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NEGOTIATIONS NOT YET BEGUN
Message Says Delegation Is
Due Between 8 and 10
! Thursday Evening.
fBy the Associated Press.
rARIS, Nov. 7. (11 P. M.) Ger
man grand headquarters requested al
lied grand headquarters by wireless to
permit the passage of the German del
egation for armistice negotiations
through the lines.
The German wireless message ask
ing for an appointment to meet Mar
shal Foch says:
"The German government would
congratulate itself in the interests of
humanity if the arrival of the Ger
man delegation on the allies' front
might bring about a provisional sus
pension of hostilities."
Envoys Due Thursday.
The message announced that the
German plenipotentiaries would arrive
at the French outposts on the Chimay
Guise road on Thursday between 8 and
10 o'clock in- the evening.
The order was given to cease firing
on this front at 3 o'clock in the after
noon until further orders.
The mission is headed byIathias
Erzbeger, Secretary of State and
head of the war press department, and
includes General H. K. A. von Winter-
feld, former military attache at Paris;
Count Alfred von Oberndorff, former
Minister at Sofia; General von
Gruenell and Naval Captain von
Salow. j
LONDON, Nov.77-(ll:18 P. M.)
According to the Press Association,
up to 5 o'clock this evening neither the
British nor the French governments
had received any news of an armistice
being signed.
The British government was in tel
ephonic communication with Versailles
and the Press Association said it could
be stated definitely the rumor was un
founded. PARIS, Nov. 7. It was officially
announced late tonight that the Ger
man armistice delegates should pass
the French outposts between 8 and 10
o'clock tonight.
WASHINGTOn7Nov. 8. At 4
o'clock this (Friday) morning no news
had come to vaiting officials of the
State and War departments that the
German armistice envoys had reached
Marshal Foch's headquarters, where
they were to be handed terms upon
which the war can be brought to an
end if they accept them.
No News of Envoys Received. -
In fact, at that hour, no news, of
ficial or unofficial, had come that the
envoys had passed through the French
lines, where they were due between
8 and 10 o'clock last night, Paris time,
The offices of Secretary Baker, Sec
retary Lansing and the committee on
public information were kept open all
night, with officials waiting to an
nounce immediately any news that
may come of the result of Marshal
Foch's meeting with the German peace
envoys.
, On the question of whether the Ger
man delegation is empowered to act
without communication with Berlin,
regardless of what demands are made
in the terms offered by Marshal Foch,
depends whether an immediate -cessa
tion of hostilities may be in sight.
Foch Has Full Powers.
Marshal Foch is fully empowered to
act for the entente allies and America,
for the supreme war council at Ver
sailles already has laid down the
terms and no changes are to be tol
erated. It has been assumed, based on
the usual practice of negotiators in
agreeing upon an armistice, that the
Germans also are fully empowered to
sign for their government.
It is regarded as possible that since
the German delegates did not know the
terms of the armistice until they met
Marshal Foch they might have planned
to await a perfunctory word from
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FRENCH SMASH HUNS
BACK 10 MILES MORE
GERMANS RUSH NORTHWARD
WITH INCREASING SPEED.
In Fighting Thursday Enemy Is Pur
sued by Cavalry, French Offi
cial Night Report Says.,
PARIS, 10:20 P. M., Nov. 7. With
ever-increasing speed the French troops
are forcing the Germans back north
of the Aisne and on all the rest of the
front which the French are fighting
over, according to the War Office an
nouncement tonight.
An advance of ten miles has been
made at certain points since yesterday.
The French have thrown cavalry
into the action on their right, where
the mounted troops are pushing in the
direction of the Meuse.
The statement reads:
"Our troops continued without cessa
tion their pursuit of the enemy during
the day. On our left we crossed and
went far beyond the road between Ver
vins and Avesne, north of La Capelle.
South of this locality we reached on
the west the railway between La
Capelle and Hirson on the general line
of Effry and Origny-en-Thierache.
Further east we are along the Thon
River, an affluent of the Oise. as far
as Leuze, 15 kilometers north of Rozoy-
sur-Serre. On the Aisne front we hold
the general line of the southern out
skirts of the Signy forest. Wagnon.
