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VOL. L.VIH. XO. 18,088. PORTLAND, -OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS. OCH IMPROVES ON ARMISTICE TERMS fftw Severity Is Injected Into Conditions. EVERY U-BOAT IS DEMANDED 50,000 Railway Cars Must - Be Delivered to Allies. - B-FOLD INCREASE INVOLVED lerman Troops Must Be Withdrawn immediately From Austria, Roumanla, Turkey. WASHINGTON, Nov. 12. Germany oses her entire fleet of submarines under the armistice terms as amended by Marshal Foch before he signed them Lvith the German envoy, Monday morn- ng. Instead of 160 vessels, every one if the under-sea pirate craft must be surrendered to the allies and the United States, within 14 days. Eighteen of the articles as originally Prepared by the supreme war council nd as read by President Wilson to 'ongress were changed under the Uni ted authority for alteraton given to he supreme commander in dealing w ith the enemy envoys. The State Department today received and made public the amended articles with the explanation that no informa tion had come as to how the changes were brought about. Concessions Made to Germans. Apparently most of them were con ceded in response to appeals . of the iGfrman spokesmen, though several be- fdes that touching -submarines make khe terms more drastic than before. Instead of 50,000 railroad cars to be surrendered in evacuated territory, the number is made 150,000. On the other . hand, the number of pnachine guns to be delivered by the k3ermans Is reduced from 30.000 to 15 000; the German troops in East Africa art permitted to evacuate instead of being required to surrender; provision made for considering food needs in Germany in the taking of means of transportation, and a specific reference to the regulation of repatriation o German prisoners of war at the con clusion of peace is added. Time Extension (.ranted. In response to the German fear of anarchy in occupied Russian provinces after evacuation, the time of evacua tion Is changed from immediately to "as soon as the allies, taking into ac count the internal situation of these territories, shall decide that the time for this has come." Territories which belonged to Aus tria-Hungary before the war are added to those which must be evacuated. Another additional clause provides for an armistice commission to which Germans will be admitted to carry out details under decision of the victorious military heads and in accordance with appended notes, which were drafted during the conference between Marshal I'och and the German delegates. Armlntire Signed 3ioTcmber 11. The additions and changes close with this: "This armistice has been signed No vember 11, 1918, at 5 o'clock Krench time. "l . Koch, R. K. Weymss, Erzberger, A. Oberndorff, Winterfeld, Vanselow President Wilson has had the terms as drafted by the supreme war council and approved by the allied premiers and Colonel House in his hands since a jweek ago yesterday, when they were cabled upon their completion. He pre pared his address, including the terms and read it to Congress before Marshal Koch reported the document as actual ly signed at his headquarters. Repatriation Time Specified. A Summary of the changes follows Article 3 Fifteen days instead of H are allowed for the repatriation begin ning at once of all inhabitants, re moved from invaded countries includ ing hostages and persons under trial or convicted. Article Providing for the surren aer ol munitions and -equipment, re duces the number of machine guns to be delivered from 30,000 to 25,01)0; th number of aeroplanes from 2000 to 1700. Trodpa of Occupation to Art. Article o 1'rovlding for me -evacu ailon by the Germans of the countrie on the left bank of the Rhine, stipu lates that these countries shall be ad ministered by "the local troops of oc cupation" instead of the local authori ties under control of the allied an United states armies and the occupa tion is to be "carried out" instead o "determined by" allied and Unite (states garrisons holding strategic points and the principal crossings the Rhine. Thirty-one days instead of 25 are allowed for completion of the evacuation. Harm or Damace Forbidden. Article 6 Providing that no harm or damage shall be done to person and property in territory evacuate by the Germans, has a sentence specific ally stipulating that no person shall be prosecuted for offenses of partici pation in war measures prior to th