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VOL. LVIII. XO. 18,086.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1918.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
POLISH REPUBLIC IS
FORMED AT CRACOW
SOVEREIGNTY OVER GAIilCIA IS
ASSUMED BY POLAND.
FLEES
BRITISH WITHIN GUN
RANGE OF BRUSSELS
II
HAMBURG-AMERICAN
LINE HEAD IS DEAD
ALBERT BALLIN, GENERAL DI
RECTOR, DIES IN BERLIN.
PEOPLE
10
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OF
FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONTIER IS
CROSSED SOUTH OF SAMBRE.
KAISER
DERI III I
THROES
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VO RIWAR Ell DS
V 0
Germany Bows to Terms of
U. S. and Allies,
HUNS SURRENDER ABJECTLY
Official Announcement Is Is
sued From Washington
at 2:45 A. M. Today.
HOSTILITIES END AT 11 A. M.
Conditions Accepted by Huns
Mot Announced, But Are
Certain to Be Drastic.
(By the. Asrftciated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. II. The
world war will end this morning at 6
o'clock Washington time, 11 o'clock
Paris time. The armistice was signed
by the German representatives at mid
night. The announcement was made
by the State Department at 2:50
o'clock this morning.
The announcement was made ver
bally by an official of the State De
partment in this form:
"The armistice he- been signed. It
was signed at 5 o'clock A. M. Paris
time and hostilities will cease at 11
o'clock this morning, Paris time."
Terms Not Given Out.
The terms of the armistice, it was
announced, will not be made public
until later. Military men here, how
ever, regard it as certain that they in
clude: Immediate retirement of the Ger
man military forces from t ranee.
Belgium and Alsace-Lorraine. I
Disarming an demobilization of the
German armies.
Strategic Points to Be Held.
Occupation by the allied and Ameri
can forces of such strategic points in
Germany as will make impossible a
renewal of hostilities.
Deliveryi of part of German high
seas fleet and a certain number of sub
marines to the allied naval forces.
Disarmament of all other German
warships under supervision of the al
lied and American navies, which will
guard them.
Bases to Be Occupied.
Occupation of the principal German
naval bases by sea forces of the vic
torious nations.
Release of allied and American sol
diers, sailors and civilians held pris
oners in Germany without such recip
rocal action by the associated govern
ments.
There was no information as to the
circumstances under which the armis
tice was signed, but since the German
courier did not reach German military
headquarters until 10 o'clock yester
day morning, French time, it was gen
erally assumed here that the German
envoys within the trench lines had
been instructed by' wireless to sign
the terms.
Courier Takes 47 Hours.
Forty-seven hours had been required
for the courier to reach German head
quarters. Unquestionably several hours
were necessary for the examination of
the terms and a decision. . It was re
garded as possible, however, that the
decision may have been made at Berlin
and instructions transmitted from
there by the new German government.
Germany had been given until 11
o'clock this morning, French time; 6
o'clock Washington, to accept. So hos
tilities will end at the hour set by
Marshal Foch for a decision by Ger
many for peace or for continuation of
the war.
President Is Informed.
The momentous news that the arm
istice had been signed was telephoned
to the White House for transmission to
the President a few minutes before it
was given .to the newspaper corre
spondents. Later it was said that there
would be no statement from the White
House at this time.
WASHINGTON" Nov. 11. The
armistice terms signed by Germany
and under which hostilities will end
at 6 o'clock this morning, Washington
time, 11 o'clock Paris time, will not be
made public by the State Department
before 8 o'clock this morning. This
was stated officially.
LONDON, NovT10. The German
armistice terms, the Daily Express
says it understands, are even more
iConcluUeU ou 1'ag. 3, Column l-
Crown Land of Austria-Hungary Ha
Area of 30,30" Square Miles
and 7,000,000 People.
AMSTERDAM, Saturday, Nov. 9. A
message from Cracow announces the
formation of a Polish republic under
the presidency of Deputy Daszynsky.
Professor Lammasch, the Austrian
Premier, has received official notifica
tion, says a dispatch from Vienna, that
Poland has assumed sovereignty over
Galicia.
Galicia is a crown land of Austria
Hungary, north of the Carpathians. It
has an area of 30,307 square miles and
in normal times had a population of
some seven millions.
mask'order arouses' ire
Friction Develops Between Spokane
Police and Health Officers.
