'A f. - f-1 , -v- -. . . . , . XI ";' TIEC : WEATHER ''j JL '-mt ; - ' ' 1,11,1 JTOXXOCK Tonight and Sun- ' VOL. XVII. NO. 153 POKTLANDORfeGON; SATURDAY; EVENING NOMBEI 1918TWELVE PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS ff.WAMV.W: --' - - ' ' i -v. T ' S ALL HERE "' L I F jlfKj ' 7 -""1 I Hl jl ' 1 - El . ' t . . . Ml . ' -...mm mw m u vs. & .r -m. m m m i .ear m. i -f 7. ' .sss w.iV - s T --. "V i" - 1 ' . .w -. m. ' W .aSf m. .v m. -ST '-m. i Brn ' . ' ' , . , , , , , -, lt , , . - - , . - " . , 1 l M I , . y, , ... ) I n , nn ipi re uuuhuil ui REDS HAS BLOCKED a ail Two Vessels Sunk at Naval Port, Two at Hamburg, According to Report Reaching. London; Revolt Seething Everywhere; General Railway Strike Reported to Have Been Called in Ger many and 200,000 Deserters Are Said 'to Be in Berlin, f ONDON, Nov. 9. (I. N. S.) : I. (BRITISH WIRELESS " PRESS) It is reported from Amsterdam that, owing to a. rush on banks in Berlin, three banks in Berlin have stopped payment. A Revolution is now SDreadine? reported to" have reached Co logne. Paris, Nov. 9, 4:20 p. 'm. 'U. P.) No word had been received at the time of cabling of the return of the Gernvn courier from grand rie;tduarters at Spn, who ift cxpecleii tij bring Ger many's reply t Marshal Foch's armistice terms. Tlx roads are known to be un usually bad. bridges having been blown up and the highways turned into mud by the heavy rains. LONDON. Nov. P. (I. N. S.) Two German warships have been blown up at Hamburg and two at Kiel, according to a re port reaching here early today. Copenhagen. Nov. 9. (U. P.) The workmea's and soldiers' council has blocked the Kiel ca nal by throwing warships length wise across it. according $o dis patches received here today. The revolutionist re reported to dominate completely . Hamburg, Cnxhaven and Lubeck. Copenhagen, Nov. 9. (I. N. S.) A general railway strike has been called in Germany,' accord ing to a dispatch to the Social Demokraten todayt The dispatch said that there are 200,000 de serters in Berlin. London, Nov. 9. (U. P.) Practically It of Germany is reported to be seething with revolt. Dispatches received here indicated that Important cities In all parts of the empire aje In the hands of the revolu tionists. Following reports that the council of workmen and peasants In. Munich had (Continued on Pas Two. Column One) Soldiers En Route To Football Game Die in Train Wreck Aurora. 111. Nov. 9. (i. N. S.) Three Camp Grant soldiers were killed and 20 or more Injured today when the spe cial troop train, carrying 350 soldiers and a host of football fans, collided with the regular morning passenger train on the 'Chicago, Burlington & Qulncy rail Way at Sugar Grove, near here. None of the. Camp Grant football team waa Injured. A guard was immediately thrown around the wreck. Private Krnest Dubben of Chicago, at tached to Company H. Fifth battalion. Camp Grant, la the only victim of the wreck as yet identified. Fourth Ypres Day Is Being Celebrated i, 1 Xew. York, Nov. 9. (U: P.) This is Ypres dy. It Is belng celebrated with meetings and .speeches in many parts of ; the United States In honor of the men who tiled In the first-battle of x pres. rwnen th Germans were turned -fcjt.our years aj . , Anti-Influenza Closing Order To Be Lifted on ,Nov.l7 Reports From Authentic Sources Indicate Crest of Disease Wave Has Passed. Mayor George 1 Baker, today issued an Qyu order lifting: the anti-influ-enT closing ordef jrf Portland Norem- bP 17. one week from Sunday. ' . fBeglnnlng at once, stores will be al led to openat their own convenience, but the closing hours 3 :30 for store and 4 p. m. for offices will remain in force until the closing ban Bhall have been lifted. ' " Decision to raise the embargo came following receipt of reports from au thentic sources that the crest of the dis ease wave has been passed. New cases are on 'the decline and; the number of virulent cases has dreased. The closing order has already been in effect 30 days. Marked Improvement Xoted Records of the city health office