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Closing Days of War See Tre
mendous Successes by Allied
Armies; 1600 Guns Have Been
- Taken With Thousands of Huns
Unconfirmed Rumor Is That Ar
. mistlce Has Been Signed With
Defeated Austrians; Enemy
Forces Now Flee From Odessa.
T- OME, Nov. 2. (I. N. S.)
Eighty thousand pris-
" OIICI S ,
- .1 U J-
lie on the Italian front, it is
officially announced. .
Paris, Sov. -I J. 8.) As aaeoa
flrmed rimer has reached' Pari that the
Aastrlas armistice bat beea stgaed, ae
eordlag to the Figaro. It U saowa that
Aastrla hat had the allies armistice
term! slate yesterday.
The Austrlass are etaesatlag Odessa,
according to a dispatch to the Matia from
Moscow by way of Zarich.
Bome, NOT. . (I. N. 8.) It Is of
fteially aaaoaaeed that the Anstriaa
taff officer reqeests the Itallaa com
maader to coaelade the armistice.
The armistice terms have beea headed
to aa Aastriaa officer at the front. It
was learaed here today.
Rome. Nov. 2. (I. N. 8.) Italian
trooDS have entered the Important city
rdt Bellund and have captured 3000 mora
prisoners ana zsz grins, me war umo
" announced today.
Italian Infantry has passed the Llv
; cms river.
' Many more strategic mountains have
' been taken.
The Italians and our allies have car
ried the formidable enemy positions at
Monte Longara, Monte Mosclagh, Monte
Moaso. Monte Rosso and Monte Lam-
"We captured 8000 prisoners. Two
hundred and thirty-two guns have been
taken. We have entered Belluno.
"The tftfrd cavalry has reached the
Dlalna of Norperdeoone.
i "Between Saclle and St Nino, the
Tenth and Thirteenth infantry" have
passed the Llvenxa.
The official report shows that the
; Austrian-Hungarian lines have - been
completely broken on the Aslago pla
. teau. Belluno, which the Italians en-
"tared, la on the Upper Plave, 42 miles
northwest of Udlne.
f Reach Tagliamento River
Milan'. Nov. 2. (U. P.) Italian pa
trola have reached the Tagliamento
; river, according to battlefront dispatches
' received here today.
Eain Is Predicted
For Coast States
Washington. Nov. 2 (I. N. S.) The
United States weajther bureau today Is
sued the following forecast for next
wees :
' Pacific States Rain Tuesday or Wed
nesday and probably Saturday, except
fair- In Southern California. Seasonal
temperatures. .
ROLL OF HONOR
'. in the roll of bfcnor printed balow an th
nana of tb following mn from too Pacific
r'cruiwei:
DIED
Vt. W. WADIBpokane, Wuh.
ILL
W. aORDOM, Portland, Or. ,
' WOURKD SLIOtfTLY
" Private Ira K. Fritz, emartcney address, Mn.
hA Frita. B. F. In 2. 8quiia. Wash. .
FHvete ' frank Montagu, mertsney laddras,
Mia' wm moaoOTe. woounvuis, nua. .
V WOUNDED. . DCDIIEE UNDETERMINED
"Oerearet, Manrtn Alllion, ranvency addreaa.
Mrs. Baby AJUaon. 737 Cincinnati atraet, Spo
ils waaa. t
Waatilncton. Nov. 2. Tha tfet of - eaaoaltlaa
n tbe American expeditionary force abroad, made
mbUa today, contains tbe names of 55- eererefcy
injured and 110 elightly injtired. No membars
a' tha marina aorpa are included. -i
. The foUowins are tha nam of those: :
."WOUNDED 8J.VERELV
v Ceptain Biebard I. Ryan, Watertowa. N. t.
Serreanta Harry Ictfaam, New Bedford,
ltaaa.3 Elrln B. Patteraoa. RoUa. U&
i Corpora la Conrad Batt. Bastinca. Neb.: Bob-
ert u. oiy. oneu iak, wa ; vuuord Ted erica
Brooke, Flint,' Mica.; Odns Batch. Ban born,
I nt; Jataea B. HannonBt. Louie. Mo.; Ifarioti
(Ooaoludtd oa Fge Three. Ooiama Ona)
Abdication May
Be Regarded as
Fact, It Is Said
By Paris Paper
Elimination of Kaiser Wilhelm
Expected to Be Announced
at Favorable Moment.
Paria, Not. 2. 4 :30 p. m. (U. P.)
Abdication of the kaiser may be con -Bi'dered
to be a fact, according to a
Geneva dispatch to the Temps. The dis
patch said that official publication is
being delayed awaiting a favorable op
portunity. Washlnrton. Nov. 2. ftT. P.f Pnni.ii.
ment for the kaiser and the Prussian
war lords guilty of German crimes of
the past four years will be meted out in
summary manner by the German people,
diplomatic advices today Indicated.
.General Vote on Terms Suggested
London, Nov. 2. (I. N. S.) A ma
jority of the German war cabinet favor
immediate ,and unconditional abdication
of the kaiser. It was stated in an Am
sterdam dispatch to the Daily Express
today.
, Only two members are against itj
Chancellor Maa and Vice-Chancellor von
Payer.
Phillip Schledmann and Mathies Erz
burger, respectively Socialist and Cleri
cal, demand an iearly settlement of the
question by the relchstag, of which both
are members.
The kaiser will - probably await the
decision of the relchstag.
There is now talk of a general election
la Germany putting armistice terms to
a -vote of the people. :
'W will read the" terras wifli burning
hearts and. indignation but there is noth
ing to do but' swallow them and accent.
said the Socialist newspaper .Vorwaerta
of Berlin. '
The German srovernment in wtntnr tn
hold j the peace conference at Brussels,
It is reported.
Kaiser Watches Essen Riot ft
London. Nov. 2. (I. N. a) With tha
kaiser looking on, a thousand women
and children rioted - in the streets of
Essen, Germany, on Tuesday, said an
Amsterdam dispatch to the Times today.
Police charged the mob with drawn
words, killing several, including a
woman with a baby in her arms.
women .swept tnrougn ine streets
creaming, "Give us back, our husbands
and our sons!" and "Away with the
kaiser!"
Two hundred mutinous deserters were
shot at Essen in a month.
(The Krupp plant is at Essen).
Max Leaves for Frontier
Copenhagen. Nov. 2. L N. S.) Fol
lowing Important decisions reached by
a crown council. Prince Max, the Ger
man chancellor, left Berlin for the
frontier Friday, It was reported In the
German capital today.
The Prussian upper house has unani
mously voted fidelity to the throne. It
was stated.
Foreign Secretary Solf and German
financiers will assist at the peace
negotiations in efforts to get Germany's
colonies back, according to Germany's
plans.
Ex-Officials Gather fn Berlin
Amsterdam, Nov.' i. (L N. S.) Dr.
von Bethmann-Hollweg, former .Ger
man chancellor, and Dr. von. Jagow,
former German foreign secretary, have
arrived in Berlin to "arrange war doc
uments." '
TJ-Boats Disappear
When Sighting Ship
i
London, Nov. 2. CI. N. S.) The crew
of a British steamer arriving at Ferrol,
spain. reports encountering several
German U-boats while en route, accord
ing to a Central .'News dispatch. The
U-boats submerged and made no -attempt
to attack the British vessel, the
dispatch adds. ,
T. R. OUTDOES
HUNS IN HATE
OF PRESIDENT
11T AlfOTHEB savage attack om
Presldcat Wilsoa pabUsked ye
terday la the Evealag Telegram,
Theo.BoosTeltappUei tkese epithets
to language ased by the presidents
"MeaalBglets," Mailtclvoa,' de
Igsedly, ased to eoaeeal his trae
meaBlag, "foolish, MIaagaage de
llberately ased to deceive, "moa
stroma, "dlthoaorabl, p re potter
oat, frmlBOVt, "the klad of propo
ltloa made by eold blooded mem
who at least ears aetklsg tor the
sfferlag of others. .
If Booievelt Is permitted to make
aeh defamatory attacks spoa the
.commander la eklef of ear armed
f oroes, hew eaa yea expect seditions
atteraaees to - be stopped oa the
street coraarti or, as j. w. Brtver,
BepabUeaa at Sherldaa Oregoa,
aldt Why pat sack mea as Albert
aaaervaoadil TV-.:'!..-,,.
YOUR
iiT HAyE no thought of suggesting that any political party is paramount in matters of patriot
, ism. I feel too keenly the sacrifices which have been made in this war by all our citizens,
irrespective of party affiliations, to harbor such an idea. I mean only that the difficulties
and delicacies of our present task are of a sort that makes it imperatively necessary that the na
tion should give its undivided support to the government under a unified leadership."
V' t'':' ' - - ; " :x V - y't f 5.V
I ,j if "v
German Press
XIT1 7
vv iison s anaiaates at Election will tie
Defeated as Rebuke. to "Yank Dictator"
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2. In a savage attack on
' President Wilson, the Cologne Gazette, imperial
organ of the kaiser, in its issue of October 29 ex
presses a hope that he may be defeated in the con
gressional elections in America. It says:
"Little by little the winter of discontent is set
tins; in for Wison, the dictator. At the beginning of
November the people will, in the congressional elec
tions, sit In judgment over him and his war policies."
The Caxette refers to the president's appeal for
unified leadership at home and says it is an attempt
"to curtail the opportunity of a people of one hundred
million to exercise to the limit its constitutional
rights."
Declaring that Wilson is a "desperate man" and
that "in 1917 he thought less than nothing of intern-
Steamer Bringing
Victims of Wreck
Seattle, Nov. 2. (L N. S.) With a
number of bodies from the wreck of
the steamship Princess Sophia, , which
went down In Lynn canal a week ago,
the steamship Spokane is due here this
afternoon. According to word received
from Juneau today, 1T9 'bodies of the
346 persons aboard the Sophia have
been recovered and 158 have been Iden
tified. Small craft are jonJinulng the
search for bodies.
Canada to Be Heard
At the Peace Table
! Ottawa. Ont Nor.'"?. (TJ. P.) Sir
Robert Borden, premier of Canada, will
go to Europe as a delegate to the peace
conference. If one Is called as. a result
of the , present negotiations, - It was
learned torVy. Canada Is to have,, a
voice In th, final settlement.-" - ' ' .
PRESIDENT
at jf -j x
Joins Roosevelt in-Hoping
"I 1 i i i TTT11 Tfc
Armistice Terms
M6an Surrender,
Tardieu Explains
Washington, Ntv. 2. (U. P.) The
allied armistice terms will practically
ask Germany to surrender uncondi
tionally, Andre Tardieu, French high
commissioner, stated late today.
"The armlstlc will Include everything
necessary to Insure tbe rapid conclusion
of the war on a permanent baslSM .Tar
dieu declared. "Indeed, in .the answer
which the Germans will have to give to
our terms1 of armistice they must say
whether., they confess . that they are
beaten. Should they confess It. the war
will end through the acceptance of our
conditions."
Armistice terms, while for ula,ted generally-
are not completed H In detail,
Tardieu revealed. . Announcement Is ex
pected Monday or Tuesday and it was
Indicated tbe German public would be
given the terms as soon as they . are
ready. . - ""
- Entente unity is complete, Tardieu d
clared. and "this is : tha. ftescst of pll'.o'l
victqrr-t
TO YOU
Jj. X' tf
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V
tional law when it suited him to do so," the kaiser's
organ goes on to say of the American elections t
"It is a trial of strength which Wilson thus pro
vokes. If he succeeds, his dictatorship rests upon a
foundation enabling him to proclaim himself czar of
America, without fear of encountering opposition.
. But the probability ia that he will not succeed. In any
event, the November elections will have a significance .
such as they never had ief ore;"
This hope from the kaiser's organ for the defeat
of President Wilson in the congressional elections has
attracted attention here. The language is almost
identical with that used by Roosevelt and others in
America now assailing the president. The similarity
of the German contention and the anti-Wilson con
tention is regarded as impressive.
Assassins of Tisza
Released by Mobs
Zurich, Nov. 2. (By Agence Radio
tc the I. N. S.) The assassins of
Count Tlsza. former premier' of Hun
gary, have been liberated by a Buda
pest mob.
count Tisza, the "Iron Man" of
Hungary, was reported to have been
shot and Instantly killed while walking
through - the . streets of .Budapest with
a woman companion. 'The shots were
said to .have been fired by a "soldier."
The woman , also - was wounded.
German Submarines;
i ' feathering at.'Eases
J V ''- -' ' ', K .
7 London- Nov. tiuJ P.) The Ger
man submarines -are concentrating at
their bases, according; Jxy Information
revealed her today." f ' -
LEADERS
null
Reactionary Efforts to Fetter
Administration Now So Clear
ly Revealed Voters Are Ex
pected to Bring About Result.
Records Show Men in Congress
Who' Have Opposed Adminis
tration Have Been in Many
Cases Rewarded With Posts.
By Cart Smith
W
ASH1NGTON. Nov. 2. (Wash-
lnton Bureau of The Jour
nalsReactionary efforts to fet
ter .President Wilson by captur
ing onsrcfia and making real vthe
4T dJtyl4fAupcilsojtvU
pre5ien avwirne- we oun
try'arobw so dearly revealed
that administration leaders feel:
confident voters will sustain the
president 'n steps'- leading to
peace and reconstruction instead
of the Roogevelt-Taft-Lodge-Pen--rose
cabaL ,
The influence of the United States
abroad Is now felt to be in the balance.