SPOKANE, Wash., Nov. 10. (Special.)
Friction developed today between the
city health office and the police de
partment over the enforcement of the
mask order of the state board of health.
Early in the day YepoYts came to Dr.
John B. Anderson, city health officer,
that city detectives were Ignoring: the
order. Dr. Anderson sent a letter to
Commissioner of Public Safety Tilsley
complaining of the action of the police
and requesting him 'to inform the .po
lice department that unless they
masked he would have warrants Issued
for the violators.
The letter of the city health office
tended to arouse the ire of the uni
formed officero at police headquarters,
who claimed they had religiously ob
served the masking order from the
daily press.
DEATH DUE TO PEACE HOAX
Brownsville Man Succumbs as Re
sult of Demonstration.
HALSEY, Or., Nov. 10. (Special.)
Following participation In the prema
ture pe celebration at Erownsvtlle
Thursday night, John A. Gion, of South
Brownsville, aged 61, died Friday morn
ing. The Brownsville demonstration, fol
lowing the fake announcement of the
acceptance of peace terms by Germany
was an exciting one, features being a
huge bonfire, the firing of many guns
and long-continued ringing of bells
an$ blowing of whistles. Mr. Gion had
treen' In" poor health for some tima. "
Y. M. C. A. SECRETARY DIES
Eric C. Bolt Victim of Influenza at
Vancouver Barracks.
VANCOUVER, Wsh., Nov. 10. (Spe
cial.) Eric P. Bolt, camp secretary of
the Y. M. C. A. at Vancouver Barracks,
died last night in the post hospital. He
had apparently recovered from an at
tack of influenza, which prostrated him
for three weeks, and made a trip to
Utah. On his way back he had a re
lapse on the train.
Mr. Bolt, who was 26 years old, was
married last June. His widow is here.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. George
W. Bolt, of Marshfield, Or.
STATIONS TO BE ENLARGED
Government to Take Land for War
' Purposes.
WASHINGTON", Nov. 10. Additional
land for increasing facilities at the
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
and the Puget Sound, Washington,
Navy-yard and for a- permanent marine
corps base at Quantico, Va., will be
taken over by the Government under a
proclamation by President Wil3on made
public today. Authority to acquire the
land was given in the Naval appropria
tions bill approved July 1.
WARSHIP CREWS REVOLT
German Dreadnaughts at Kiel Join
In Insurrection.
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 10. The crews
of the German dreadnaughts Posen,
Ostfriesland, Nassau and Oldenburg, In
Kiel harbor, have 'Joined the revolu
tion.
The marines occupied the lock gates
at Ostmoor and fought down a coast
artillery division who offered resist
ance.
SAETIA PASSENGERS LAND
Eight y-one Survive Explosion and
- , Sinking of Vessel.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. Eighty-one
men who were aboard the American
steamer Saetia, which sank yesterday
morning off Ocean City, Md., after an
explosion, have been safely landed. In
making this announcement tonight the
Navy Department said this accounted
for "approximately all" of those on
board.
KING WILL VISIT TRIESTE
Victor Emmanuel Leaves for Re
captured City.
ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS. 10:10 A.
M. (By the Associated Pcess.) King
Victor Emmanuel left headquarters to
day for Trieste.
ARMY AVIATOR DROWNED
Lieutenant George Nolonsbe, of Cali
fornia, Falls Into Sea.
LONDON, Friday, Nov. 8. Lieutenant
George Nolonsbe, an airman of Califor
nia, fell into the sea on Wednesday
night and was drowned.
Refuge Sought in Castle
Near Utrecht.
KINGLY" POWER RENOUNCED
Letter of Abdication Formally
Signed by Monarch at Ger
man Grand Headquarters.
OTHER KINGS ALSO QUITTING
Ludwig of Bavaria and Fred
erick August of Saxony Said
to Have Left Thrones.
LONDON, Nov. 10. William Hc
henzollern, the ex-German Emperor,
has fled with his family to Holland
The former German Emperor's
party, which is believed to include
Field Marshal von Hindenburg, ar
rived at Eysden, on the Dutch fron
tier, at 7:30 o'clock Sunday morning,
according to Daily Mail advices.
Staff With Ex-Kaiser.
Practically the whole German gen
eral staff accompanied the former Em
peror, and 10 automobiles carried the
party. The automobiles were bristling
with rifles and all the fugitives were
armed.
