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' 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."
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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." -
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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.
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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)
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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.
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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. " ;
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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. . - -
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