today showed that there has' been a marked decline in the number of new cases as reported In this morning's mall. The total reported this forenoon was 191 as against 442 for Friday morning. Conditions In the state at large are KreiitJy .Improved, says State Health Of ficer Dr. A. C. Seely. ' ' According to meGlcal authorities the period of Incubation of the Influeriza germ is 4$ hours from the time of con tact. Thus, lt is declared, the large number of new cases reported Friday are not in any way traceable to the dem onstration of the. people on receipt of the news that the Germans had signed the armistice; ending the war. The phy sicians' reports, in fact, were mailed in most cases before 4he street parades were held. - ; :j oy represeniauvo piizens, mciuamg Vnlted States army "taiedteal . men from Vancouver barracks. Included among thone at th conference were :' Major Richard Blackmorc, Major George New love and Major H. S. Arnold of Van couver barracks. State Health Officer A. C. Seely, City Health Officer Oeorge I Concluded on Page Eleven, Column Six) ALLIES AWAITING ACTION BY HONS German Delegates Appear Greatly Dejected at Armistice Con ference at Senlis. PARI Nov. 9, 7:13 a. m. 'I. N. S.1 The parliamcntaircs (ar mistice envoys) a e' conferring in a peaceful chateau near Senlis, 32 miles northeast of Paris, the Echo de. Paris states today. Paris, Nov. 9. (U. P.) The Ger man armistice delegates, during their -interview with Marshal Foch, appeared greatly dejected, it was learned today. They arrived at the French lines dur ing a drenching rain Thursday night The French guard, under a high officer, verified their papers, then carefully blindfolded all of them. The sappers who accompanied the delegates to re pair the roads, were sent back. The German representatives were taken to a designated point where they ate and then retired for the night. They were, awakened early Friday morning and departed for the meeting 'place. Their motor journey required - four hours. The interview with Marshal Foch. it may be stated, did not take place at his regular headquarters. The Germans are reported to have attempted to draw In new conditions, which they asked Foch to make public. The enemy delegates asked permis sion to send wireless reports of the pro ceedings to their government and Ger man high command. When . Foch re- (Concluded on Pan Two. Column Three) Would Have Women Sit at Peace Table Xew York. Nov. 9, (U. P.) Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, suffrage worker, believes women should have seats at the peace table. As president of the National Woman Suffrage Alliance, she has sent a communication to all National- women's organisations . urging them to stand together to have women Adequately represented on the peace commission. Responsibility for War on All Germany Pans. Nov. 9. (I. N. S ) French critics hold today that the establishment of a republic in Bavaria will in no way affect the. armistice, negotiations. They declare that the responsibility ; for tha war Is a national on and -am nn JLrest on, the dynastic government. :- Sunday I WILLIAM II, GERMAN KAISER MOST notorious man in the world, who, according to Berlin wireless reports, has today an nounced he will abdicate the throne of the German empire, and that his oldest son, the Crown 'Prince Frederick William, will also renounce his right of succession. This action was forced Jay the victories of the allied armies and rebellion of the kaiser's downtrodden subjects. - I r " 1 1 " ...I ""izr?!F7-'x- :s-' snK ,iv. . I Ay -V'-'il! -.I "tv s $4- - - i . I . ,v : ;-v; I J ' r f -; " V s x . ' s, , - ' v v ' $ ' ' ' ' -Tnrir-- ,-m--i---.v-.Tt-r. r-rrrimy I German Military Might Is Crushed By Free By Frank (Copyright, 118. New SINCE another Prussian king sent His wiff Q plead with Napoleon in the far-off Tilsit time, no such humiliation has ever come to Prussia as that comprehended in the appearance of the representatives of Prussianized Germany, seeking under a white flag to obtain the terms of armistice from a marshal of France. ... 