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t 4,700 SUBSCRIBERS (23.000 READERS) DAILY Only Cirrulation in Salem Guar anted by the Audit Bureau of Circulations FULL LEASED WIRE - DISPATCHES SPECIAI. WILLAMETTE VAL LEY NEWS SERVICE FORTY-FIRST YEAR NO. SIGNINGOFTERMS Howard, U. P. President, Cab led TMs Information Today. SECOND MESSAGE SAYS FIRST UNCONFIRMED Last Report Badly Delayed; Admiral Wilson Acted la - Good Faith. - WILSON WAS RESPONSIBLE Brest, France, Nov. 8 Ad miral Henry B. Wilson, U. S. N,. ' commander of tho American forces in French waters, today wade the following statement: ' "Tho statement of the Unit ed Tress relative to the sign ing of the armistice was mudo public from my offiee, on the basis of what appeared to be official and authoritative' in formation? '-'-. "1 am in a position lo know that the United Press and its representatives acted in per fect good faith 'and' that the premature announcement was tho result of an error f jT which the agency .wo in no wise re sponsible." New York, Nov. 8. Yesterday's an nouncement of the signing of tho ar mistice between 'Germany and the al lies was made by Admiral Wilson at (Hrest "and was filed to the United J'ress with the admiral' s approval. This information was received by the United Press in a cablegram from ioy "W. Howard shortly before noon today. Practically til the same' lime another message from Howard was delivered to the United Piess stating thut'Admiral Wilson made the- "announcement in IJiest at four p. m, French time, hut that later he was notified that it was not eonfirmable. This latter message .Med by Howard did not show, in the f IFR ill f WF ffif (Iff f HI fflft Mil Pif torm in which it was -delivered, whetht street and quickly ' mined ' with the it it was sent yesterday or how long it! crowd. In that -way wo got out of the 'uid been held p. " - j city and reached an unguarded German Howard's cablegram clearly showed air'deme. 'After having difficulty in that Admiral Wilson acted in good 'trying t0 run out a pjlane, we finally fstith, stating that- he supposed the an-(grew 'exasperated and tore down the iionnceinent was official and therefore I . i- : i l.. .11... a n.n fiave ma appruim to i lie in:nS i uic message to the United Press in New ir. . , Tha United Press toilay asked 'the iovernment to ascertain how long Howard s jnessage, stating that Al'mirt in vviioii .111 1 111,1 i ,!! nr. miinmiifcv- ,,A,f ohn tl,o ho 1(. n-Oo nn-," tifiocl that it was niicanfirniable, were lield up by the censors. ; There was reason to believe that the uefige stating that fhe news was nn onlirmable was badly delnyed, iu view if the fact that it was -not received nt.-ic uiiiii annuo. ,..,iiia, ui urier ine original rHiuegmn'. int mca- fagea1 received tonay from 11c ward were sj. follows: Unipress New York: Paris, urgent, i.rcst, Aunurai tvnwii, i-.io amiouncru lirest newspaper lfiOO (4 p. m.) arinia- tice been 'iiicu later notiiien nn tonfirmable meanwhile Brest riotously relebrating. ."HOWARIV "SIMMS." The other message .real: . "Unipress, New York: lirest, urgent, rmUtice bulletin tas-'d local announc ed (announcement ) ,by Admiral Wil on, admiral supposing official was filed with adm'flpar latiproval local siffwspaper bulletined Brest celebrate4jsl!lsiie(j beyond further UFefulness. nightlong. ., , - 1 McNary'a dianff enr was driving "HOWARD. tttt( was taking the senator to hi. apart It will be noted that the first nient when the accident occurred. The message quoted was signed by the 'senator was sitting in the rear seat. A names of both Howard and Simms and 'speeding auto approaching on a cross was filed through the Paris office ia tlie same form as the message receiv ed yesterday. In every way this first quoted message received indicates that rt Ja probably filed very quickly af- - . r- j - j j - X , oaixuiitd on page two 2(35. AMERICAN AVIATORS TELL ABOUT THRILLING ESCAPE IJonaldson, An Ace, Fell From Height Of Three Thous and Feet. By Don Chamberlain. (United Press Staff Correspondent.) London, Nov. 4. Three Auicrieun aviators have" just arrived in London after having escaped from the Ger mans. They made their way to Holland after a thrilling 24-day hike through occupied Belgium. The mon tramped flt night and slept in the day time, ex cept when they were in Brussels. Then, with civilian clothes covering their uni forms they walked the streets by day light. ' X Tho aviators are Lieutenant R. An derson of Honolulu, whose brotjher lives ut 114 Richmond street, Plainfield, N. J.; John Donaldson, son of General Donaldson of Washington, D. C, and T. E. Tillin.glmst of Westerly, R. I. They all escaped from Fre9ucs and were in torviPwed by the United Press on their arrival herb. - - - Five to One. . "I was downed at Fresnes on August 27," said Anderson. "They were tvvti to one against me. After having been wounded throe times, I fell 3,000 feet and war taken to the hospital at Mons. "Later I '.was taken to , the prison camp nt Fresnes. " ' Tillinghast .was brought down near Qamliiai on 'September 22, when 30 to 50 Huu planes attacked him. He said: "When I was separated :? from the squadron I coasted to thground ami the machine came to halt hi front of a Hun dugout, when the engine ' went dead. The Fritzics came out and shook hands. They said I ought to bo' glad to be out of the war. That night 1 slept in a church and then was removed to Fresnes." r. , , , . . . ... Donaldson, ,who is an ace, beniff offi- . .' ' . . . : eially credited with bringing down five llun planes and unofficially to hava de stroyed nine, was attacked by three Germans near Cambrni September 1 at a height of '8,000 feet.' Escaped Prom Prison. "I managed to down one of them in three minutes," he said; "but, a bul let hit my engine and downed me. 1 landed almost simultaneously with th'u Hun that I had downed. However, the j enemy machine went up in flames. burning the pilot alive. .The Germans congratulated Tne on my escape. I was taken to t'oude, where I met Lieuten ant Oscar Mandel of New York on Sep tember's. Mandel and I escaped from prison by jumping from a winnuw t.n the second floor. We landed in the tent . At dawn we got the plane jnJ to flv. Just then a German me-, shape to fly. Just then a German c.haili. - app'r6ached. nnd discovered us. