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i. 1. 1 i . i i I,, i 1 . ' i i 1 1 i i ii i 1 1 11 p ! i. i . . i i ,. . , . . , iT"ffTyT a. i i i -p.. i J- mi. .-JLm VOL. XVI. NO. 165 fflNDENBUlG ' CAMBRAI S BOLSHEVIKI PROPDSAL Faction's . Representatives at Stockholm Send Formal Suggestion in Message of Greeting to SocialisticMass Meeting Held in Dresden. Immediate Negotiations for Peace Without Annexations or Indemnities Urged Kerensky Is Said to Have Ended Life by Shooting. AMSTERDAM, Nov. 21. (U. P.)Formal propo- sals of an International peace ; - among warring nations were made by the Russian - Boi shevlkl representatives at (Stockholm in greetings sent a Socialist mass meet'ng in Dresden, according to word received here today.. "The Russian workmen's and soldiers' council snatched power from those who have been permitting peace revolu tions and social alms to lapse," the message asserted. "We now propose Immedi ate negotiations ' for a peace . without annexation and with out, indemnities, on the basis of the right of nations to de cide their own destiny. "However Russian capital istic forces will oppose an In ternational peace. There is still a long struggle, which can. only end victoriously by joint International action of the proletariat." London. Nov. 21. (I. N. S.) , That Russia, and Roumanla may be consld red out of the war, as decisive fight in factor has been established as a virtual certainty by a train of develop ments which culminated today. Advices of the most sensational char acter came from . Stockholm regarding Russia. - The Swedish newspaper Tldningen was quoted as saying; that the Swedish foreign office Is In receipt of informa- (Concluded cm Par Ten. Column One) T War Work Fund Is Topped Millions New York, Nov. 21. (I. N. S.) The efforts of the T. M. C. A. to raise $35, 000,000 for war relief work exceeded all expectations. At noon today It was an nounced that the total amount raised is more than , $50,000,000. A telegram re porting the remarkable success of the drive was sent to President Wilson by Dr. John R. Mott, general secretary of the war work council. The president re plied as follows: "My heartfelt con gratulations on the remarkable and gratifying- results. I think it Is a na tional blessing." Cylinder Phonographs Good Qty Farm MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS 14 FINE cylinder phonograph, and records. Snaps IS HEATING stoves, to trade, have you? What Arrears 67 GOOD soil, city water, . close in car line, easy terms. Will build to suit purchaser. Journal WANT ADS have paved the way to success for many of our prominent business men. It is an easy matter to close a hard deal or negotiate a big loan with a Journal WANT AD. It is hard to suggest anything in the general line of business that a Journal WANT AD cannot handle satisfactorily. .Jour nal WANT ADS are inexpensive, far reaching and the most persist ent successful salesman in Port- landr s .. , v.-v. , STOCKS SENT SOARING BY BIG VICTORY NEW YORK. NOV. 21. I. X. S.) THE SMASHING VICTORY OF THE BRITISH ON THE WESTERN FRONT CAUSED SHARP ADVANCES ON THE STOCK MARKET TODAY, GAINS IN THE LEADING ISSUES RANGING FROM 1 TO OVER 5 POINTS. If. S. STEEL. COMMON FROM A MORNING LOW OF 95 ROSE TO.S8, WHILE BETHLEHEM STEEL B ADVANCED FROM 81 to 83. MARINE PRE FERRED FROM its T.ow vu tntr L OF 97 AT THE OPENING SOLD UP TO 99, WHILE CENTRAL LEATHER FROM 63 AD VANCED TO 674- DELAWARE & HUDSON AFTER DECLINING to 88 IN THE MORNING ROSE TO Sii, AND CANADIAN PACIFIC FROM A LOW 132V4 ROSE TO 135. UNION PACIFIC' GAINED NEARLY 2 POINTS TO 117. ' J GET SOME SHIPS L Traffic Director of Union Pa cific Declares Willingness to Cooperate With Well Organized Ship Service. "Get some ships running." This was the terse advice to Port land given this morning by B. I Win chell. traffic director of the Union Pa clflc. In an interview with The Journal. He was answering the question, "What Is Portland's part in a cooperative plan to build up business with the orient and to increase the shipping of this port?" "I. know of no way to install a proper Portland steamship service except either to buy ships and operate them or to induce those who now own them to run them regularly to and from Portland," added the famous traffic man. Mr. Wlnchell discussed the subject both from the viewpoint of the traffic head of the great railway system which has . its transcontinental terminus In Portland and from that of one asked to make comments upon various elements of a comprehensive port development plan. Railroad Will Cooperate The words "cooperative plan" suggest that the port development program does not rest upon Portland alone. Mr. Wlnchell freely recognizes the rail road's ' part. "We have given assurances of our willingness to cooperate with any well organized steamship service which may be inaugurated between Portland and the orient, and our position is un changed ; we are still willing," he said. Again, and getting closer to the fre quently made statement that the Union Pacific extended its service to Puget Sound and made traffic agreements with steamship lines there which virtu ally eliminated Portland, so far as overseas transshipments from this port were concerned: Surrey Is Recommended "We have no agreement which would interfere with anything we want to do at Portland and we want to do it." If Portland is to secure oriental con nections before the "war is over Mr. Wlnchell thinks the service must be ob tained through a Japanese line. The Japanese lines alone are free now to give Portland service If satisfactory ar rangements are made. The fact that the service of the Japanese lines to Pu get Sound has continued uninterrupted ly accounts in large measure for the rapidly rolling up customs reports of Puget Sound. He believes that a local traffic sur vey would be of great value, a survey that would indicate the probable amount of overseas business, both export and Import, showing the bulk, variety and distribution. Through business, he added, cannot be surveyed ; It belongs to all the lines and is governed largely by the shippers. Private Lhjfes Held Better A forwarding company with branches in Chicago and New York would be an excellent Portland institution. In Mr. Wlnchell's opinion. As to orien tal agencies he said, "The Union Pa cific may eventually establish agencies In the orient. That will not como. however, until after the war. We had plans for such agencies fairly well formed before the war but were com pelled to lay themr aside when the war broke." Commenting that it is a delicate question in which there is no final authority, he said that Portland ought to use its legal powers to operate vessels probably only as a last resort. Individuals, he said, are more keenly interested and are more likely to make a success of steamship lines. Personal interest is a great factor In profitable steamship operation. Yet, on the other hand, community ownership and' opera tion of vessels might succeed if the proper experience and ability were en gaged and the community set itself pa tiently and tenaciously for a long period of business building. "Be assured of this," concluded Mr. Wincheil, "that when Portland lays out a comprehensive port development plan and sets about doing the things that are 'to be done, the cooperation of the Union Pacific can be counted on in every proper way." - v SAYS WNCHEL PORTLAND, OREGON, - WEDNESDAY EVENING, NEW GENIUS AND HIS BATTLELINE LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIR JULIAN BYNG, K. C. B., commanding the third army corps, who won today's notable victory in the Arra sector of France. He Js 54 years bid and is the seventh son of the Earl of Stafford. He joined 'the British army 34 years ago. Below is a map showing the district from Arras to St. Quentin covered by the big British attack. The shaded portion shown was won last spring by the British. W2jf&'42&j Pi m&x :r f saL"1 ' iini'w.iiini.M iii.iii.li .ii ihl-ir- - - it fH. TEUTONS SEEK TO Attack Made Only With Overwhelming Masses -Piava Literally Dammed During Attempt to Cross. With the Italian Armies. Nov. 21. (U. P.) All preconceived ideas- that the Teutons are husbanding their, resources of manpower are refuted In the great battle along the Piave river. The enemy has now four armies on the line of the offensive and is holding a fifth in reserve In the Trentino, from which it is constantly moving troops eastward. : Intense fighting was reported today from around Monte Grappa and Fenera. The same tactics of seeking to smoth er their objectives in a flood of packed humanity, which Germany used early in the war, are those which the German and Austrian commands are pursuing today. - No attack is made except, with over whelming masses of troops..; They are likewise specially picked and "trained men and are perfectly equipped, .in (Concluded on Psge Sixteen, Column S3i) A. f SMOTHER ITALIANS LINE ECTOR BY THE BRIl PORTLAND IN ON HUGE CAR ORDER Russian Contract for 2500 Box Cars, Amounting to $4,500,000, Will Be Di vided, Portland and Seattle An order for 2500 box cars' for the Russian government has been" allotted to the Pacific Car & Foundry company of Portland and Seattle. The order rep resents an investment of S4.500.00O, the greater portion of which will be paid in wages to the company's employes in this city and Seattle. Work on the or der ; begins at once and the cars will be delivered at Vladivostok. Judge John ' Twohy, accompanied by William Pigott of Seattle returned this morning with this announcement from Washington, D. C, where they have been In conference with government of ficials relative to this and other orders for cars, the sale of which is guaranteed by the- United States government. In timation of eventual development of an industry to supply the necessary, steel needs was also made. This, however, is a matter for "the future. ' (Concluded Pag Sixteea, Conns. Three) ' NOVEMBER 21, 1917. GREATEST Possible Start of Success Equal in Importance - to That of Marne Is Seen in Haig's 5 Smash Through Hindenburg Line. British Now Literally on the Threshhold of Cambrai, Vital Spot in German Com munication Line Gain Is Made Over 18-Mile Front. By Perry Arnold New York, Nov. 21: (U. P.) The greatest surprise stroke of the war. on of the greatest strategic achievements 6f the struggle and possibly the start of a victory equal in importance to the Marne. is Field Marnlml Hair. hv. lng of the Hindenburg line, reported luuay. . Between the two north nrA antith points mentioned in today's official re port there is a distance of 18 miles. Over this whole section th RrltUh had made an average advance of four miles. Halg's troops are now literally on the threshold of Cambrai, the vital spot in the German communication line. Cambrai Partly Sorroonded The biggest town captured in the drive is Marcoing. five miles anuthwMt of Cambrai. With Anneux and Grain- court also in .British hands, the British already have a segment approximately four miles wide in its semi-arc, shoved around the depot city of the German communications artery. Lavecquerc lies little farther to the south of Cambrai, at the Junction of two roads from Lecatellet and Fins to Cambrai. Flesquires is a bare five miles distant from Cambrai, lying Just beyond Hav rincourt, which was also stormed and captured. Surprise Overwhelming The British driva mint Tim in an overwhelming surprise to the' Ger mans, mver since September 21 the British have been concentrating all their efforts on the lin rr t tv, north in the Flanders sector. Halg made some localized attacks there not more than three days ago. The Ger mans evidently figured the British strategy was to press this Flanders drive unceasingly. Their lines must have been greatly depleted along the whole Of the Wotan and Siegfried fronts between Arras and St. Quentin. That Halg should have been able' to mass sufficient troops and material be fore this German front to break the Hindenburg line at various points even to sweep over portions of the sec ond line defenses without the enemy being aware of It. is almost a new achievement in the great war. Blow Tribate to England The Hindenburg line was established last spring. It was the defense position to which the Germans retired in their "strategic retreat" on the Somme front. The Germans had worked for more than a year constructing the defense of this line, utilizing Belgian civilian labor in many sections. Today's blow comes at a tlmm when England is not, only still preslng the Germans hard on the Flanders7 front, but has sent great numbers of her troops to aid Italy in driving back the Teutonic Invaders. The fact that the British can send forces to Italy and keep a great army hammering in Fland ers, and still spare plenty of men for the blow reported today, is a splendid and significant indication of England's military strength. Conversely, the tremendous gains achieved would seem to indicate that the Germans have had to deplete their defense lines of a considerable number of men probably both .lor the Italian drive and to protect their positions in Flanders. SURPRISE IR Hi Diamond Robbery in ; Mipneapolis Daring Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. 21. p.) Three Vtimasked men today entered Harry Green's Jewelry store, in the heart of the downtown district, held two clerks on' duty at the point of re volvers.' felled by blows from a revolver butt two men who came to the aid of the clerks, and escaped with between $40,000 and $60,000 werth of diamonds and 212 In cash. . . - - - .... - ' - . , EIGHTEEN PAGES SMASHED Surprise Carries Toward Formidable German Defenses Captured .Easily; Total Number Prisoners Taken Is Estimated at More Than 5000. LONDON, Nov. 21. (U. P.) Field Marshal Haig has broken the first defenses of the vaunted Hindenburg line. After smashing the first line of defense, the British cap tured the second, more than a mile beyond. Describing this action, Haig's report stated: "Our infantry and tanks, in accordance with prograjji, pressed forward and captured the German second system, more than a mile beyond the first." He reported today that his great