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THE SUNDAY OKEGOXTAX. PORTLAND, NOVE3IBEK 10. 1918. U. S. STEAMER SAET1A .sinks, 19 Missive Vessel Sent Down by Mine Off Coast of Maryland. TORPEDO IDEA DISCREDITED Tear Entertained That Engine-Room Force Perished; 65 Snrviv ors Landed. OCEAN CITT, Mi, Nov. 9. The American steamer Saetla, bound from a. French port to Philadelphia, struck a mine 25 miles off the Maryland Coast at 9:05 A. M. today and sank 20 min utes later. Nineteen members of the crew are missing-, 47 having been landed here this afternoon and 18 more having been taken off a raft at 9 o'clock to nipht by a patrol boat. The chief engineer, Charles Tournler. of Hartford, Conn., -was the only one of the rescued party who was injured. His leg was crushed between two lifeboats In the heavy sea that has been run ning today. One of the patrol boats capsized in the sea, but its occupants were rescued.. Destroyers and coast guard boats are searching the vicinity for traces of rafts which may be afloat with the rest of the crew, although It is feared that the men on duty In the Saetia's engine room were killed by one of the explosions. f Explosion Precedes Sinking, The sinking of the ship was preceded by an explosion soon after 8 o'clock. A few minutes later two more violent explosions followed. Although the ship was light, having Just left an Ameri can convoy off the Delaware capes, she went down quickly, according to her master. Captain Lynch, who landed at this place. Coast guard cutters and a number of destroyers rushed to the aid of the steamship, which submerged before any could come alongside. However, . a number of .the crew were picked up in the water, but late today 19 sailors were still missing. The explosions which followed the first, it is believed, were from the boilers. Despite a crushed left leg, the . chief engineer was able to talk after he had reached a hospital in Salisbury, Md. He held very little hope for the "black watch" on duty at the time the boilers exploded. The Saetla left its convoy returning from France three days ago pnd was bound for Philadelphia. Just 25 miles off this place she ran into the mine. Before the ship could back, the first explosion threw half the crew into the sea. Vessel Soon Sinks. Captain Lynch immediately ordered "all hands on deck," but before life boats could be lowered the cold water poured in on Mie boilers, causing addi tional explosions. A few minutes later she settled in about S00 feet of water. The first rescue ship, a United States coast guard launch, capsized in the heavy sea. All the men were picked up a few miles off shore. The last sur vivors of the Saetla were landed here at 4 o'clock. ' The Seaside Hotel has been turned over to the local chapter of the Red Cross. There the survivors will be fed, clothed and sheltered by the town, with the co-operation of the Red Cross. Among those at the hotel is Captain Lynch, who stood by his ship to the last. Although It had been rumored that the Saetia had been torpedoed, naval authorities here scout the idea. The stories related by the crew also tended to disprove it. berger, leader of the enemy delegation, speaking in French announced that the German government had been ad vised by President Wilson that Mar shal Foch was qualified to communi cate to them the allies' conditions and had appointed them plenipotentiaries to take cognizance of the terms and eventually sign an armistice. Marshal Foch then read the terms in a loud voice, dwelling upon each word. The Germans were prepared by semi-official communications for the stipulations, as a whole, but hearing set forth in detail the concrete de mands seemed to bring to them for the first time full realization of the ex tent of the German defeat. Stay of Hostilities Refused. They made a few. observations, merely pointing out material diffi culties standing in the way of carry ing out some quite secondary clauses. Then Erzberger asked for a suspen sion of hostilities in the interests of. humanity. This request Marshal Foch flatly refused. The delegates having obtained per mission to send a courier to Spa and communicate with that place by wire less, withdrew. Marshal Foch imme diately wrote an account of the pro ceedings and sent them by an aide to Premier Clemenceau, who received them at noon. The German delegates are lodged in a country mansion at Kethondes, six miles east of Compiegne and 30 miles from Marshal Foch's headquarters. With the commander in chief at the time of the interview wens Major-Gen-eral Maxime Weygand, his assistant; Vice-Admiral Sir Eosslyn Wemyss, First Lord of the British Admiralty, and Vice - Admiral William Sims, American representative. German Lines 65 Miles Away. Bethondes, where the German armis tice delegates are living, is a small town on the north bank of the River Aisne, six miles east of Compiegne. It is between the forest of Laigul and the forest of Compiegne. Within a radius of 30 miles of Re thondes are the railroad towns of Cler mont, Montdioier, La Fere, Laon and several others not so well known. "When the Germans drove southward from Noyon last June, the French with drew their lines north of the Aisne in the region of Compiegne and the Ger mans at one time were within five miles of Rethondes. Today the German lines. are 