55,320,000; New Haven, '$50,- 000,000; Baltimore & Ohio, $22,260,000 St. Paul, $16,925,000; Illinois Central, $15,475,000, and Erie. $12,900,000. SMOKING CAR HAS FRIEND Secretary McAdoo Opposes Removal of Comfortable Equipment. CHICAGO, Nov. 1. W. G. McAdoo, director-general of railways, today In Chicago, where smoking cars and compartments have been removed from street railway equipment at the direc tion of health authorities during the influenza epidemic, expressed himself as "a friend of the smoking car where a man may enjoy his ride in comfort." "Personally," said Mr. McAdoo, "I be lieve one can get influenza as easily in a parlor car as in a smoker. )t seems to me smokers should not be taken off trains unless it is shown they con tribute to the spread of the Influenza epidemic. In case any move is made to abolish the smoker, I will be guided largely by the recommendations of the public health experts in my depart ment." ALLIES REACH BELGRADE Serbian and French Cavalry at City's Outer Defenses. SALONIKI. Nov. 1. French and Serb ian cavalry have reached the outer de fenses of Belgrade, capital of Serbia, says a French official communication issued this evening. ' BERLIN, VIA LONDON, Nov. 1. Ger man troops which had been operating in Northern Serbia have been withdrawn to thenorth bank of the river Danube in the region of Belgrade, the German war office announced today. 1TUHKEY BOWS TO ALL ALLIED TERMS Surrender Complete and Unconditional. SECRET AGREEMENT DENIED Lord Robert Cecil and Foreign Officer Issue Statement. ARMISTICE DETAILS GIVEN Dardanelles and Bosphorns to Be Opened ; Allies Will Do Po licing in Armenia. LONDON, Nov. 1. The armistice ac cepted by Turkey amounts to "com plete. and unconditional surrender." This statement was made by Lord Robert Cecil, Assistant Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to the Asso ciated Press tonight. Lord Robert emphasized the state ment of the Foreign Office to the As sociated Press by saying that "no se cret undertakings or engagements have been made with Turkey as far as the British government is con cerned. Pan-Germans losing. He added that the armistice had been signed by Great Britain on behalf of all the allies. Discussing conditions In Germany. Lord Robert said the Indications of the last day or two were that the Pan Germans were losing their hold. He declared that no Bolshevism has been reported in Germany, but that it was spreading In parts of Austria. With reference to rumors circulating here to the effect that the armistice with Turkey includes clauses by which Turkey would retain sovereignty over Armenia and other provinces, the For eign Office authorizes the statement that there is no truth in the sugges tion that any secret political agree ment is annexed to the armistice with Turkey. - - Armistice Terms Gives The terms of the armistice granted by the allied powers to Turkey follow: First The opening of the Darda nelles and the Bosphorus and access to the Black Sea. Allied occupation of the Dardanelles and Bosphorus forts. Prisoners to Be Released. Second The positions of all mine fields, torpedo tubes and other obstruc tions in Turkish waters are to be In dicated and assistance given to sweep or remove them, as may be required. Third All available information con cerning mines in the Black Sea is to be communicated. Fourth All allied prisoners of war and Armenian interned persons and prisoners are to be collected in Con stantinople and handed over uncondi tionally to the allies. Fifth Immediate demobilization of the Turkish army, except such troops as are require", for surveillance on the frontiers and for maintenance of In- (Concluded on Pace 3, Column 2.) TERMS-OF ARMISTICE FINALLY AGREED UPON GERMAN FLEET IT IS PROPOSED TO RENDER HARMLESS. Six Points to Be Drafted to Safe guard Allies From Future Maritime Operations. LONDON, Nov. 2. The Versailles con ference finally agreed late yesterday on the armistice terms governing the maritime powers of the central em pires. The proposals contain six points which are believed to throw every safe guard around the German fleet, so far as future operations against the allies are concerned. The armistice terms to be submitted to Germany will be confined strictly to military