The unusual position which President
Wilson's diplomacy has achieved may
fall at the most crucial moment if congress-
passes to the control of the Re
publican leaders because the foreign
peoples- then will be likely to draw the
conclusion that the president rjp longer
speaks for a united America.
Momentous also would be the trans
fer of power to Penrose, Lodge. Smoot
and Polndexter to sit a dictators of the
senate and make popfcun warfare on the
president in domestic as well as foreign
affairs, stopping progressive legislation
through their control of committees and
tying up. In all probability, plans for
reconstruction after the war.
The Taft-Boosevelt statement says the
Republicans made winning of the war
possible by .passing the original draft
bill. The records show 41 Republicans
- (Concluded on P F1t, Column Tbraa)
BIG SHIPMENTS OF
E
1344. Carloads of Airplane Stock
Went East During Month
of October.
While victories at the war front thrill
the civilized world, a supplemental vic
tory more quietly won In the Pacific
Northwest goes far In accounting for
the splendid . part American and allied
aviators have In-winning the world war.
Brigadier General Brice P. Dlsque,
commander of the spruce production di
vision, with headquarters In Portland,
announced Friday that the maximum
requirements of tbe United States, and
allied . governments for airplane stock
hatl been more than met.
Last month 1S44 carloads of se
lected ' airplane stock 21.000.000 feet
were shipped. On October 21 alone, 71
carloads more than enough to make un
two solid freight trains of the precious
airplane material were started toward
the East.
But the local victory. In which the
Commanders of all the armies have had
vital concern since it became known
that Oregon and Washington must fur
nish the birdmen .of the world with
their wings, la not altogether stated In
figures that comprehend shipments.
About 60 per cent of the success is
due to the elimination of waste. The
requirement of JO, 000, 000 feet a month
enunciated some time ago was based
upon "O list lumber, which produced
about 20 per cent aircraft material.' By
selective logging, care in handllng,-saw-mg
to grain and determination oa tbe
part of each of tha 100,000 officers and
workers in -forests and: mills to make
every stroke count for the winning of
the war. the present volume of ship
ments literally results In the flying of
more aircraft over the. German lines
thap would t0.000.0op feet a month under
the old condition. -; Therefore the spec
fications have been revamped, and tbe
organisation created In little more than
a year under General Diaque's command
baa reached what Is described at, the
front aa Its ."objective." -;:r-,i. -
SPRUCE B
ING MADE
Var Practically
At End; Germany
Expected to Give
Up In Few Days
Tremendous Superiority . of the
Allies Expected to Make for
Early Surrender.
By Joha Edwla Xevla
Washington. Nov. 2. (L Nl S.)-Just
when a definite statement concerning
the armistice terms and Germany's re
ply thereto may be expected was dis
tinctly a puzzle among officials here to
day. Some believed that the reply would
come within 24 hours to 48 hours at the
least, while others said the middle, of
next week. It is generally accepted
that the war is about over, so far as
actual fighting is concerned, although
there will be no let up In American ef
fort until Germany's surrender is in the
hands of the allies. ,
But even the military and naval ex
perts who are calling attention to the
fact that the Jerman army and navy
still Is Intact also say that with Austria
and Turkey out of the war the forces
of the allies are so tremendously su
perior to tnose or tne Kaiser that a
sharp campaign of less' than a month
would entirely eliminate the kaiser.
And it Is conceded that the German
military chieftains realise this fully as
well as do the experts of the -entente.
It Is because of this that officials are
so confident that, whether It Is a ques
tion of hours or of days the complete
surrender of Germany Is an absolute
certainty - ,t
President ; Wilson's personal views
of.
in
of
the guarantees ( to
be demandef
consideration.
of
the granting
an sjmistioa
to
Germany; are
(Cwlwtoq , . Page-
.rtew
E
Closing of All Stores Discussed
and Some Further Regula
tions Planned.
At . a conference In Mayor Baker's
office today the Spanish influens
situation was discussed generally and
it was suggested that the stores and
office buildings arrange their closing
hours in a manner to eliminate the
crowding of street cars during the rush
hours between 4U0 o'clock and 6:20
o'clock.
The closing of all stores was also
discussed, but no blanket closing order
will be issued, although some further
regulations will be adopted.