65 miles away. ARMISTICE IS EXPECTED (Continued From First Page.) Press Bureau issued the following an nouncement this afternoon: Courier's Passage Delayed. "Owing to the heavy German bar rage and machine-gun fire on the bat tlefront, the passage of the courier from Marshal Foch's headquarters to Spa was so delayed that he is not ex pected to reach German headquarters until this afternoon. Consequently it is unlikely that any decision in regard to the armistice will be reached today." PARIS, Nov. 9, 4:25 A. AL It is regarded probable in well informed circles that Prince Maximilian, the German Imperial Chancellor will to. day communicate the terms of the armistice to a committee of Reichstag party leaders and will himself convey their vote to authorize the plenipoten tiaries to sign the armistice. Vice-Admiral Sims Present. Vice-Admiral W. S- Sims, com mander of the American naval forces in the war zone, was present at the first interview between Marshal Foch and the German armistice mission yes. terday. It was learned during this morning that Admiral Sims is not taking part in the negotiations, but has gone to London. PARIS, Nov. 9, 5 A. M. Germany's armistice delegates were received by Marshal Foch yesterday morning at 9 o'clock in a railroad car,, in which the commander in chief of the allied forces has his headquarters, accorSing to the Petit Journal. Foch Reads Terms. When the Germans' credentials had been opened and verified, Mathias Erz- WHEN A FAMILY NEEDS A FRIEND la the Absence of Doctor Xobly Gone to War After Inlinenaa, the Grip- Those wonderfully useful medicines. Hood's Sarsaparilla, Peptiron and Hood's Pills comprising the new com bination family treatment are warmly recommended. If taken regularly. Hood's Sarsapa rilla before meals, Peptiron after meals, a nd Hood's Pills at night as needed, they are reasonably sure to. keep a family in health and prove to be relia ble and always ready friends. They purify the blood, build up eirensth and rearulate the system. Get all, or any one, as you think you need, from your druggist today. Adv. AFTER KAISER, WHO? T Mil I Confirmation of Hohenzollern Passing Awaited. CAPITAL" NOT SURPRISED II. S. PROTESTS TP ENEMY STRONG NOTE SENT I3T REGARD TO PRISONERS OF WAR. Demands Made Reveal Ill-Treatment of Interned American by Their Captors. "WASHINGTON, Nov. . The United States has addressed the German gov ernment regarding the treatment of American prisoners of war. The State Department, tnrough the American Ambassador at Berne, has asked the Spanish Embassv in Berlin to submit vigorous protest on the following points. Information concerning which has been officially furnished to the de partment: First Forcing any American prison ers of war to work while ill or physi cally unable to do so. Second Compelling any American prisoners of war to labor In mines. Third Compelling any American civilian prisoners to perform any work of any kind save such as may be necessary in connection with their own care and upkeep or in connection with the care and upkeep of their own quarters. The Spanish Embassy Is further asked Insistently to demand the re moval to an officers' camp of all Ameri can merchant marine officers at pres ent in Brandenburg. The department requests that the at tention of the German government be called to the fact that according to the Information a prisoner named David Johnson is still at Brandenburg, not withstanding the statement of the Ger man government, through the Prussian war ministry, that he would be trans ferred. Furthermore, the department asks that the German government be In formed that the personnel of the Ger man merchant marine who are Interned In the United States are required to do work or.ly having to do with their own care and upkeep, or the care and up keep of their own quarters. IS TREASTJRY WAR RISK BUREAU HAS WROUGHT MIRACLE. Government Writes Thirty-Six Bif- Hons in Policies for Soldiers and SaiIor9 at Cost of $1,500,000. CHICAGO. Nov. 9. It has cost the Government only 11,500,000 to write $36,250,000,000 of insurance on the lives of soldiers and sailors within the last year, said Thomas P. Love, Assistant Secretary of tne Treasury, in an ad dress here today before the Association of Life Agency officers. By its accom plishments in the short period of 12 months, the treasury's bureau of war risk insurance "has wrought the In surance miracle of doubling Fhe volume of ordinary life insurance In the world Mr. Love added. Secretary Love said that in the last two months, more than 18,000 soldier or sailors have died of influenza In thl country alone, and insurance which the Government will pay to thei beneficiaries will amount eventually to $170,000,000. Premium income collected for insured soldiers Is estimate , at $143,000,000 and up to November 1. 