7 To sign these terms or to reject them would signify little. The crowning humiliation has come with the confes sion of defeat. Here was the ultimate demonstration of the fact that a mili- (Concluded on Pge it FALLS TO HAIG'S ATTACK Great German Stronghold Cap tured by British, Who Make Further Progress. London, Nov. 9. (U. P.) The great fortress city of Maubeuge has been cap tured. Field Marshal Haig announced, today. The British made go6d progress south or that place also. "The fortress of Maubeuge was cap tured by the guards and Fifty-second di vision," the statement said. "We mado .good progress south of the town and are well east of the Aves-nes-Maubenge road." Paris. Nov. 9. (U. P.) Th French resumed their advance on the whole front this morning, it was announced by the war office. "During the night there was artillery and machine gun activity . at several points on Jthe - front,:,, the communique said. -."-.' This morning our troops again started their mab, forward on tha whola line." MAU Peoples H. Simonds York Tribune. Inc.) tary decision had been had in the war. And " at " the hour when the white flag was brought . to the French lines, British armies were passing the battlefield of Mons and approaching that of Water Three. Column One) Polish Province of 'Flock-Is in Revolt; Men Are Deported London. Nov. 9. (I. N. S.) The popu lation of the Polish province of Plock has revolted and in the fighting that followed many persons were killed, said an Exchange Telegraph dUpatchfroni Zurich today. The Germans shot the leaders of the movement and deported the whole male population towards Germany. Huns ?Plan March - Through Hungary London. Nov. 9. (9 :45 a. m.) (I. Nl S.) It was reported today that Field Marshal von Mackensen. commander of the German troops in Roumania, plans to march through. Hungary, forcing- a passage, if necessary. The telegraph lines in, Germany have . been . reopened, said a. dispatch .from the frontier. t j- . Hungary - had previously - closed her frontiers ragalnst - German -troops id Koumania. FRED LOCKLEY AT T Ha Wonderful Story of. Experi ences. Which Will Abpear in Sunday Journal. Fred" Lockley. fresh from the battle front And an Influenza cot In a London hospital. -has been sent home by the Y. M. C. A. to help tell the people of Portland and Oregon the work -that has been done and yet remain to be done on English, French and soon on Ger man soil for the boys, of the Ameri can and allied armies. He reached Portland this morning. Mr. Lockley has a wonderful story to tell. He ha been for months clone up to where the guns have been taking their toll of human life. He has seen the tragedy, the sacrifice and the heart ache of war. as well as its gleams of high purpose, the indomitable courage and underlying Bpirit of good humor and light heartedness which has sustained the fighters as they have gone into the trenches and come out again, weary battered and unbeaten. In The Sunday Journal Mr. Lockley. whose letters in The Journal have brought the fighting men of Oregon close to home for months past, will tell of his experiences while on duty "over there." It will be an interesting story at any time, but doubly controlling be cause of the ' home touch which his knowledge of Oregon men and their activities mill give It. Mr. Lockley left Kngland on October 16 on the transport Scotlan. and was 14 days under convoy. In crossing to New York. He was held there for three or four days by Y. M. C. A. work and then started on his trip home. He was commissioned in London to come to (the United States to assist in the war work ( Concluded ' 'Pis Two. Coltuaa Tool) Idaho Senatorial Contest in Doubt Boise. Idaho, Nov. 9. (I. N. S.) The official count will be necessary to de termine whether John F. Nugent, Dem ocrat, or Frank F. Gooding. Republican, is elected for the short term in the United States senate. With -some re mote districts to be heard from Fri day, Nugent -was leading- by less vthan 4 200 TOtea,', . , .. - i,-; . ' HOME FROM FRON EELI