signing of the armistice. Article 7 Providing for the aban donment or delivery in good order to the associated powers of all roads an means of communication and trans portation in evacuated territory, calls Concluded oa Pa-a 2, column 3J WAR RECONSTRUCTION. By The Associated Press. THE guns everywhere are mute. Hostilities have given way to preparations by the defeated eneiqfr to evacuate ail invaded territory In ac cordance with the terms of the armis tice and by the entente forces to take up the strategic positions assigned to them in order that the foe may be un able to resume fighting. Although the British, Belgian. French and American armies have rested on their arms, they, nevertheless, are on the alert for any eventuality. And thus it Is purposed they shall remain until the peace which will make the world safe for democracy has arrivad. As the German armies in the west wend their way backward across the Rhine defeated, comes the cry from Germany for an early peace. Ktarva- on faces the war-torn empire. Ger many, which once boasted that it would throw a circle of iron about the British sles and starve the people into sub mission, today is beginning to beg not alone for peace, but for bread. Magnanimity lies in the outstretched ands of the allies. The German peo ple are' not to be permitted to perish for want of food. Sustenance is to be iven them, but in doing so undue pri vations are not to be visited upon the peoples of the devastated countries over which the Germans haVe swept. In Germany proper the new govern mental regime apparently is holding way. Internal strife seemingly has nded except for a mutiny by he sail rs. It is apparent that the northern fleet and Heligoland, the island bastion defending the coast of Northern Ger many, are in the hands of mutineers who have called upon the sailors to de fend the country against the "unheard- f presumption" contained In the allies rmlstice terms. Amendments to the armistice terms to Germany show that the allies are more xacting in their demands than was at irst reported. The Teutons are to be stripped of all their submarines, those wolves of the sea which have caused uch devastation, instead of 160, as first was stipulated. A reduction in the quantity of some f the military equipment to be deliv- red was made, but instead of 50,000 railroad cars, 150,000 must, be sur rendered. The treaties of Bucharest nd Brest-Ldtovsk, it is stipulated, must be renounced and the evacuation of the Rhinclands on both sides of the river shall be completed within 31 days. The countries on the left ban of the Rhine are to be administered by the control of the armies of occupation. It is reported again that Charles. Emperor of Austria and King of Hun gary, has followed the example of his hief colleague In the war. Vt illiam Hohenzollern, and laid aside his scepter. ERSHING TO BE HONORED Los Angeles lo Name Central Park .rtcr American General. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Nov. 12. Cen tral Park is to be "Pershing "square- ust as soon as the City Council here can complete the formalities initiated by the adoption today of a resolution declaring its Intention to make the change. The resolution was unani mously approved. The isolution also provided for the aunching of a campaign to secure funds by popular subscription for a monument to the American Army and Navy and to General Pershing in com memoration of their services in the world war. Pershing Square is the city's down- own breaming space ana is a cny block in extent. GRAND DUKE IS ARRESTED f 1 r c.-f- Royalist Is Held Under Re straint, Says Dispatch. AMSTERDAM, Nov. 12. The Grand Duke of Hesse has Ween placed under preventive arrest, according to a Darm stadt dispatch to the Dusseldorf Nach richten. An official dispatch from Darmstadt Sunday said the Grand Duke of Hesse had decreed the formation of a council of state to take over the business until final settlement of the questions arising from the present situation' could be effected. CANADA'S LOSSES .LARGE More Than 34,800 Men Pay Su- prenie Sacrifice in Battle. OTTAWA. Ont.. Nov. . 12. Canada's casualties in the war up to 11 days before the capture of Mons on the final morning of the conflict totaled 211,358 men. It was announced here today. These are classified as follows Killed in action. 