requirements except that it will be brought out clearly that they are conditioned generally upon Presi dent Wilson's principles, with some def initeness. COPENHAGEN, Nov. 1. Prince Maxi milian, the Imperial German Chancel lor, has gone to general headquarters, according to advices received here. LONDON. Nov. 1. Lat tonight the government had received no news as to the reported signature of the Austro Italian arrriiKtice. CAR STRIKE IS SETTLED Discharged fnion Men Will Be Re Instated by Company. NEW YORK. Nov. 2. Announcement was made early today that the strike of motormen and switchmen on the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company lines had been settled. The men will return to work this morning. The company has agreed to reinstate 29 discharged union employes. It was the refusal of the corporation to accede to this demand which re sulted In the strike. OREtOHAM ELECTIOV IVKWS. L'nless the ban on assembling of crowds is lifted by next Tues day, election day. The Oregonlan will not flash bulletins of the re turns that night; as has been Its custom. For the same reason vis itors will not be admitted that night to The Oregonlan's edi torial rooms. The Oregonlan re grets these restrictions, but they are unavoidable In the present unusual circumstances. - The Pacifio TrlophoTie c Tele graph Company has requested the public not to telephone for elec tion news, as the Influenza epi demic has cut down its working force and all available facilities are required under present con ditions for emergency calls. As regards the Home Telephone Com pany, the situation Is different, because of its automatic service, and The Oregonlan will give out election news on the Home sys tem. In case The Oregonlan trunks are busy when you call, try A63, the Information number of the telephone company. As the polls do not close until 8 P. M., It is unlikely that any figures on the results in Portland will be available before 9:30 o'clock. Returns from the state at large will not be received be fore 11 o'clock. "THE WORLD .DO MOVE" FASTER AND - wI j J MEN DRIVE IN BELGIUM Coast Troops With British Gain Over 5 Miles. MACHINE GUN FIRE IS FIERCE Boys Storm Through Deadly Barrage of Bullets. BLAZING HOUSES CONFUSE Huns Set Fire to Belgian Buildings and From Every Point of Shel ter Vainly Oppose Allies. LONDON. Nov. 1. Today' attack in Flanders was rewarded with an ad vance of more than - five miles on a 10-mile front. It brought the allies to the Scheldt from Berchem to Uavere. 10 miles south of Ghent. This advance probably will enable the Belgians to push- the enemy over the Derivation Canal to the Terneuze Canal. Advanee Is 1'we Mllra. South of Valenciennes the attack re sulted in an advance of two miles on a four-mile front and the capture of Aulnoy and Preseau. thus reaching the southern edge of Valenciennes, which is flooded. WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM, Nov. I. 2 P. M. (By the Associated Press.) Valen ciennes today was bottled up as the result of a lignlnlng blow by the Brit ish on both sides of "the city. Only immediate retirement from the place, or something in the nature of a miracle, can save the German troops, who at noon had only a narrow gateway open to them for retreat toward the East. Ceast Boys Continue Drive. Meantime the French and British and Americans from the Pacific Coast and Ohio, along the Deynze-Avelghem front in Belgium continued successfully the advance begun yesterday morning. The heavy enemy resistance encountered on this sector yesterday died out during the night. The main attack at Valenciennes was south of the city, just above Famars. The Canadians, who engineered the drive, were supported by one of the heaviest artillery bombardments of the war. The gunfire was terrific and this made the going easy for the overseas Infantry which followed. - Opposition Is Cruafced. The Idea of the Canadians in using this great barrage was to crush the resistance as quickly as possible so as to ye allied lives. The bombardment had the desired effect, for the oppo sition offered by the enemy was not strong and the Canadians pushed rap idly through to their objectives, which gave them the whole railway running south from Valenciennes. The enemy's casualties were heavy and the Rhonelle River was lined with German dead. About noon the enemy massed for counter attacks from Saul- n'oncludetl on Prngg 2. Column 4.) FASTER. 