--House parties of ' all kinds were
frowned upon and a strict observance
of. the antl-splttlng and anti-sneezing
ordinances is requested.
Dr. George Parrish, city health of
fleer, suggested that all persons who
visit doctors' offices wear masks in
coming and going on the street cars.
The placarding of all houses In which
there are influenza patients will be or
dered, the card bearing the warning.
"Influenza in this home."
It was suggested, in cases where sev
eral members of a family are confined
in bed with the epidemic, that only one
member or tne lamlly be allowed to
visit them.
There have been but three deaths In
the emergency hospital In The Audi
torium during the past 24 hours, and
no new patients received. Some 200
new cases were reported in the city to-
aay. xne state condition is somewhat
improved, according to Dr. Seeley. state
neaiu orricer.
Those attending the conference were
Mayor Baker. Chief of Police Johnson,
cnaries uerg, representing the em
ployes; W. F. Langelier of the Emer
(Concluded oa rag Three. Column Thrw)
WEST TELLS
HOW ENGLAND
BUILT PORTS
H'
OW the Britisher faces his port
problems aad. by Us Invest.
nest of mosey, skill aad. 4e-
teraUaatloa creates . great harbors
at the meaths ef strtaaM act largr
taaa the Alsea ea the Oregoa coast.
Is described abserblagly by fbrater
Governor Oswald West la aa ar
ticle which will appear la. to sor
row's Sasday . Josraal. Kr. West
as representative f the salpplaf
beard recently visited the ports ef
Great Britala and Fraaee, tadylag
their Imarevemeat aad adatfaUtra
tloa aid gaining a wealth ef ata
terial which ia the form ef aa of
ficial report win aid la formnlatisg
tha fatare ; skipping policy ef the
Catted - States . geveramenC ' Hl
article" Is worthy the earsfal reea
tag ef ' every person Interested, la
the fatar ef Tertlaad as a-port,
5em)
- - . I . ,
FUiERS
Valenciennes, Only 9 Miles West
of the Fortress of Mons, Is
Captured by British With Bag
of 4000 More Hun Prisoners.
American Troops From Pacific
Coast States Are Assisting
British in Driving Enemy From
Hold on Northern ; France.
w
ITH THE AMERICAN-
ARMY NORTH OF
VERDUN. Nov. 2
(6 .P.. M.) (I.
Americans hammered -the .
German to hard in theCJ
drive f6faytHat"th5- enemy
broke into a retreat that ap
proaches a rout dnrinff the
late afternoon. ..
The Germans hurried their'
artillery to the rear at a gal
lop. - '
Americans in the front line
pursued the retreating enemy
in motor trucks, but were un-.
able, at some points, to get
into contact with the Ger
mans because of the latter
rapid retreat.
In addition to capturing
war supplies and big ammu
nition dumps, the Americans
swept over 52 square miles of
wooded, mountainous and for
tified territory. 7
Buzancy, the important
railroad- junction, was taken
and passed and Gosse, just to
the north of Buzancy, also
was - captured. Other towns
to the south and east of Bu
zancy captured include Ver
pal, Thenorgues, Barricourt,
Villeres Devant Dun, Clery
Le Petit and Doulcon.
LONDON, Nov. 2, 1:10 p. rn.
(I. N. S.) British troops
have captured the big German
base at Valenciennes, the British
war office announced today.
Presnau, three and one ' half
miles south of Valenciennes, has,
been seized also.
(Valenciennes lies only about
19 miles west of the fortress of
Mons).
The British took 4000" prisoners. ,
.By John T. Parkersoa
With the British Army on the West
ern Battle Front. Nov! 1. (Night)-'.
(I. N. 8.) Canadian troops that at
tacked at Valenciennes were supported
by the greatest artillery concentration
they have ever had. R
While the Canadians were driving
ahead there, British. Belgians snd Fran- -
(Coneiadad oa Faa Two, Col own Six)
American Tanker
Sinks Submarine
New York, Nov. t: (U. P.) The Ger
man submarine which blew up the -Norwegian
vessel SUflnder In mid-AtlanUo-an
set her crew adrift In open boats. -was
sank October 14 by a big American -tank
.vessel. Members "of the tanker's.!
crew declared today they, sent the - U
boat to the bottom after a brisk battle. '
Clearings for
. Total $36,319,548
Clearings of Portland banks - for the
week ending today total S341M4S.7.
compared with I2S4U.411.14 for the cor
responding week of last year.- Compared
with the total for last, week a decrease
of IM01,MW shown
. 1 f
in
1 1
v.