The ex-Kaiser was in uniform. He
alighted at the Eysden station and
paced the platform smoking a cigar
ette. Eysden lies about midway be
tween Liege and Maastricht on the
Dutch border.
William Not Distressed.
Chatting with the members of the
staff, the former Emperor, the corre
spondent says, did not look in the
least distressed. A few minutes later
an imperial train, including restaurant
and sleeping cars, ran into the station.
Only servants were aboard.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. William
Hohenzollern arrived this morning in
Holland and is proceeding to Mid
dachten Castle in the town of De Steeg,
according to a dispatch received by
the American Army General Staff
from The Hague based on press re
ports in The Netherlands capital.
The dispatch, dated today, said:
Refuge Sought in Castle.
"Press reports state that the Kaiser
C'onciu1d on Tage Column 3.)
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Germans Not Expected to Make De
termined Stand Before Brus
sels and Cliarlcrol.
LONDON. Nov. 10. The British have
crossed the Franco-Belgian frontier
south of the Sambre River, Field Mar
shal Haig reports tonight. They have
advanced four miles east of Henaix. to
with in gunfire of Brussels.
WITH THE ALLIED FORCES IN
BELGIUM. Saturday, Nov. 9. (By the
Associated Press.) There are many
indications that the Germans do not
intend to make a protracted stand thin
side of Brussels and Charlerol.
HUNS TELL FLYERS' NAMES
List of Dead and Captured Yanks
Sent to Americans.
I WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE. Nov. 10. During a recent
nls'ut raid upon Tout by German avi
ators the Germans not only dropped
bembs but a flarlrg parachute con
taining a list of names of American
flyers who are dead within the Ger
man lines or who are prisoners.
The list, which was headed "Amerl
canisch. f liegerkorps, contained 35
names, 16 of " them given as dead and
the others as prisoners, some of them
founded. The list was signed by Lieu
tenant A. B. Kraft. The American
aviators are planning to carry -within
the German lines a list of the German
flyers Imprisoned on this side.
17-YEAR-OLD BOY MARRIES
Frank M. Curtis, Portland, Weds
Mamie Stevens, 2 3.
VANCOUVER. Wash., Nov. 10. (Spe
cial.) Frank M. Curtis, a boy of 17
years of age, of Portland, took as his
wife Miss Mamie T,. Stevens. 23, also of
Portland, yesterday. Th boy was ac
companied by his parents, who gave
their written consent for the son to
take unto himself a wife.
Marion A. Van Bebber, 20 years old.
of Portland, and Miss Nora A. Hinds,
18, also of Portland, were married.
PRINCESS HEINRICH SHOT
Bullet Strikes Her In Arm as She
Flees From Munk-li.
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 10. (S :50 A. M.)
According to a ' frontier message.
Princess Heinrich. wife of the grandson
of Ludwig III. of Bavaria, was wounded
In the arm when fired upon as she was
fleeing from Munich. She and her hus
band are now hiding in Southern Ba
varia with PrlnceB Adelheld. wife of
Prince Adalbert, Emperor William's
third son.
TEXAS FLOODS SUBSIDING
River Registers 4 0 Feet at Dallas
When Crest Passes.
DALLAS, Tex., Nov. 10 Flood waters
in the Brazoi. and Trinity rivers and
their tributaries are receding and the
crest of the flood in the Trinity Valley,
which has caused thousands of dollars'
damage, passed Dallas last night with
a stage of 40 feet.
The streams were flooded by 48 hours
of almost unprecedented rains over
North Central Texas.
US WE MUST BE LOYAL TO HIM OVER THERE.
Officers Resist and Build
ings Are Shelled.
MANY PERSONS ARE KILLED
Social Democrats Declare
"People's Government" and
Soldiers Support Them.
EBERT IS MADE CHANCELLOR"
Leipsic, Stuttgart, Cologne
and Frankfort Reported to
Have Joined in Revolt.
LONDON. Nov. 10. Severe fight,
ing took place in Berlin between 6 and
8 o'clock last night and a tiolent can
nonade was heard from the heart of
the city.
The revolution is in full swing in
Berlin and the red forces occupy the
greater part of the German capital,
according to a Copenhagen dispatch to
the Exchangfc Telegram Company,
quoting Berlin advices sent from there
at 3 o'clock this morning.