WHILES EMPEROR WILL' DECIDED TO STEP WW Decree Issued by German Chancellor, Prince Max, Announces Crown Prince Also Has Decided to Renounce Throne Establishment of Constitutional National Assembly Proposed PARIS, Nov. 9, 5:30 p. m. (I. N. S.) The kaiser has abdicated, according to an of- ficial announcement made in the chamber of deputies. The German ruler renounced iu uuuuc tuuav, . London, Nov. 9. (U. P.) has decided to abdicate and. the The German official wireless is the accepted means of the German government for broadcasting news to the world. This matter is usually sent from the wireless station at Nauen. ' -; London, Not. 9. (I. N. S.) (British wireleM service.) The following message was received and given-out here this afternoon by the British government: ' ' TThe" German imperial chancellor, Prince Max of Baden, has issued the following decree. Thn kaiier and king ha decided, torentmnce the throne, - The imperial tW- "4 -' ; cellor will ;tetiiau; in. of f icV untiLti xiti4o corecte"d With' the abdication: the "" kaiser, renouncing bjr: the crown 'priheeof the throne of the German empire anb of "' Prussia, the setting up of a regency have been settled. For the regency he intends to . appoint Deputy Ebert as imperial chancellor, and he proposes .that a bill shall be brought in for the establishment of a law providing for the immediate promulgation of ' general suffrage and for a constitutional German national assembly which will settle finally the future government of the German nation and of those peoples which might be desirous of coming within the empire. Berlin, November 9, 1918. "The Imperial Chancellor, Prince M ax of Baden." , Buenos Aires, Nov. 9. (U. P.) La Nacion this afternoon published an official report from London stating that the kaiser had abdicated. London, Nov. 9. (U. P.) The Social Democrats have decided not to resign from the German government pending decision of the armistice, according to a wireless dispatch from Berlin today. Amsterdam. Nov. 9 (U. P.) The kaiser today telegraphed Prince Maximilian, askinghim to remam as chancellor until the kaiser made up his mind regarding abdication. Field Marshal von Hindenburg has decided to resign in event the kaiser abdicates. All railway communication to Berlin has been stopped. All railroads in the neighborhoil of Berlin are being guarded by military authorities A strone patrol is stationed in the streets of the city day and night. As a result of a strike at the Krupp works, 75,000 workers are idle. Berne, Nov. 9.(By Agence Radio to the I. N. S.) The president of the ministry of Prussia ha resigned, according to a dispatch from Berlin today. Dr. Friedberg, vice president of the cabi net, has been asked to form a new ministry, the dispatch added. At the Peace Table , China Will Ask for j Kiau Ohau's Return Washington. Nov. 9 (U. P.) China will ask at the peace table that the Japanese evacuate Kiau Ctiau, authori tative disclosures here today Indicated. This territory.- formerly Indefinitely leased to Germany by China, was taken by Japan after a spectacular siege that began with her entry Into the war. Un official statements from Tokio at the j tlm cf tew,OCCUPttion, Were t1LJPa ! u?u.,d w"hdriiw her forces at the end oi me war. Later intimations of Japanese states- j fmen hav been that Japan intends to i hold Klau Chau as well as other Ger- I , man possessions in the Pacific and the Bast, with the sanction of the entente. Chinese officials see a confirmation of these intentions in the permanent en terprises and undertakings started by the island empire in Kiau Chau and in the surrounding province of Shantung. ROLL OF HONOR It the roll ol honor printed below are the names of the following- nvn from the Pacific North wet: Kit-LSD IN ACTIO MAJOR JOSEPH 6. KREUTZ, emrrrenry ad-(t-.