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VOL. 30
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, ORGEON, FRIDAy';E 8, 1918.
NO. 9581
ADMIRAL WILSON ANNOV&JlED ARMISTICE
'Signing lf&afi:odrsfA tement
' , '.' ' ; ; i ((' I 4 WWW WW WWW
CLEARS U P.; FOCH AND GERMANS CONFER
Dt
LEGATES RECEIVE
TERMS OE JUSTICE
11 O'CLOCK MONDAY MORNING
IS TIME LIMIT FOR DECISION
- .
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8. Secretary
IMHlng today announced the German
delegates have formally aked, and re
eclved the armistice ternift. Mai-slutl
l-M'h refused the request for the Im
mediate cessation of hostilities.
II O'CLOCK MONDAY IS UMIT
PARIS, Nov. 8. It In reported the
German armistice delegates have a.kcd
permission to refer conditions to their
government and send a courier to Spa
to notify the German grand head
quarters. The ICirfel (mrer wlreicag
Informed Spa of the request. The
delegates remarked on the difficulties
of the route saybig the Journey might
take some time. Kleven o'clock Mon
day morning was fixed as the time
limit tor the German rrl.
TEXT BEAD AIX)CU.
PARIS. Nov. . tierman delegates
arrived this morning at Focli's head,
quarters' and askeriV- for aa armistice.
The text of tile allies' conditions was
read aloud and then handed to the
enemy delegates who asked for an Im
mediate suxiK-milon oT arms, which was
refused. The Germans were given Vt
boura to reply. " '
CONFF.H AT b'C'IAH'K. .
WASHINGTON. Nov. 8. The Ger
man delegates entered tho conference
at Foch'a headquarters at 9 o'clock
this morning, l'arls time the suite de
partment announced. If it is found
the armistice must be submitted to
Berlin. Foch will allow 72 hours for
the German reply.
ITALIAN TROOPS
LANDED AT POLA
HOME. Nov. 8. It is officially an
nounced that Kalian troops hove
, ,, laadnrt at J'ola .i.n the Istiian penlnsu
. la.'-Knig Victor Emanuel has lro
! ntoted General Dlax., , commander In
'chief lot the Italian forces, to a full
general. Keplytntc to a congratulatory
messave from American Aitibassadur-q
Page, X)ia said,, "The Italians are
proud and happy to have fottftht and
i won the principles of Justice. They
. have been particularly happy to see
the American flag floating alongside
the Italian during the battle. '
CASH REGISTER
EMPTIED BY BACK
WINDOW VISITOR
When the store of the Pendleton
Rubber and Supply Co. on Court
street was opened this morning It was
discovered that the cash register had.
been robed during the night of $10
In silver left In the till for change.
The party doing the Job made his en
trance through a rear window, going
out by the back door. Nothing has
been missed from the stock in the
store-
N. Y. GOVERNORSHIP
STILL UNDETERMINED
'NEW YOItlC.'Noy. S.--Both Gover
nor Whltman,"nd Democratic Candi
date Bmllh are will claiming their
governorship election this '" morning.
Only six districts are missing. The
ccunt gives Smith V88.212 and Whit
man 97S.148. The soldier vote Is not
counted. Smith claims he will get
most of It.
fall Fleeted.
ALBL'QUKKQl'E. N. M., Nov. 8.
The democratic state committee to
day conceded the election of Albert
Fall, republican, to the United States
striate by 1500 plurality.
DETROIT. Nov. 84 Newberry's
lead over Ford la approximately 12.000
according to figures Issued by the re
publican state headquarters. These
tigureH are from 83 countries practi
cally complete.
SI I'IM.Y. DltAKT CNCJIKCKKI).
. WASHINGTON, Nov. . Officials
today intimutrd Htroiutly that there
I no intention or withdrawing the
draft calls so long art the iiutlou is at
war. The pending armistice Is caus
ing no halt in the iii!y or draft sys
tems, said Secretary Uakcr.
EVERYTHING READY
FOR WAR WORK DRIVE
TO STARTOFF MONDAY
' Whether or not the armistice was
signed, whether or not Germany has
-surrendered, and whether or not ths
war Is over, the United War Work
campaign acheduled for next week
will be carried on Without any change
. In plans
.. 1'eace will only, sorve, to . Increase,
rather, than decrease, the. need for
funds in welfare work among the sol
diers ."l'oople -must now. give more,
liberally, than ever asi;the heaviest
welfare work Is yet , to be (lone, cov
ering, a period of years." reads a
message from tho Portland head
qi arters to the .Patriotic Service
lague J'Usa every means at your
command to imprens your people In
regard to this at once"
All military authorities agreed that
If will take from fifteen months to
two years to demobilise the army and
bring the boys back from Europe.