The Crown Prince's- palace was
seized by the revolutionists. The peo
ple shouted "Long live the republic"
and sang "The Marseillaise."
When revolutionary soldiers at
tempted to enter a building in which
they supposed a number of officers
were concealed, Bhots were fired from
the windows. The reds then began
shelling the building.
Many persons were "killed and
wounded before the officers surren
dered.
Red Forces Are in Control.
The red fores are in. control and
have restored order. Strong' guards
marched through the streets. When
the cannonade began the people
thought the Reichbank was being bom
barded and thousands rushed to the
square in front of the Crown Prince's
palace. .It was later determined that
other buildings were under fire.
Leipsic, the largest city in Saxony;
Stuttgart, the capital of Wurttemberg,
and Cologne and Frankfort have joined
the revolution. The soltliers' councils
at Stuttgart, Cologne and Frankfort
have decided to proclaim a republic
Schleswig - Holstein, the Prussian
(Continued on Pace 4. Column 2.1
Kaiser's Sltippins Advisor Not in
Full Accord Witb War I'or
ETammc. COPENHAGEN. Nov. 10 Albert Bal
lln. general director of the Hamburg
American Steamship Company, died
suddenly on Saturdar. according to an
announcement mad In Berlin.
Albert Ballin. whose death la an
nounced at Berlin, apart from being
one of the greatest shipping men of
the world prior to the outbreak of the
war, was somewhat celebrated because
of his intimacy with the German Em
peror. He was born In IS 57. In all ship
ping matters he was the Emperor's
trusted adviser, second only, on occa
sion, to Grand Admiral von Tlrpits.
There was a report, widely circu
lated, that the resignation of Von Tlr
pits was finally brought about by Bal
lin, who declared himself opposed to
many features of the submarine policy.
and having the Emperor's ear was said
to have warned him of the serious con
sequences of the useless destruction of
merchant ships.
This was in 191. but after the
United States entered the war, Herr
Ballin had little to say and soon fell
into disfavor, probably because of his
failure to support the Emperor and
the government in the policy which
had brought about a state of war be
tween Germany and the United States.
There is a well authenticated story
of a conference between the Emperor,
Von Hindenburg, Ludendorff and Bal
lin, in which the shipping man, after
listening to the glowing account of the
military situation given by the mili
tary leaders, told the Emperor that
every extra month of the war meant an
additional year In getting out of the
ruin, after the war. He declared he did
not expect to live to see Germany out
of her difficulties.
PRINCE HENRY ATTACKED
Another Attempt Made on Brother of
Former Emperor.
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 10. (By the As
sociated Press.) Another attempt on
the life of Prince Henry has been made
at Klensburg, where he waa in seclusion
In a villa. The result of the attempt is
not known, but it is believed that he
escaped.
Prince Henry, brother of the former
Emperor, was attacked by Marines
while fleeing from Kiel in an automo
bile flying a red flag on Wednesday
last. A dosen shots were fired at hlra
and his chauffeur was wounded.
STRAY BULLET HITS GIRL
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Beterno Is Wounded.
Rosy Beterno. 6-year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John Beterno, East
Eighty-sixth street and Powell Valley
road, was hit by a stray bullet and
seriously injured last evening at about
7 o'clock.1 The bullet penetrated the
back of the little .girl, just above the
kidney.
She was taken to ft. Vincent's Hos
pital, where surgeons probed for the
bullet, which was said to be of small
caliber. It was reported that the child
will probably recover.
GREAT VICTORY CLAIMED
Revolutionists Issue Statement on
Developments in Germany.
BASEL. Nov. 10. An official dispatch
recoived by the Havas Agency from
Berlin today says:
"Official: The revolution has result
ed in a striking victory almost without
the effusion of blood.
"A general strike was declared this
morning. It brought a cessation of
work in all workshops at about 10
o'clock."
FLEEING SHIP IN DISTRESS
Training Vessel, With 4 00 Men on
Board, Roaches Paratal.
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 10. The Ger
man training ship Schleslen. with 400
men on board, whjch fled from Kiel
when the sailors revolt broke out there,
has arrived at Parstal in distress. The
crew had been unatle to obtain water
at other Danish ports
Two German cruisers in control of
red forces are watching ouside of
Parstal.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 53
decrees; minimum temperature, ftu de
gree. TODAY'? Gentle southwesterly wind, prob
ably showers.