4 is bursements on account of death amounted. to 44.102,000. These payments are distributed over a period of years, and the aggregate or commuted value of claims is $122,098,000. New Insur ance has been written at the rate of $2,750,000,000 a month and it is esti mated that 95 per cent of men in the Army and Navy are insurei). PRESIDE llllHEC IIIUUIMLU Washington Has No Word That Armistice Has Been Signed, bnt Expects Signature Tomorrow. WASHINGTON, Nov. 9. The tremen dous news from Germany that the Kaiser had decided to abdicate was heard in Washington with scarcely more than a ripple of interest. Everywhere the aueition wan united. Has .the armistice been aia-neri?" Kr far as the American Government knew late tonight it had not been Blamed. and the prevailing belief was that the German answer to Marshal Foch could not De expected before tomorrow. lo members of the Government and diplomats, who a few weeks ago would have been amazed and gratified, the announcement that William II had bowed before the will of the world was accepted as a thing to be expected. There was no confirmation at. the White House or other Government sources. President Wilson, whose de mand that autocracy must go has been blazoned on ev;ry-response to the Ger man pleas for peace, was waiting. fVllsoB Wants Information. He wanted to know who fnllnw, ti Kaiser and wanted something mora than a' decree by Prince Maximilian sent broadcast by wireless to prove that the Kaiser and his power actually have crone. The one thing that officials mnh,. sized was that whatever might happen within Gerjnany at this late date could make no difference In the military pro gramme of the allied and American governments. There will be no modification of the surrender armistice terms which Mar shal Foch has given the Germans until li o clock Monday morninir to arrrnt or reject, and unless the acceptance Is lonncoming tne uninterrupted advance of the victorious armies will continue unm me wnite nag of surrender id- vears. Military men as well as civilian offl cials and diplomatic observers regard acceptance or the armistice terms, harsh as the Germans may deem them. io ixicviiaDie. Germany Sore to Yield. Knowledge that the armv in r9tn and soon must be in retreat across its own Doraers, probably to Join In revo lution at home, la regarded as certain to force the most obstinate among the enemy to yield within the time allowed. As to the effect of the Kaiser's de cision upon the speed with which the lierman reply might be sent to Marshal rocn. no one was prepared to mtik with confidence. The first thought was that with the promulgation of the Chancellor's decree the courier had probably been started back with in strucuons that tne armistice envoys waiting within the allied lines accept at once and bring hostilities to an end. But It was recognized as a noaal- blllty that the Socialists aDnarentlv taking the reins laid down by the war lords mignt attempt to make their as cendency the basis of'another appeal ror discussion of modifications In the surrender conditions. Wireless Message Received. The wireless messacre auotlnsr the Chancellor's decree proclaiming the ab dication decision and renunciation of the throne by' the Crown Prince was received here first late this afternoon through the British wireless Dress. Later it was officially announced at the State Department that the same message bad been picked up directly by the American naval wireless from the great German station at Kauen. The belief here is that if the Hohen zollern dynasty actually has ended. tvniiam ii, iiKe can oi Austria-Hungary, knowing the time of his arolns was near refused to permit history to record that he signed rhe document which must completely destroy German military power and require Germany in advance to submit . to any terms of peace which her enemies may choose to Impose. The Austrian armistice was signed lust as effectively as could have been done by royalty by the Austrian chief of staff, with whom General Diaz, the Italian commander-in-chief, dealt, as the responsible spokesman of the de feated army. Trace Awaits Acceptance. Likewise the German army may have cessation of the hostilities whenever it pleases if competent spokesmen ac cept what the United States and the allies have offered through, their com mander-in-chief. When it comes to a conclusion of per manent peace, of course, the victorious associated nations will deal only with authority set up by the German people and fully warranted in entering upon an international engagement. The terms of armistice will be suffi cient guarantee that the Germans will not again endanger their neighbors while this government is being set up; the conditions of permanent peace which will be dictated will safeguard the future. The world a indictment against Ger many for use at the peace conference is being prepared. Much has already been done. Today Secretary Lansing made pub- )la a protest he bad forwarded to the government at jernn against mistreat ment of American prisoners of war. In cluding putting them to work In mines and withholding packages forwarded for their comfort. This protest, like that of a few days ago, against the announced intention ol the Germans to destroy Belgian coal mines in their retreat, will be among the lesser counts m the indictments. Gompers Goes to Texas. CHICAGO, Nov. J. Samuel Gompers, head of the American Federation of Labor, left today for Laredo, Texas, where he will preside at a Pan-American Labor Conference to begin Novem ber 13. - Charley Chaplin Is Wed LOS ANGELES. Cal.. Nov. 9. Charles S. Chaplin, motion picture comedian, was married here on October 23 to Miss Mildred L. Harris, of Los Angeles, ac cording to a return made today on the marriage license. 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