Viel-St. Remy. Mazerny and La Horgne,
realizing an advance of more than 16
kilometers beyond the Aisne.
"On the right in the valley of the
Par River, our advanced elements have
gone beyond St. Aignan-sur-Bar, gain
ing footing south of the Meuse on the
heights which dominate Sedan.
"We have freed during the course of
the day 100 villages and a great num
ber of civilians.
"Aviation: Our airplanes, working
in immediate liaison with oar infan
try, attacked, bombed and machine
gunned enemy columns in retreat,
utilizing 15,500 kilograms of bombs and
13,000 cartridges."
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN
FRANCE, 4:30 P. M., Nov. 7. (By the
Associated Press.) Persistent rain and
deepening mud, although making com
munications more difficult, do not ap
pear to have checked pursuit of .the
Hermans retreating toward the Belgian
frontier. The advance continued this
morning over the greater part of the
French front with such rapidity it was
impossible to follow it with precision.
Latest reports are the French cavalry
is moving "toward the Meuse and' the
infantry toward Mezieres.
General Debeney's forces also were
close upon the German rear guards,
occupying numerous, villages And car.
ryrhgr-their advance toward .Hirson.
Capture of this important railway
center will bring about the final
crumbling of the transportation or
ganization of the German armies in
France.
Subsequent operations may become
race between the armies in retreat
and those in pursuit to Aix-La-Chapelle,
as the American successes have made
the line of the Meuse a precarious
refuge for the enemy.
BERLIN, via London, Nov. 7. The
war communication issued this evening
says:
On the western front the day was
quieter.
WOMEN ARE RETURNED
Campaigners of Two Years Ago Re
elected in Umatilla.
PENDLETON, Or., Nov. 7. (Special.)
Women officials in the town of
Umatilla, in this county, elected two
years ago, when they went out and
made a spirited campaign against the
men, were returned to onice luesaay.
The officers elected were: Mrs. R.
F. Pauiu, Mayor; A. B. Stephens, Jr,
R. L. Merrick and Mrs. Zella BrownelL
council members for two years; Mrs.
Iona Stephens and R. F. Paulu, one
year term.
There was a tie for the sixth place
on the council between rranK (ilne,
Agnes Fallon and Robert BrownelL
Mrs. Bertha Chaney was elected Re
corder and Mrs. McKenzie Treasurer.
HUNS MURDER CIVILIANS
Belgians Burned ' to Death when
Forced to Stay in Cellars.
ON THE BATTLEFIELD IN BEL
GIUM, Nov. 7. One hundred and sixty
civilians, mostly women and children.
met deaths in the battles and bombard
ments preceding the evacuation of
Deynze. Thirty-four of this number
were burned to death in cellars, where
they were ordered to seek refuge by
Bavarian troops. After giving these
orders Von Ostrowski 8 BOidiers are
reported to have thrown hand grenades
and incendiary bombs into the cellars.
The public square in front of the
church at Deynze has been mined by
the Germans and civilians are still
barred from it.
BRITISH CASUALTIES HEAVY
Total of 2 7,648 Reported for Week
Ending November 7
LONDON. Nov. 7. British casualties
reported for the week ending today
totaled 27,648. divided as follows:
Killed or died of wounds, officers.
339; men, 6084. 4
Wounded or missing;, officers,
men, 20,283. ,
922
KAISER PICTURED WITH BAG
Emperor Shown on Way to Station
Wearing Silk Hat.
BERNE. Nov. 7. Postcards picturing
the German Emperor wearing a eilk
hat and carrying a handbag, on his way
tn n railroad station, are on h1a in
Munich, a traveler from the Bavarian
capital reported.
GE1AI COMBS
M RED TERROR
Defeated Nation Faces
Menace of Bolshevism.
REVOLUTIONISTS TAKE NAVY
Soldiers'-Workmen's Council
Establishes its Govern
ment at Kiel.
ANARCHY EXISTS AT KIEL
Revolts Break Out in Many
Cities Army Deserters
. Threaten Berlin.
LONDON", Nov. 8. (12:45 A. M.)
Virtually all the German fleet has re
volted, -according to a dispatch re
ceived from The Hague. The men are
complete masters at Kiel, Wilhelms
haven, Heligoland, Borkum and Cux
haven.
At Kiel the workers have Joined the
navy men and declared a general
strike, says the dispatch.
The greater part of the submarine
crews in all the German naval harbors
have joined the revolution, according
to an Exchange Telegraph Company
dispatch from Copenhagen.
LONDON, Nov. 7. Germany, foiled
in its designs of world conquest, its
mighty armies shattered by the blows
of the allies, its peace envoys ap
proaching Foch to learn the terms by
which it might surrender, was today
cowering before the Russian monster
of Bolshevism.
The entire German navy was re
ported in the hands of revolutionists
and a government by a soldiers' and
workmen's council had been estab
lished.
The German authorities have decid
ed to suppress the revolution at Kiel,
according to a dispatch from Copen
hagen to the Exchange Telegraph
Company. Several thousand soldiers
from Fehmarn Island have been or
dered to Kiel. The workmen's and sol
diers' council has decided to resist.
Deserters March in Berlin.
Stockholm advices say that con
tinuous demonstrations are taking
place in Berlin. Twenty thousand de
serters from the army are marching
through the streets of the capital.
Revolts have broken out at Ham
burg and other cities of Germany.
Copenhagen advices today throw
more light on the diplomatic .break
between Germany and Russia.
The Russian embassy was accused
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MAP SHOWING NINE PORTS USED
S CA Z f Of tZSS
' hnr I I t VV0- 1 TVVMiii,e
' waw Lnrv ' stszamo
k BORDEAUX i
Starred Cities Indicate Base Porta Kmployed fcy Amerleiu la l.aadlns: Troops aad "npnllea. Taeae -Are Havre aad
Roien, on the English Chanacl; Breat, Sit. asalre. Naotei. La Pallle, Roehefort aad Bordeaax oa the Atlaatle Oreaa,
and .Marseille-a, oa the Mediterranean. A Recent Dispatch Front France Announced That the American Forces nt the
Respective Base Ports Had Entered aa "Oa-to-Berllm" Contest to lice W hlca Port fehonld Lend la the Amount of
W ork Done
Progress of the War.
By the Associated FrtM.
ALTHOUGH emissaries of Germany
in search of an armistice are re
ported to have started for France.
there Is as yet no official Indication that
they have reached the headquarters of
Marshal Foch, the man in whose hands
lies the absolute power of granting or
denying to the last gaining com
batant of the entente allies the cessa
tion of hostilities it now so urgently
requires.
Meanwhile the great battle which
has as Its pu..oe the driving of the
Germans from French and Belgian soil
continues from the Meuse River to
Belgium. Everywhere the Germans are
giving ground, and rapidly the vast
sack is being cleared of enemy forces.
Sedan, famous as a fortress in the
Franco-Prussian war and the backbone
of the German line of retreat from the
southern horn battlefront. Is partly in
the hands of the American troops, and
with Its fall will vanish all dreams of
the Germans of being able to fall be
hind the line of the river Meuse and
hold a footing on French soil west of
the Luxemburg border. Also by the
character of Sedan the lateral lines of
communication with the great German
fortress of Metz are cut or dominated
by the guns of the Americans and thus
rendered unavailable for enemy use.
From the west of the American sector
to the east of St. Quentln the French
again have driven forward. liberating
many additional towns, villages and
hamlets. At some places since Wednes
day they have penetrated to a depth
of 10 miles, notwithstanding the heavy
ground due to rain and mud, and at last
accounts were still pressing onward
nd meeting with only moderate re
sistance by machine gun rear guards.
From the region of Orlgny the French
guns now dominate the important rail
way junction of Hirson, which the
enemy must use In a retreat from the
district east of St. Quentln toward his
frontier. The French now have thrown
cavalry into the action in the eastern
end of their line where it connects up
with General Pershing's front, and are
driving the Germans toward the Meuse.