War.
American armies push rapidly forward on
7 l-mile front. Pace .
British within gunfire of Brussels. Pas 1.
World war is over; armistice signed. Page 1.
ForH Kit
Berlin In throes of great revolution. Pica 1-
Pollsh republic formed at Cracow. Pace 1.
William Hohensollern. ex-Kaiaer, seeks ref
use In Holland. Page 1.
Warships prove mighty and efficient police
men ot sea. Page U.
Albert Ball In. of Hamburg-American Steam
ship Line. dies. Page 1.
Armistice opens up Austria, to allies. Page 9.
New German Chancellor issues appeal to
. people. Page 3.
German people rise In wrath. Page 1.
General strike starts In Berlin. Page 1.
Sports.
Oregon-Washington football game assured.
Pge 8.
Soldiers play scoretess game. Page 8.
Portland and Vicinity.
Influent I an soon to be lifted here. Page 12.
Rev. C. A- Wooddy funeral to be held Thurs
day. Page V.
Drive for boys now finishing war task begins
today. Paga 12.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page ft.
RISE III WRATH
Mad Design to Rule Vcrld
Topples Into Ruin.
GREAT EMPIRE SEEMS &0NE
Social Revolution Changes the
Problem of Allies to Res
toration of Order.
RIGHT TO RULE IS ASSERTED
Revolt, Famine and Anarchy
Stalk Within Borders of Coun
tries That Menaced World.
tPy the Assoctstcd Pre.
The German people, for a genera
tion the obedient and submissive serv
ants of their war lord, for more than
four years his pliant instruments in
ravaging the world, have spoken a new
word and the old Germany seens gone.
From the confused, sometimes con
flicting" and often delayed advices from
Germany in the last two days, it has
now become apparent that William,
Emperor and King, has ' een" stripped
of his .lowers. He is now plain Will
iam Hohenzollern, a fugitive in
Holland. With his fall topples into
ruin William's mad design to rule the
world.
Chaos Rules in Germany.
Little is known of the situation to
day in Germany, for that country is in
the first day3 of its new adventure.
It is not clear whether the old regime
has been permanently dislodged or
whether the new authorities with the
unscrupulous adroitness, which has
long marked German politics, are
merely sacrificing the chief figure
heads of Kaiserism in the hope of ob
taining an easier peace.
It appears probable'that no one in
Germany knows and that it is still to
be determined which of the contending
elements will gain the ascendency.
Revolution Spreading Rapidly.
Revolution is spreading rapidly, and
from the fact that a Socialist now is
Chancellor, it may be gathered that
the object of the revolution it not
merely the quick ending of the
war, but the complete severance of the
political ties which still bind the na
tion with its past.
For the allies the problem has
changed. The countries which fought
Germany and her vassals for more
than four years have emerged from
it completely triumphant, but within
the borders of the countries which
menaced the peace of the whole world
stalk revolt, famine and anarchy.
To Restore Order May Be Next Task.
The world's next task may be to re
store order in the desolated central em
pires, it may be a lot ot tnc lorces
that have successfully contested Ger
many's greed for power to save her
from the fate she imposed on Russia.
Likewise, help will have to be given
to Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and
Turkey, whose ruin Germany wrought.
The German empire was the last of
the great autocracies whose fall marks
the real significance of the. war. In
Russia, Austria-Hungary and finally
in Germany irresponsible power gave
way before the irresistible forces of
democraoy.
Hindenburg's Prophecy Comes True.
Germany, holding on to tho last,
kept up the hopeless struggle until
Field Marshal von Hindenburg's
prophetic words early in the war came
true. The side with the strongest
nerves, said he, would win. It was the
crumbling of the home front which
made it impossible for Germany, not
withstanding her great armies in the
field, to carry on any longer.
The collapse of Germany brings the
eclipse of the German idea of the
state as opposed to the doctrine of in
dividual rights, to which the nation
clung with hardly a dissenting voice
until recently. Under this regima
there was developed a nation of which
militarism was the embodiment, which
murdered and plundered, was heedless
of the rights of the individual and
made terrorism a matter of studied
policy.
Terrorism World-Wide.
A matter of studied policy. This ter
rorism was directed against not only
individuals but against nations,
against not only hostile nations, but
those with which Germany waa offi-