0 RESPONSE IS NEARLY BILLION ABOVE MARK FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN' TOTAL $6,866,116,300. Oversubscriptions Ranging From 6 to 2 6 Per Cent Reported in All Districts of Nation. WASHINGTON. Nov. 1. Despite peace talk and influenza, American citizens have responded for a fourth time to the Government's appeal for war loans with more than was asked. Total subscriptions of 6.?S. 116.300 from more than 1.000.000 Individuals Is the record of the fourth liberty loan as announced today by the Treasury, based on careful estimates by the 12 Federal reserve banks. The entire SS6S.416.a00 oversubscription will be accepted and applied to reducing the size of the fifth loan, to be offered in the Spring. Final figures may send the fourth loan total even higher. Owing to long delay by banks In tabulating their pledges, reserve banks were instructed by the Treasury to report conservative estimates of their sales arftt subscrib ers, making these too low rather than too high. For this reason some revision of the totals will be made within a meek or 10 days. All dl'.trlcts reported oversubscrip tions, ranging from 26 per cent for P.os ton to a little less than 6 per cent for San Francisco. The aggregate over subscription was 14 44 per cent. ARGENTINA NOT UPHELD Nation's Foreign I'olicy Cauvc of Strife at Home. BL'ENOS AIRES. Argentina. Nov. 1. News dispatches have quoted the Span ish Ambassador to Argentina, on his re turn to Madrid recently, as giving ex pression to his views regarding Argen tina, in the course if which he said the Argentine people had approved the In ternational policies of their govern' mrnt. The Junta de la Juventud. or Young Argentines, last nlaht decided to protest to the Spanish government over this reported utterance, declaring tije statement untrue and that the Ar gentine people are not in sympathy 'lth Argentina's foreign policy, es pecially ns regards the war. The Committ-'e of Young Argentines is an Important political organization. QUICK PAYMENT PROMISED Delay at Allotments to Dependents to lie Remedied. WASHINGTON. Nov. 1. Senator McNary had a conference with officials of the War Rick Bureau today to pre sent complaints of delay in payment of allotments to dependents. lie was as sured that arrangements have been made by whlfch allotments concerning which there Is no question will here after be paid in from 12 to 15 days. FEDERAL LAWS VIOLATED Chicago Union linslncss Agents Found Guilty of Calling Strikes. CHICAGO. Nov. 1. James Lynch, for mer business agent of the Coal Team sters' Local Union, and Michael Norris. of the Limestone and Sandstone Driv ers' Union, were tonight found guilty by a Federal Jury of interfering with Interstate commerce by calling strikes. Penalty Is Imprisonment for a year or fine of $5000, or both. Wilson Indorses O'Shaughnessy. PROVIDENCE. R. I.. Nov. 1. Presi dent Wilson telegraphed tonight to. ex Governor Higgtns, of Rhode Island, ad vocating the election of Representa tive O'Shaunessy. the Democratic can didate for the United States Senate, whose opponent is the present United States Senator Colt. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS Th Weather. TESTE RDATF Maximum temperature. 56 degreea; minimum, 5 degree. TODAY'S Generally fair; southwesterly winds. War. Allies prepare arm Ik tic terma regarding Herman fleet. Pace 1. Ore con boys drv forward In Belgium. Ill 1. At.atr.ra arm lea otter tr smashed. Fare 1. Hun line broken by Franco-Yanka. Pif 4. Foretgm. Aottrla-Hungary nesr compltn ruin. Pace I. Turkey surrenders unconditionally. Pas 1. Oermanjr open to new attack. Pa a 4. Katser quit Berlin for army headquarters. Pago 5. Domeatlr. German property seizures la V. S. near billion mark:. Pare R Hundred pertnh in Coney Island train wreck. Pas 5. Swift prosecution of accused aircraft off! cere tn prospect. Par S. National. New Tork World. Wilson champion, mildly repudiates President, Pas; 2. Oversubscription to fourth liberty loan nearly billion. Pajt 1. Pacific Northwest. CUIvena In all parts of state predict Gover nor's re-elect ion. rage 9. Snorts. Vancouver