Field Marshal Haig, north and south
of the old Valenciennes salient. Is giv
ing the enemy no time for pause. The
Canadian, Australian, English and
Scottish troops of his command have
again bitten deeply Into enemy-held
territory. Still farther north the ar
mies of King Albert of Belgium are
keeping up their pressure against the
Germans. It is reported that it has
been decided by the enemy to abandon
Ghent-
Seemingly the days of the enemy's
tenure of allied soil in the west are
numbered. Although not In rout he is
steadily falling back. In view of gains
that have been made by the French
and Americans on the southern part of
the battle line, there appeared to be
no defensive lines on which he will be
able to stand except on the famous
fortified Rhine.
That Germany at home considers the
battle lost is Indicated by internal
troubles. There have been demonstra
tions in Berlin, a mutiny in the fleet at
Kiel has taken place; there has been
rioting in Hamburg. where heavy
fighting In the streets is reported:
strikes have broken out at Cuxhaven
and Wllhelmshaven. and the greater
part of Schleswig is said to be in the
hands of revolutionists.
ARMY CONTRACTS AWARDED
Leather Jerkins to Be Made by S3
Manufacturers.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7. Contracts for
851,000 leather Jerkins to cost $3,703,400
were awarded to 32 manufacturers by
the War Department.
Deliveries will be made from Decem
ber to February and -will complete the
requirements of the Army until March
1, 1919.
BY AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY
ABA
PEACERUMQRS HI
Sedan Reached by Ameri
cans in Big Drive,
NO REST GIVEN TO BOGHES
Fortress of Metz Is Isolated
From Northern France and
Belgium by Advance.
FOE FLOODS RIVER YALLEY
Germans Concentrate Heavily
on Hills Back of City as
U. S. Boys Enter.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
ON THE SEDAN FRONT. Nov. 7.
10:30 P. M. (By the Associated
Press.) It was contingents of the
noted Rainbow Division and of the
First Division that made the final
whirlwind dash into Sedan.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
ON THE SEDAN FRONT, Nov. 7.
6:30 P. M. (By the Associated Press.)
The matter of peace negotiations
failed to slow down in the slightest
degree the operations along the front
today. .
The news that Germany has taken
definite steps to secure an armistice
reached advanced headquarters, but
was not accompanied by any orders af
fecting the big drive now in progress,
and.it is expected that the American
line will be carried forward without
pause.
With that part of Sedan resting on
the western bank of the river occu
pied, the enemy is consolidating its
positions and preparing for a further
advance. Vilosnes, Sivery and Harau
mont, to the south and east of Dun
Sur Meuse, were among the places
taken this morning.
Rial road Line Destroyed.
The American troops are in close
touch with the lino between Inor and
Martincourt, where the roadbed has
been destroyed, the material having
been carried away to strengthen the
German positions on the heights be
yond. To the south of this Remilly is
captured.
It is evident that the Germans are
determined not to yield Sedan unless
absolutely forced to do so. "They have
made big concentrations on the heights
back of the city and in such places as
can be defended, both above and below
on the river. Concrete entrenchments
near tl-e city are strongly held, while
all the woods and bridges in . the
(Concluded on Pane 3. Column 1.)
FORCES IN FRANCE AS BASES.
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GERMAN BUSINESS
HERE LOST FOREVER
II UN
INDUSTRIALISM IS HELD
M EXACTS TO WORLD.
A. Mitchell Palmer, Allen Property
Custodian, Speaks Rcfore Vnl
Tersity Extension Society.
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 7. German
industrialism is as much a menace to
world peace as German military autoc
racy. A. Mitchell rainier, alien property
custodian, said In an address her to
night, reveiwlng the work of his office
in taking over and Americanising enemy-owned
property.
The business built up by the Ger
mans in the United States will be for
ever lost to them. Mr. Palmer said.
He added that "no other course mould
be compatible with the safety of Amer
ican Institutions, for German autocracy
Is quite as apparent In Its economic
exploitation of the world as in I s gov
ernmental and military domination of
Centrat Europe."
Mr. Palmer, who spoke before the
University Extension Society, of Phila
delphia, said the alien property custo
dian's office now has assumed control
of nearly 1300.000.000 worth of enemy
controlled or owned property.