34.877; died . of wounds or- disease, 15,457; wounded, 152,779; presumed dead, missing in ac tion and known prisoners of war, 8245. HUNS RACE FOR BORDERS Boches Run As If Lives Depended on Reaching Home by Nightfall. WITH THE BRITISH ARMT IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM. Nov. 11, P. M. (By the Associated Press.) All day long the rear-guard troops of the shattered and defeated German armie opposite the British front have been racing for their own border as though their lives depended on reaching their own land by nigl.tfall. MRS. B. FAY MILLS IS DEAD Widow of Well-Known Evangelist Parses at Grand Rapids. GRAND RAPIDS, Nov. 12. Mrs. B. Fay Mills, widow of the well-known evangelist, died here today after sev eral months' illness. She is survived by six children, among them being Major Thornton B. Mills, of the United States Air Service at Portland, Or., and Captain Henry H. Mills, Air Service, also of Portland. REPUBLIC IS TAKING E Foundation Laid, Asserts Philipp Scheidemann. REVOLUTION STILL GAINING Autocracy Capitulating Length and Breadth of Country. HELGOLAND FLEET SEIZED "Spartacus Group" of Socialists, Bolshevik Element, Gains Recog nition as Political Party. 7.1RICH, Nov. 12. (By The Asso ciated Preaa.) A republic wan pro claimed at Berlin on Saturday, accord-ins- to advleea received from Munich, COPENHAGEN, Nqv. 11. Out of the political chaos in Germany a republic appears to be emerging. Control at present is vested largely In soldiers' councils, but progress toward substan tial government Is indicated by the fact that Philipp Scheidemann. the Socialist leader, has proclaimed from the steps of the Reichstag building that the foundation of a German re public has been established. The revolution coi.tinues to spread and Kaiserism appears to be capitulat ing the length and breadth of the country. Advices from Bremen say that the entire German Northern fleet and the island base of Helgoland are in the hands of soldiers' councils, according to a telegram from Bremen. Bonrceoiae All Barred. Germany's new provisional govern ment will be all red, that is to say, th bourgeoise parties will not be rep resented in it. This will not be because of their unwillingness to participate. but because the Socialists definitely refused to permit the bourgeoise to en ter the new government. The plaii is to give the Independent Socialists the Vice-Chancellorship and two other secretarial positions. There are indications, however, that inde pendents will demand more. The Soldiers" and Workmen's Coun cil, in a dispatch telling of the confisca tion of the Lokal Anzeiger and the Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zcitung by the Socialists, says: 'All the Socialist factions in Berlin now have a daily newspaper." Bolshevik! Gain Recognition. This remark carries deep signifi cance, as it Is the first recognition of the "Spartacus" group, or Bolsheviki, as a distinct Socialist faction. The Spartacus adherents heretofore represented a small branch of the Inde pendent Socialists. That they are now reckoned as a party for themselves appears to indicae a growth In the Bolsheikl strength of such proportions that it must be reckoned with. It is reported that other Berlin news- iConcluded on Pajre Z, Column 2.) GERMANY GOVERNMENT TO FIND JOBS FOR 4 MILLION INDUSTRIES TO ABSORB MEN AS THEY ARE DEMOBILIZED. Employer Throughout Country to Inform Authorities What Are Needs in Labor Line. WASHINGTON. Nov. 12. Demobili zation of men in the military and naval service of the United States after their return from France will be carried out largely on a basis of the ability of trade and occupations to absorb them, under a plan being worked out by the Labor, War and Navy Departments and the War Industries Board. It was said today that the plan will be submitted to President Wifcon soon. The War Industries Board has sent questionnaires to employers in all in dustries asking the- needs of each for men, and the answers will show where, when and how rapidly Jobs will be ready for discharged soldiers and sailors and what trades art most in need of them. The War Labor Policies Board and the United States employment service will be combined to handle the Labor Department's end. The War Depart ment is expected to establish a new bureau or to convert the activities of Provost Marshal - General Crowder's office to this end. The question of the number of Amer ican troops to be retained in" France or elsewhere in Europe Is being studied on that aide. Secretary Baker said, while the