-j Pauline Ereuts. care Bank, ot California, Taooma. CORPORAL VIRQIL O. WOMMACK. emerg ency addreia Mr. Marie Worn mack, Hunnrside. vTanh. ' PRIVATE STEPHEN KUKULL. craersenry adrffw, Nlrk HalaranM-h, lfak. Wash. LIEUTENANT ELMER J. NOBLE, emergency ddreaa Mrs. Oorint Noble. Wallace. Idaho, W. H. NELSON, Seattle. Wah. (Canadian service) DIED PROM WOUNDS CORPORAL ELMER R. ANDERSON, emerg ency addram. Bernard M. Anderson, 202 South Twelfth street. Tacwtna. Wash. CORPORAL MILES PRICE, -emergency ad .e. Mrs. Nellie Price, Rteilaeoom. Wash. CORPORAL OUT A. PORTER, emergency d rms. Nets ('. LcraeB, H. F. D. 3. EUensbnrg. Wash. F RIV ATE LEWIS O. MASHERY. emergency add ma. Mm. Kmraa L. Vashery. Spokane. Wash. PRIVATE LOUIS O. TIPTON, emergency ad d'fca. Mrs. fMher Tiptnn. LewMon. KlahiS. - PRIVATE MARTIN V. CHARLESTON, enter frncy addiass Aasu Charleston. Brash Prairie, Wash.' ' ...... , . t PRIVATC WILLIAM W. ORIPriTH. emer genry address Mrs. Emma Stiger. Boas Lodge, Or. PRIVATE MIKE ORUOEL, emergency address iCeaebsdad as) Pass Six. Coima Ta The latest official Berlin crown prince to renounce the SIEEL SHIPYARDS IN TALK STRIKE Conservative .Element Counsels Patience, Fearing Coast Yards Will Be Closed. Seattle. Nov. . (I. N.' S.) A gen eral strike of every eteel shipyard worker on the Pacific Coast from San Diego to Vancouver. B. C. Is talked of here today. After two days of dlscusnion by co re mittees of the Pacific Council of Metal Trades, the delegates entered the third day's sessions todsy with considerable apprehension. The, radical element is declared to be demanding that a general strike be called owing to the unsatis factory Macy board wage decision.' Conservative labor leaders are doing everything in their power to hold the ethers in check and are counseling pa tience. They want the matter referred to the shipping board, and, if necessary, to President Wilson, before any drastic action is taken. Although no statement was forth coming from- any of -tha employers, tt was hinted that if a strike is called all contracts probably would be cancelled immediately. Neither the shipyard com panies nor the conservative jabor. lead ers like this prospect. If a strike were called ana all Pa cific coast contracts cancelled II big shipbuilding plants would be closed. These are divided as follows: Ban Francisco, Oakland and Alameda, four ; Seattle, four ; Portland, three ; Los Angeles, two ; Vancouver, Wash, one ; Tacoma. one ; Everett, one. - If these plants were closed the strike Also would affect . almost every wood shipbuilding plant as the metal trades men perform an Important part of the work at Umbo plants. - . , .,--. . . " " " 1 - - SSAYS 11 MAS wireless states that the kaiier throne. Gen. Omar Bundy, Hero' of Marne, Is On Way to Capital New York, Nov. 9. I. N. 8.) Major General Omar Bundy, commander of ; the Fifth army corps, who sent the famous message which turned the tide In the second battle of the Marne. left for Washington today after a short stay in this city. Few people knew that the hero was here. On July 15 he wss In command of the American forces near Chateau Thierry, where he sent the following message which electrified the world. "We regret being unable to follow the counsels of our masters, the French, but the American flag ha been compelled to retire. This is unendurable, and none, of our soldiers would understand not being asked to do whatever is necessary to reestablish a - situation which Is humllating to us and unacceptable to our country's honor. We are going to counter stuck." "Had Excellent Comrasnd" Washington. Nov. S. (L N. 8.) Major General Bundy called today on Secretary Baker and General March, chief of staff. Following these conferences . be met press representatives, but declined to talk for publication. All the hero of the second battle of the Mame would say was: "I had a very excellent command.". Trotsky Reported To Have Resigned His Cabinet Place Zurich, Nov. .V. P.-iLeon Trotsky, war minister and foreign minister to the . Kussian Solshevikl government has re-7 signed, according to at dispatch, todsy from Heistngfors. M. Skbarsky Is re ported to have succeeded him. Twelve thousand counter, revolution ists from Pskof f are reported to be -marching on PetrogTAd, , . . .j - S - , V