All of the Interests of enemy persons
In American Industrial and commercial
business, where that interest Is large
enough to either Influence or control
the business, Mr. Palmer said, would
now be sold at public auction to Amer
Icon citlsens and "whatever accounting
is to be made when the war is over for
enemy property taken will be for the
money value thereof and not for the
thing HsfT.
"Germany must be made to under
stand." he concluded, "that her plan has
failed in the Industrial field as In the
military. Industrial disarmament must
come along with military disarmament.
Autocracy In Industry must fall with
the fall of the Hohensollern dynasty.
The same peace which frees the world
from the menace of the autocratic mili
tarism of the German empire should
free U from the menace of its autocratic
industrialism as well."
SENATOR McNARY INJURED
Auto Accident Sunday Resulted in
Broken Hand and Bruises. .
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7. (Special.)
In an automobile accident which 'oc
curred Sunday evening. Senator Charles
L. McNary suffered a broken hand and
some bad contusions on the head. His
auto was smashed beyond further use
fulness. McNary's chauffeur was driving and
was taking the Senator to his apart
ment when the accident occurred. The
Senator was sitting in the rear seat. A
speeding auto approaching on a cross
street caught the rear end of the Mc
Nary auto and hurled the machine and
its occupants upon the sidewalk. The
chauffeur was not badly hurt.
McNary. slipped out of the gathering
crowd without disclosing his identity.
$5,000,000 GIFT ANNOUNCED
V. S. Steel Makes Record Contribu
tion to War Work.
NEW YORK. Nov. 7. A contribution
of 13.000.000 to the war work campaign,
said to be the largest gift ever made to
such a cause, was announced here to
day by the United States Steel Cor
poration. The same corporation gave
$2,000,000 to the Ked Cross during Its
last campaign.
In making the contribution Judge
K. H. Gary, chairman of the company's
board of directors, said that the steel
concerns of the country should contrib
ute at least ten millions to the work of
ths "organizations that are furnlshlrsg
the soldiers what they need above
everything else to assure physical and
normal health, strength and comfort."
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TtPTERDArf Mavtmum temperature. 43
desreea; minimum temperature, I de-
srea.
TODAY'S Fair: heavy frost; northeast
erly winds.
War.
German armlatlre envoys due at French
line laat nlsht; armuulce asked. Pas L.
French hurl Huns back 10 miles mora.
Pas I-
Hals continues to drive back Huna. Pas a
Forrlcn.
Bolshevik revolution starta la Germany.
Pace 1.
J War now la opened for liberation of Rus
sian people. Pas
Italian occupy Flume. Pare 2.
Austria's eollansw partly du to President
w llson a war document. Pas 3.
Wi open for a!U to attack Germany
irom aoutn. fas
National.
German Ins all American holdlnira for
fver. Pas 1.
Domestic.
Armtstlr rport cruel hoax. Pas I.
Newberry defeats Ford In Michlcan Eenat
race. Pace s.
Scor or Kskimos dyinr with Influenza epl-
aemio in aiiiki. fair t.
Pad He Northwest.
Grass Valley bank vault la dynamited.
Pace is.
False peace report "cored by Camp Lewis
omcera. l-ac a.
Sport.
Accie sljrn clash with shipbuilder. Pace 14.
Ritchie returns to Camp Lewis. Pace 14.
Commercial and Marine.
Good demand for Oreron bana. but few
aalea ar reponio. rin 1.
Chlcaro corn soar when falsity of armtatlc
report Is leameo. ran 19..
Stock market wuaiy-excited by rumor of
sicnlnc or armistice, net IS.
Peace boax drawa thousands ol men from
hlpyaras. x-sc i-t.
Portland and Vicinity.
Extension course In military training ap
proved fas i.
Enlisted men to have chaney to ctv for
boy comlort oversea. face ro.
Mayor Issues appeal to peopl to f.ht boros
enemy. f
Coke lead Olson for Supreme Justice.
Pace i.
Fak peace rumor etir whole dir. Pc 4.
District superintendent asks removal ; of
Benson professor, rac l.
Ore con legislature stroncly Republican.
Pace SO.
Weather report, data and forecast. Pac 16.
NATION-VICTIM OF
HEARTLESS
Armistice Report Proves
Absolutely False.