general staff is preparing recommendation as to the number to be kept under arms In this country. - Mr. Baker said several factors will govern the order in which men will be released from the Army. It is obvious. he said, that, as a matter of Justice, men who had been longest In the serv ice should be released first, but the Industrial situation will modify, this principle. Labor employment officials assert that the demobilization of the 4.000,00 men now under arms at home and over seas and the conversion of Industry to its peace status will not cause any serious problem of unemployment. BELGIANS TO BE ON GUARD Neutrality "Guaranteed" by "Scrap of Paper" Not Wanted In Future. WASHINGTON. Nov. 12. The Bel gian legation, in an official statement today, announced that Belgium will no longer submit to a status of "guaran teed neutrality" like that which existed berore the war. It aspires to 'com plete Independence; tp the rights com mon to all free peoples." A return to the "statin.' quo of 1S3V the statement said, will entail a per petual Intrusion by Germany upon the domestic life of the nation and create a situation "Intolerable to public opln Ion and certain to cause serious diffi culties." HUNTER SHOT BY ACCIDENT Musical Director ' of Crook County High School Victim PRINKVILLK. or.. Nov. 12. (Spe cial.) Durrel C Davis, musical direc tor of the Crook Oounly High School Band, was accidentally shot and killed while he and Principal K. E. Evans were out duck shooting at & o'clock, about seven miles west of here. The accident was caused by the dis charge of Evans' gun as he dropped it to catch Davis, who had become over balanced and was falling from the boat they were In. EXTREMES OF THE HOUR, OVER THERE. AUSTRIAN EMPEROR ABDIGATESTHRONE Official Announcement Is Made at Vienna. EVENTFUL REIGN IS AT AN END Hapsburg Dynasty Topples as Result ol War. ADLER REPORTED DEAD Austrian Socialists Lose Leader; General Strike at Capital De clared for Today. COPENHAGEN. Wednesday. Nov. 13. 3:50 A. M. The abdication of Emperor Charles, of Austria, Is officially an nounced at Vienna. Prior to his abdication Emperor Charles issued a manifesto, declaring that he was forsaking participation In the public affairs of German Austria. HiHbsrgi Doff Titles. Budapest newspapers contain details of a remarkable ceremony In which Archduke Joseph of Austria and his son. Josef Francis, took oath to the Hungarian constitution as simple Hun garian citizens named Hapsburg. The r.ewopapers say this was the first in stance In 400 years when such a re nouncement waa made. All privileges were given up by the royalties. LONDON. Nov. IS. Tha man who, since December, 1916. had been occupy ing the throne of Austria-Hungary, is today P,laln Charles Hapsburg, accord ing i to a Copenhagen dispatch to th Exchange Telegraph Company, quoting private advices from Vienna. The exact date and the immediate circumstances of the abdication of the last of the Hpsburg dynasty were not given In the advices, but the relinquish ing of the throne had been portended by recent events in the dual monarchy. Victor Adlcr, leader of the Austrian Socialists and 'orelgn Secretary In the ticrman-Austrlan Cabinet formed at Vienna on October 31, is dead, it is announced. f.earral Strike Itnmorrd. It Is reported that a general strike will be declared In Vienna tomorrow. Emperor Charles I of Austria, King of Hungary, was an unpromising Major in an Austrian infantry regiment when the shot of the assassin who killed the Archduke Francis Ferdinand on June IS. 1914, made htm the heir ap parent to the throne in the "Hawk's Castle" on the banks of the River Air. Two hundred or more monareha of this historic house of Hapsburg ruled for centuries tne land of Magyar, Slav and Teuton centuries of bloodshed, tyranny and aggression and sleep their last sleep In the crypt of the Ca puchin Church In Vienna. Empeior Francis Joseph, the aged predecessor of the youthful Charles, seeing "the handwriting on the wall,1 had hoped to unite the discordant ele- Concluded on Pane 2. Col up a 2.) AMERICAN TROOPS LAUDED BY BRITISH 'GALLANT AND DECIDED DEEDS' MEET DESERVED PRAISE. London Press Say Perhing's Men Far Surpassed "All Confident . Expectations" at Eront. LONDON. Wednesday. Nov. C In praising the work of the American Ex peditionary force. In an editorial to day, the Morning Post says: "Of the gallant-and decisive deeds now unfolding on tne western