With the cessation of hostilities and
active preparations for campaigning,
the various agencies doing welfare
work among the troops win oe iaeu
tj the utmost to look after the morals
and the morale of the boys. -
"If our boys have accomplished In
on year a task that we had antlcipatea
would require several years, they are
certainly entitled to the utmost that
we can do for them, and the man or
nomiin who refuses to contribute In
U r wQI.k cajppalsa because of
the prospects of eacly peace is not only
lacking In patriotism but hr a base
lngrate" This was the way tho situ
ation was expressed this morning by
one of the local war drive officials.
Messages from tho various district
chairman over the county are to "the
effect that everything is in readiness
to .begin Monday morning on an In
tensive, campaign for funds. In fact
one or two of the lesser districts have
already made a start. Meacham re
ports half of her quota already raised.
Here In Pendleton. District Chair
man Hartman will meet with his pre
c'nt chairmen this evening to distrib
ute among them supplies for the cam
paign and to give them instructions
The rating of individuals has been
practlally completed. The ratings
range from $1.00 to $250. The dls
trlct has about 25 per cent more
money to raise In this campaign than
In the last Hed Cross campaign and
'in a general way Individual ratings
(have been Increased proportionately
Subscribers to the fund will receive
I flitted War work pins and window
(emblems In addition to official re
ceipts for their contributions. Pro
visions have lieen made whereby per-
sons making objection to contribution
to one or more of the organizations In
jvrlved may colrlhule their full quota
ibut designate the organisation to
wblcb It shall be credited.
REVOLUTION SWEEPS ACROSS !
NORTHERN Fit IRE,
REPORTED RULING
RED FLAG
FOE NAVY
CENSORSHIP CAUSE
Or
COPK.MIAGKN, Noiy . Tho Gor
man revolutkm is rcimrtcd today to
have i4roud to Mecklenbers8oher
In, thus extending across practically
the Wholo northern porrsia. of the
empire. Dtsiwtches said the 'cities of
Ncliwcrln. I lie Capital of Mcc-klenbcrg
fcrand duchy and Tilit, one of east
Prussia's principal cities, had ioined
tho revolt.' lCcvolutionists are re
ported to have "seised Sonderburg. de
stroying the railway . between r'lcns-biu-g
and Kiel. ,
.WILE WELCH
CALLED BY DEATH
Mrs. Kate E. Welch, wife of Wil
liam E. Wolch. died yesterday at the
age of 55 years and 10 months. Mrs.
Welch had been ailing for the past
month and her death was the result
of this Illness. '
Mrs. "Welch, who was born In Bos
ten, January 23, I8S3, came to Pen
dleton July 12, 1884. She is survived
by her husband, two daughters, Mrs.
Earl Coutts and Mrs. Will Isaac of
this city; three brothers, Edward
Stevenson and George Stevenson,
both of Pilot Hock; and one sister,
Mrs. 11. L Davis of Oakland, Califor
nia. The funeral will be held tomorrow
morning at 10:80 o'clock from the
Welch residence on Tutuilla.
RAILWAY 'SYSTEM IN
BELGIUM FACES RUIN
t
Possessions Which Tempted
Enemy .Rapidly
Crumbling.
DODO BEATS HOOGEN
FOR LEGISLATURE
C. (i. Ilrmvm'll mid K I. lXxJd are
rlectffl representatives from tills coun
ty according to the officii. I count. The
vote Is:
llrowiiell 22HH
lodd . 2-87
Hod mx n 2 1 ISO
TerKnluK . 1 IH6
LONDON, Nov, (g. The Times war
correiondtnt sayst:
,The magnitude of last week end's
victory becomes every day more ap
parent For a month or more the
enemy has been retrentin? on to the
Meune line, but now he has Teached
hit) journey's lat stage. A sure sign
of our victory is that his last stage is
more rapid than his first.
"A month It 'seemed possible
that the Oerniana in France might be
completely enveloped from - the east
and west. It was then that l.u den
do rff who aet the peace negotiations
in motion, drew back because he then
thought the German armies could be
extricated without disaster. Now the
prospect for the German armies has
darkened again. Huin stares them in
the face: W'e are now witnessing the
destruction of a system of railway
communications which tempted the
enemy into Belgium. Two are lost
and the remainder are threatened.