PUBLIC CRUELLY IMPOSED ON
Millions in U. S. Hasten to Hold
Undue Celebration.
WAR STILL IN PROGRESS
Associated Press Not Involved to
Slightest Decree, but Faithfully
Sets Forth Actual I'ac'.s.
NEW YORK. Nov. 7. False reports
that Germany had accepted the terms
of the armistice and that fighting bad
ended threw the country Into a delirium
today and turned out to be the great
est hoax of recent years.
Official assurances that ths report
was false failed to check the almost
-iotous demonstrations which swept
over many American cities, and mil
lions of Americans will not know how
they were fooled until they read the
morning papers.
A dispatch cabled from France to
the United Press and picked up and
circulated through the country, also by
another news agency, declared the
armistice signed at II o'clock this
morning and fighting ended at 2 o'clock
this afternoon.
Story Exposed as Fake.
None of these unfounded reports, of
course, was received or distributed by
the Associated Press, which, on the con
trary, was able by investigation con
ducted through official channels to es
tablish that the story was a hoax.
Official dispatches from France to
the State Department at Washington
testify that German commissioners were
not to even meet Marshal Foch until S
o'clock this aflernqpn. and dispatches
received tonight from the American
Army on the Sedan front show that at
6:30 the troops were still advancing.
I. a i ar laanea Dealal.
After cabling to France and receiving
an official reply. Secretary Lansing, at
the State Department, Issued this state
ment:
"The report that the armlstica with
Germany had been signed is not true.
When it reached ths Departmnt of
State this morning sn inquiry was at
ones dispatched to Paris. At 2:0t
o'clock this afternoon a telegram in
reply to that of the Department was
reeeived from Paris. It stated that
the armistice had not yet been signed
and that the German representatives
would not meet Marshal Foch until
P. M.. Paris time, or 12 noon Wash
ington time."
Coadltloas Approach Hjwterla.
The false report was not easily
overtaken by the truth, and. as it
spread through the country. It gath
ered momentum until demonstrations
approaching hysteria ruled in many
cities.
Business was suspended. schools
were closed, bells were rune whis
tles shrieked, prayers were offered In
churches, parading citizens jammed ths
streets, and the scenes usually attend
ant on New 1 ear's eve and election
night were intensified.
The New York Kxcbange. as well
as the curb market, were closed at 2:30
P. M. after a hurried meeting of tho
governors.
A market which at first appeared
to be unresponsive suddenly devel
oped activity, which shot up some of
the so-called peace stocks from 3 to
12 points. Exchanges In other cities
were similarly affected.
I sited rrrss Message Given Oat.
Here follows a copy of the cable
gram received by tho United Press
at Its New York office:
"Unlpress, New York: Paris: Armis
tice allies signed eleven morning, hos
tilities ceased two afternoon. Sedan
taken morning by Americans. (Signed)
Howard. Simms."
Unlpress is the cable cods address
for United Press. Howard is Roy W.
Howard, president of the United Press,
and Simms Is William Philip Simms.
Paris correspondent of tho United
Prest.
To grasp the situation it should be
borne in mind that Paris, being to the
east of the United States, is about six
hours ahead of New York time.
Throe Houra Discrepancy shown.
Although It had been announced that
the armistice was signed at 11 o'clock
and that fighting had ceased at 2
o'clock, it was a fact that the German
commissioners were not to be received
by Marshal Foch until S o'clock, three
hours after the hour reported as the
end of ths fighting.
The State Department's cable of in
quiry to Franc was not dispatched un
til after the report had been called te
the department's attention, and w hen a
reply came saying the armistice had
not been- signed and the fighting bad
not ceased, more time had elapsed.
At 3:35 o'clock in Paris it was offi
cially announced that four German of
ficers bearing a white flag probably
would arrive at Marshal Foch's head
quarters some time tonight.
War Dispatches Cited.
That announcement was one hour
and 35 minutes sfter the hour reported
as the end of the fighting, and Associ
ated Press dispatches filed with the
American Army on the Sedan front at
6:30 o'clock tonight showed that an
Concluded on Pas 4, Column l-
X