front, not the least conspicuous appears to be the achievements of the American Army In the critical Meuse sector. At any other moment, those achievements would have been certain of deserved celebration. "The American troops, only newly trained, inheriting no long military tradition and moulded by no Ironbound system, have faced and have overcome the pick of the German legions. "The cost doubtless has been heavy but the result Is amazing. "In this country we have never doubted as to how the American aol dler would prove himself In the field. but it is not too much to say that the most confident expectations have been surpassed. The rapidity and thorouah- ness with which General Pershing's men have adapted themselves to the highly specialized conditions of modern warfare have been a revelation. Indeed, In their own phrase, they have made good and lost no time about it. "Whn the story Is written of these last fateful days of the war it will be recognized that the part played by the men from the Cnited States haa been neither the least honorable nor th leas onerous. VICTORY BREAD IS DOOMED Whole Wheat Product Soon lo Ap pear in Amerk-a. WASHINGTON. Nov. 12. 'Victory" bread will soon disappear from the American table, and Us place will be taken by bread made from whole wheat flour. Victory for American and allied arms, however, is responsible only In part for the change. it is chiefly due. according to the Food Administration, to the tremen dous wheat crop raised by the Ameri can Farmer this year, the vast stores In Australia and other wheat-growing countries, now made a ml la Mr. and to a serious world shortage In dairy foods. New wheat regulations may ha ex pected as soon as the mechanical de tails of the change can be worked out. It was said. REUSS RULER ABDICATES Prince Helnrich, the 2 Till. Follows Procedure of Kalscr. COPENHAGEN. Nov. 1 2. A Berlin dispatch says that Trlnce Heinrich XXVII of Reus, of the younger line, has abdicated. Prince Helnrich was the reigning Prince of the. house of Furstenthum Reuss. He was born In 1S5S. Reuse Is a principality that has a constitution under which restricted legislative rights are granted to a diet of 21 mem bers, of whom three are elected by those paying the highest income tax and the others by the inhabitants In general. The Prince had the sole ex ecutive and part of the legislative power. CROWN" PRINCE IS DEAD Hague Correspondent of German News Agency Confirms Itcport. j may be needed. PARIS. Nov. 12. Havas.) The' Following Is the list of large sub death of the Crown Prince is eolflr med I rrlbers, as posted last night for the by The Hague correspondent of thecllv campaign: German news agency at Munich, ac-' J- H. Iiur (This ln-lu-1-. sio.ooo cording to rd vices tu the Matin. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Wee.tt.r. TEfTF.RDArs Maximum tfmperaturt, 60 dff rfi, minimum, 36 decreea. TODAY'S Rain: southerly winds. War. Tank flCht hard until Is minute. Paso 7, Casualty list. Fare 3. Yanks dtn In repairing- road makes Huns think war Is yet on. Pas e. British, praise Americans. Pace 1 Foreic. Grrman republic In prospect. Pans 1. Kaiser motors to Holland. Pats 3. Arm;stlce celebrated at .battle-front. Pass 3. Armistice terma mad more severe. Pace 1. Austrian Emperor abdicating. Pave 1. National. Government to find Jobs for men tn service. Pace 1. Nation faces years of heavy taxes. Pare 6. Sol fa appeal rr early peace re carded aa needieee. Page 4. . Nrm-vir Industries authorised to Increase production. Pace Gary warns business of after-war dancers. Pace 6, Reast fictions on some non-wsr Industries to be reduced. Pace 2. Bercer trice to dodce trial In Judce Landls' court. ri( reports. AcKis see victory over Orecon eleven. Pace 10. Boxtnc smoker to be riven December 6 lac lo. Commercial sad Marine. Larre extension of "Winter wheat acres ce In Coast Mate. Pace 13. Chics co traders consider peace as havinc been discounted. Pace 10. tock. market weakened by declines In war shares. Pace 10. Captain Rulcer may co on Ehlpplnr Board Pace 12. Pri4and and Vicinity. Workers comb entire state In quest of war funds. Pace 1. "Flu" reports today will decide bsn Ilftlnc Pare Id. Pay riae for city employes prevented. Pace . Multnomah Guard takes hand in marwork drive. Pace li. Weather report, data and 1nrm?t. Pace 15. Com m lactone r Keiiahcr to balk on quit tine Job. i IX WAR WORKERS BUT. r Tn ii L IU All Oregon Responds to