BREST, France, Nov. 8. Admiral Henry B. Wilson, United States navy com
mander of American forces in French waters today made the following statement:
"The statement of the United Press relative to the signing; of the armistice was
made public from my office on the basis of what appeared to. be' official and authori
tative information. ; ;;
"I am in position to know that the United Press and its representatives acted in
perfect good faith and that the premature announcement was the result of an error for;
which the agency wlas in no way' responsible." ff
NEW YORK, Nov. 8. (Received 10:46) Yesterdays
announcement of the armistice signing was made by Ad
miral Wilson at Brest and was filed by the United Press
with the admiral's approval. Very soon after it was sent
Roy W. Howard at Brest sent another stating that Wil
son had supposed his information was official and had
made announcement to Brest newspapers but that the in
formation was unconfirmed. This second message was
delayed for hours by censor and received at noon today in
'New York, The United Press has asked the government
to ascertain how long the second message was delayed.
, Brest celebrated last night on the strength of the admi
ral s announcement. , , ,
IART IN HANDS
L
OF ALLIES.1500
ES
MORECAPTIV
MA
I
RIAL WON
HA1G ANNOUNCES
VILLAGES TAKEN
JUX STAM ATTKM1TW).
VlTH T I IE AMKISIC.WS IX
FKAXCK. Nov. 8. American flyer
reort all the mads toward Met and
ConriaiiK literally jammed with troops
and material. Stenay
- PARIS. Nov. 8. The war office an
nounced. "Our progress was renewed
this morning on the whole front. Our
advance reached Liart. Further to the
right we had taken Frenoois, a mile
southwest of Sedan, this morning be
fore daylight. i f.
"Our prisoners yesterday morning:-
numbered over 1600. Material captur
ed was considerably increased."
' villages. W n i-J.
LOXDOX, fXovj! S. Ul:30 this
morning) Haig announced, "There
was sharp fighting yesterday evening
in the neighborhood of Kscablibes and
L.imon-Fontaine south of Hautmont.
These villages were captured with
prisoners. Our advance below Mons
Conde canal continues."
HOIISEBVYIXU DISOOXTIXVED
1FS MOIXKS. Xov. (t. Govern-
Mouzan ami mcnt horselmyers were notified from
Sedan are afire. The Germans are at- Kansas City headquarters this morn
tcmWing to make a stand behind the j inff thut all purchases are to be dis
pense. Artillerying Is heavy. continued.
THE BOYS HA VE WON; DON'T FAIL THEM NOW 1
THfcl O I Y T i Y OU T C A ti
WASHINGTON. Jfox. 8. Authori
ties) lioJiPTnl tiip Ktiroean capltaJsa
silence on th armisiUre may be due to
revolutionary luovementH In Ciermany
wlilcli will require most drastic action
tu ui(rp-i. It wax explained Uer
irany miclit uave asked uMn xterniiuc
tlio itrivllese of announcing to tlu-lr
own eilc Iter wlon before the
news, wu jfntilmmik'wt jnrougnout
uie auniL (i:is t..m.) . ,
H WASllIXJiTOX Km; 8. Allied
quarajra iiero Tor scleral (lavs nare
o peril. t "exprnwed tbw ftr tliat boU
lievlsm mielit- lircak out in tier
munr development wlncb auiliorl-
ticx liere nay is lutle more to be desir
ed tlkan HolienwIlerniMn.
Ixird Mllncr. BrlUh war. minister.
recently warned asainf4 the uoeMibiU
ity of a German revolution and urged
cery caution in ItuiuJIiiifr tlie Hltua.
tiou to irevent such an eventuality
wblcb might carry on Into France
and even (Jreat Hritaln
SUPAItATK GROl'PS REPORTED
There la frreatest confusion In of
ficial mind here as to just what has
transpired on the other side- Wednes
day night German parliamentarians
were reported to have arrived at
Koch's headquarters. That group Is
j aaid to Include: Admiral Von Hints.
! among otliera. 1'nnf fitial reports
I here today mentioned another ktou.
: niiparcntly He pa rate from the flrwt, foe
Von Hints l tMt named aa having; ar.
1 rived at Marshal Foch'a headquarter.
PARIS, Xmr. 7 . TIiunday.) A
I arrived at tlie. French lines. Th
I alror r.meswMre aigned by William
I PhlUln. Slmma, bearlngr bm flllim hour
tliix morning; . , Itv wan eviilefitly de
lated in trausfmisMotiw. -iMoif
ilergier at Headquarters.
PARIS, Xov. 8. Parliamentarians
headed, by Mattalas Eraberger, wera
at Marshal Foch'a headquarters lata
last night.
yanks m:su rv trucks.
WITH TIIK A-MKKICAXS, Xov. .
Artlllerjing Is particularly heavy In
the Sedan realon and on both aides or
the river Metine. Further south tbera
is considerable machine gunning. The
Americans are ruahlnaT forward In
trucks which they are forced to use to
keep with the fleeing; .Germans.
