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BLOCKED
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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
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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.
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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. - . , .,--.
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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 -
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