Call for Funds. OFFICIALS ARE OPTIMISTIC Victory Celebration Is Boost to Up-State Counties. ENLISTED MEN AID CAUSE Student Groups, School Children, Iiw ttutrlal Plants and Individ uals Aid tn Campaign. Into each district of Portland, and through every city, hamlet and town ship of old Oreaon. the thousands of campaigners of the united war work drive plunged vigorously yesterdsy. By the calendar it was the second day of the campaign, but by the rule of fact It was the first for even the needs of the sevenfold fund were side tracked on the opening day. when the state rioted happily at the news of victory. Addressed with unrelenting vl;or to the task of "bringing home the bacon. which for Oregon Is appraised at II. 1S0.O0O, with Portland's share at I4S0. 00O. the war workers issued forth in regiments to carry to every 'home the plea for aid and appreciation of the gallant lads who made victory pos sible. ' Klxeaa Are lieafoasle. both state and city the reports. In while not checked as to actual results last night, gave evidence that citizens are warmly responsive to the cause, and that they realise the need for ' maintaining morale and cleanly happi ness among the chaps who carry Amer ica's flag, even though the strife of actual battle Is but a memory. In Portland th city center captains for the opening day of the drive were forced to content themselves with re porting progress, but on yesterday they found the downtown district in a diMinctly quieter mood and they mowed the hay of opportunity in fine style, laying out a windrow of large subscript ions. Officials Are Optimistic. The hotfe-to-house canvass, which reported l00 on the opening day. despite the fact that nearly all Port land was not at home, but merged In the downtown celebration, made an ex cellent advance yesterday, and will present Its totals today when the audi tors have finished with them. State and city officials alike main tained that the war-work drive in Ore gon Is galloping down the line in eat lfaclory manner, and that the pace. If it Is held, will bring the pioneer state under the tape a rollicking winner, in keeping with its unblemished, record Jot a dozen successful campaigns. Workers Rally to ('. There Is no lack of city workers, says headquarters. With approximately 4000 in the local field, comprising the city center and house-to-house divisions, hundreds of volunteers have informed Liberty Temple of their Instant readl- ; ness tn tik. the fieM at a nV tlm. th.v from M. M. HmiMr personally and .'Ml from Portland 1-louring Mill Com piny SI n.OOO K(frn fc Wt-iiern I-umber Company 1"." I-idd Kutnle K-t'ate of Theodore K. Wilcox M - ler Frank '"umpiny . . . . Atra Prn. M ii i in c Company Kal'lnc Ksiaie Honey man Hardware Company ..... r"le it-tenner. Mayer Co. Inmin. I'ouUS-n A ' o Old, Wortman fc King O Shea BrotTi Allen a lewla .' . . mfK, Harrtn A Neville Company... Mrs Caroline K am m l.ipmin Wolfe NUmn, Khrman A. Co Roberta Hr. '.................a... Rodney til man li-ortf T.m -a- rence Company MfrMiriin Iron Worka Blake Mr Fa II Company M. I Kline J K. Gill Company Woodward 4k. Clarke K. C. Shevlin tt.A(M) r J . ." 2. . m j Vwo Ml 1 . r.fo 1 . "J 1 ,f l.noo r.ott .vv t pitate Cetaat!e-a Boay. Individual county report were re ceived yesterday by Orlando AV. Dav idson, state director. Indicating that Oregon at larjre a taken the war work trail and will follow !t to the finish. A few of these are as follows: Sherman County Moro. Nov. 11. Re turns from half of the. distrirta In Sherman County show quotas all col lected, with more than 0 per cent asked. There is no doubt but that other districts thus far unreported will do as well. t.eorge B. Bourhill, county chairman. Uake County Lakeview. Nov. 11. Solicitors are, proceed in K slow on ac count of influenza. About IliOO haa been subscribed in T-akevIew. xnoctly cash. No outside precincts have been heard from. James F. Burgess, county chairman. Jackson County Med ford. Nov. 11. Armistice celebration prevented us from accomplish in sr anything worth while to report. Will have aomethinir tomorrow. William G. Tait, county chairman. I'matilla County Pendleton. Nov. 11. The whole county has gone wild with Toy and most districts have de ferred solicitations until tomorrow. D it t rids partly canvassed collected about $T,ono. Adams, with quota of $1 .'00. reported $ I & a o raised in half a I iL-'onluUcd uo a'aifco lu. Column Lj RAC llll V'JI H v