sportsmen to a hoot In New York carnival. Pace lO. Two big football fames scheduled today. Page lO. Commercial and Marine. Larger movement of Oregon applea to East ern markets. Page 15. War news and crop estimates glv Chicago corn setback. Pas 15. Pea re stocks advance and war shares de cline In Wall street. I "age 15, Government asked to approve cost dock. Pag 15. Portland and Vicinity. President's appeal resented by women voters of Oregon. Psge 12. Police search city for. robber suspect. Page 11. Salmon loss denied by state official. Pag 3. L-abor "ticket" to be sprung at eleventh hour, say rumors. Page It. Epidemic gets worse, late reports show. Page 16. Grand Jurv Indict Sherman, fnrmer guard al Stat Penitentiary. Pag 2. Portland teachers to get full month's pay. . Pace 11. Crowding of cars to b investigated. Page 1. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 12. AUSTRIAN ARMIES UTTERLY SMASHED Prisoners and Booty of Allies Beyond Count, ADVANCE GAINS IN - SPEED Sixty Thousand Italians Are Freed From Foe's Grip as Entente Troops Drive On. ADRIATIC ZONE IS SEIZED Tagliamento River Neared by Italians and Mountain Front Is Pierced. WASHINGTON', Nov. 1. Rout of the Austrian armies on the Italian front continues, said an official dis patch from Rome. The number of prisoners is increasing rapidly and continuously, while more than TOO captured puns have been counted. The booty captured already is of enormous quantity. The allies are moving forward in such great leaps that it no longer is possible to identify towns retaken or to count prisoners and Runs captursd or Italians liberated. Italian Prisoners Set Free. Sixty thousand Italians held by the enemy to work on defenses in occu pied territory already have been re leased. With the Austrians everywhere in flight and the Italian armies on. two wings about to unite, it is said to be impossible to foresee where the few enemy divisions that escape will stop running. After annihilating the resistance of the Austrians at the Livenza, Italian cavalry divisions have pushed forward and now are nearing the Tagliamento River. Great numbers of airplanes preceding the Italian troops are using their machine guns on the retreating enemy columns. Udine Is N'carcd. The Italians also are fast advancing in the direction of" Udine and Tor done already has been taken. The third army, reinforced by marines, has occupied the whole intricate rone along the Adriatic. Belluno has been occu pied by the 12th army, while at the extreme eastern sector of the front Italian marines have occupied Caorle. "The battle continues all along tha front, said the dispatch. "The enemy is strongly maintaining his resistance from the Stellvio to the Astico, but he is wavering beyond the Asiago pla teau and is in utter rout all along the rest of the front. The greatest de fense the enemy has is in the natural obstacles along the road of its retreat. Our troops are full of enthusiasm and are following the enemy relentlessly. The Italian artillery has been rapidly brought into action and all the cap tured enemy artillery is being used to hamper the retreat. Italian Cavalry Advances.' "Divisions of Italian cavalry have annihilated the resistance of the enemy at the Livenza, have re-established the communications to make the passage of the infant" easier and are already nearing the Tagliamento River. "The sixth Italian army went into action yesterday and has brilliantly carried on an irresistible action on the Brenta supported by the Ancona brigade. "The fourth army has completed the occupation of the valley of Fonraso and the Bologna brigade has occupied Filtre. The 12th army, after conquering the Pass of Quero, has rapidly advanced south of Belluno, and after brilliantly rounding the depression of Vadalto, has advanced on Belluno and occupied the city. "The third army, reinforced also by a regiment of marines, has occupied the whole intricate zone along the Adriatic. Pordone Is Captured. "In the direction of TJdine the Ital ian troops are also fast advancing. Pordone has fallen into our hands. At the extreme eastern sector of the front Italian marines have occupied Caorle. "Great numbers of airplanes are preceding our troops and are operat- il'o&cluded on l'uii 2. Column 2.) ED 105.0J