blow, aimed suddenly Tues day on the Arras-St. Quentin line, had gained this great victory "over the whole front." "Around Lavacquerc the formidable defenses known as Welsh Ridge and Coutllet wood were captured," the British commander in chief reported. "Flesquires was entered and the grand ravine crossed. ."Havrincourt was captured. "After the capture of Havrincourt," the official statement con tinued, "rapid progress was made at all points. "The Masnieres canal was crossed and Marcoing and Neuf wood captured. "East of the canal du Nord the villages of Graincourt and An neux were stormed. West of the canal the whole line north to the Bapaume-Cambrai road was stormed. "The enemy was completely surprised. Sir Julian Byng commanded the British third army. "Bonaires hamlet and Lateau wood were captured after stiff fighting. , "East of Ephey, between Bullecourt and Fontaine Ies Croisilles, important positions were captured. The total number of prisoners and guns and the quantity of material has not yet been estimated." "Trench systems north of Havrincourt and north of the west bank of the canal du Nord were captured," Haig's report added. Front dispatches received here late this afternoon said that more than 5000 prisoners were taken in Tuesday's drive. unusn assaulting waves passed through the German lines to a depth of between four and five miles over a very wide front. Thousands of prisoners and number of guns were taken. a great British troops must now be within sight of Cambrai, since before the drive the old lines were only eight miles dis tant from there. There was every evidence today that the enemy was utterly paral ed by the tremendous force of the British blow, no less than its surprise. There has been no fighting of any magnitude on the Arras-St. Quentin sector since early in the summer. Tanks battered down the German de fenses, crumbled away some 6f the artfully contrived German cement em-. placements and ponderously drove for ward In advance of the artillery. Cambrai is now almost In the hands Of the British. CommanleaUons Menaced Not only has the Hindenburg line been penetrated and at least two of its lines utterly destroyed, but the British now directly menace the main German line of communications Douai. Cam bria and St. Quentin. The surprise of the British drive, cou pled with its overpowering force, was so complete and the German demoral ization so utter that official reports did not attempt to obtain the actual number of prisoners taken nor the quantity of guns, supplies and ammuni tion. Victory One of Greatest of War In many circles here today the vic tory was hailed as perhaps the most important military stroke achieved by the allies since the battle of the Marne. Actual penetration of the Hinden burg line, which Germany has boasted was completely Impregnable and which her militarists have led the people to believe would forever bar the allied progress, may be expected to have a powerful effect on German morale in the field and at home. Field Marshal Halg has not com pletely and definitely located the driv ing front, but the German official report named it as centering over the Bapaume-Cambrai highway. Line is 4 3111es In Length The Hindenburg line starts at Dro court Just northwest of Doual and runs in a fairly straight line down through Vltry-en-Artois, Vllliers, Cagnicourt, to QUeant and Pronville. thence on to Boursies. Havrincourt, Gouzeaucourt, Epehy and St. Quentin. The first, or upper section of this line that from Drocourt to Queant, has been named the "Wotan line." The lower section is the Siegfried line. Both together form the general scheme of the Hindenburg front. The total length is about 40 miles. Field Marshal Halg departed from the custom of withholding the names of generals immediately in charge of operations in his statement today, giv ing General Sir Julian Byng and his third army the credit of the brilliant achievement. French Slay Join Drive iFaris. JJov. . 21. (U. .PJ French forces carried out a successful raid PRICE TWO Attack British Cambmi around St Quentin, the war offlca an nounced today, taking some prisoners. Violent artillerylng around Lechaume wood was reported St Quentin is approximately where the British line Joins with the French and is likewise the lowermost point of that part of the Hindenburg line on which Field Marshal Haig achieved bis great victory reported. Raiding activities .sometimes precede armed attacks, so it Is possible the French army may be preparing to Join with the British in the assault against the enemy line. Berlin Report Attacks Berlin. Nov. 21v (U. P.) British at tacks gained some ground against German lines In the Arras sector, to day's official report asserted. ' "Between