FACTS SHOW LOCAL CRY BABY
HAS LIBELLED UNITED PRESS;
THEIR NEWS 13 HOURS LATE
The frank statement today by Adml- i
V- II J
CHttVC C Art teE
WAKX TO KAKS T.
ral Henry It. Yibon. commander of
American forcts in l-YeiU'li waters, j
gives the lie direct to the silly and i
t jealous A. P. charge that the Vnitcd
i Press faked its armiMicc report yen-)
j tertlay. Admiral WiIon In one of the j
1 IiIkIi American officials In l-Yance and '
the I'nitcd Prtss wum justified in ac-
i acccptimr liis anounccmcnt in gtxd !
j faith. The Associated Ptcks has act- j
led in the role or cry oaby and sian
;derer of its successful ria.
I There Is reasonable prohabillty that
the story from Admiral Wilson carried
jby the I nltetl Iress yesterday was
isultstantially true. News from Paris
shows that the Germans and rHIi j
' we re In w i re less co ni in u 1 1 tea t k n le t
Tore the delegations met. There 1st
'therefore a probability that the Ger-
mans really assented to the terms at
that time and that the niceUiijf on to j
day is more or less of a formality. '
j This version imis the order to cease
j firing; yesterday afternoon would e
plain Admiral Wilson's annouuec-
nuju made yesterday at llrest. It
luill be noticed that Admiral Wilson
.doc not say the story yostcrday was
untrue. ;
i:t HOt US HKHIMK
Ilv Its own showing tike Asso
ciatitl lrr-v Is jruUty of extreme
slowiH'Tts lu wco r iMc newM or of
iahus dilheratcly HUHreseel
news lit an effort to discredit Ife
riial. IIk- I iiIUm! Frees. The ev
idence Is contained In the fllonr
Imr story carried by tlie Portlaml
rtgiuLHin thH moruliuc:'
1ARI4. Nov. 7. 11 P. 31.) -er-
maii arand headquarters requested al ;
IUmI graiui lieaihiuarters by wlt-vless'
to ermit the iassxe of tlie (German t
delegation for armistke netfitlations
through the linen. -
The order was gieu to ccae flritue ,
on this front at 3 o'chn-k In the after- J
noon until further order. j
A will lie seen, orders were
wttxen to itmse ftrtiuc at 3 o'i4o'k. '
el tlij Assaiatd Iress did wt I
file lis story on the subject from I
Paris until 11 o'clock, a delay of
eight hours. There Is a differ
ence of ebjht hours between tlx
time In France and on Uie Pacific
coast, the sun rtelujr. In the east
Hence It was 7 o'clock yesterday
moririiu?. Pcndletou time, when
that order to cca.se firing wa
Klxen. Tlie local A. P mper did
not receive that news until H
oclKk -fast event inc. a delay of
13 hours. When it did receive .
tlie news It did not bulletin the
story. " n other word It au-lres-ed
its own news In order to
bolster up Its unfair cry of fake
Tlie Vnited lresa report yes
terday, filed with tlie approval of
Admiral Wilson, whether official
or not. amply justified titc celebra
tion lield here aitri tlie jrreat dem
onstration held everywhere
tlmmalHvot the country. t It
tattles tlw A. I', played the
"cry haby" act.
The f nltcd Pre I a litelliv
bimI more aiiitresMe iaw awilier
iiiar ajcency tlutn the AsstH-ial-!
1tiv-ts. This ts attetcl by the
Tact tlie f. P. iirtldent Is t-
tuHuilly on the itroiiiMl in l-'raii-e.
Mit holtliiiK down an easy cluair
In America-
I XITKIi I'ISK-HS 1-KAIW.
Tlie Tidied lrc has more aft
ernoon clients In AnH-rlo than
has tlie A. P-. wha u Is iwlmarlly
n iiHrtifiiff nM-r aTihr. It liaM
often been at-ucl of iMickctliur
Its afternoon cHmt In rtl.-r to
hrtak hue storkM to Itx monitiur
clients, tin si-ores of o-a-o
the r:at tiremiian thr-mah tlie
I nltcd lresp( servh-e ha carra!
war storie ttiat did rv alH' In
an A. P. pcr until the follow
ln MMiriiiiuc. The eole of
lleiipuce for a time look a hullr
tin Ncrtrii1 made up from th
Pirt-tlaml ortviiiian report ami
dclitMYNtely drpel It on Un-tr
own M.lilion aitd a-ked for an
Ymk timlriniian hiilletin bec9
tlie . P. new report wa
lerHr.