Faentalne lea Croisilles and Riencourt, the enemy was unable to advance beyond the foremost line" the war office said. ' "In the main field attack the enemy succeeded in gaining ground," the statement continued. uur reserves arrested their thrusts m.. uur rear positions. "Some villages in the fighting bom. among them Graincourt and Mar coins were lost "South of VendhuUle an English brigades attack collapsed under heavy losses." Pershing Witnesses Drive With the British Armies in France. Nov. 21-(U. P.Ceneral Per.htag. commander-in-chief of the American expeditionary forces was an interested w rieia Marshal Haig's victory.. great King Pip Crowned At Spokane Show Spokane, Nov. 21. (I. N. S.) The third day of Spokane's tenth National Apple show opened today with crowds from many parts of the Northwest pres ent Archibald -Rlgg, prominent archi tect of this city, was crowned King Pip Tenth, last evening at the opening of the carnival 'features of the show. Ap ples from the fruit districts of the four Northwestern states are on display. Twenty-five thousand persons have at tended the show in two days. Wild Running Auto Truck Injures Four San Francisco, Nov. 21. (I. N. S.) Four persons were seriously Injured when an automobile truck ran wild onto a sidewalk last night The victims are : Christine Bobick. aged . reported dy ing ; Albert Bobick, 7, her brother ; airs. Irene Candau, and William Groessman! driver of the truck. The police have entered charge of battery and driving an automobile while Intoxicated against Groessman. " ; CENTS ViKS IN ; TSHv PRUSSIANS .-Mir " Trt lFM I II 11 1 1 I II H IP II II I"" 1 . I hiil i niLiu ASLEEP IH Tnninurp nr. unco Battle of Cambrai Is Re-. garded as One of Strang- ' est Ever Recorded Because of New Method Employed by" British. Absence of Customary Artil lery Barrage Deceives Ger mans Into Belief That All Is Quiet and That Danger Is Remote on Firing Line. Br William Philip Slmmj (CniUd Pram Surf CormpondcnL ) iilTH the. British Armies . VV in the Field, Nov. 21. The strangest battle ia thev world's history was that by ' which the British . today smashed the Hindenburg line. There has been no other battle like it in the annals of warfare. Only the wooden horse of Troy offers a com parison with Haig's blow in tactical originality. The British have passed one of the very strongest points supporting the Hln- . denburg line the wood to the north of Marcoing with, its honeycombed pits. The fleet of British levla- thlans the tanks outflanked ' the German entanglements. : The Germans fled panic stricken as the weird fleet of monsters appeared, belching machine gun fire. Southwest of Cambrai, 6000 German prisoners were taken ia the first day's fighting. At a moment when the world was say lng that surprise attacks In this war were no longer possible whan the Prussians -were thinking the same thing and sleeping soundly In their com fortable dugouts, without the faintest suspicion that anything was brewing- British army tanks, leading British, in fantry, rose up from the ground like magic and swung to the attack. , There was no artillery preparation. The lumbering tanks did the crumbling of the way. Tbey biased the way. their gigantically ponderous paths offering free entrance to the infantry Immedi ately behind. They crashed over wire entangle ments, over artfully concealed chavaox de frise, over trenches themselves, and the walking Tommies followed. - Prisoners . pouring back of the lines -today were still dazed with the sur prise of the attack. They were utterly flabbergasted. Not an officer nor a man had the slightest idea the British could possslbly strlkw on their quiet sector at. a time when It was supposed every tanc of Brit ain's - strength was concentrated . In Flanders. Since the battle of Arras the Cam brai sector had dosed In Quiet The line seemed Imrmxuki. The Germans had beard that so often' mey wero certain of It They were confident that It would take weeks of high eXDlosiVe aholl nr.r..nll I : wire-cutting expeditions, as well as un-; jtoweawa barrages, to do the trick. ' So they dozed and slept and took life' easy In the German lines. There was practically no artillery fire felt from the British side. The English were too busy with their concentrated guns at Passchendaele. and besides, they didn't iCooehried os Pf Three,' Colnma Two) Miss Burns Is Fed; Struggle Is Heard Washington. Nov. 21. (U. f5 Miss Iiucy Burns was forcibly fed through the nose in the district Jail. She hsd sworn never to submit to the usual methods of feeding, the other Woman's party hunger strikers through a mouth tube. -Party headquarters received word that a terrific struggle was. heard la Miss Burns' call. - .y. . - - t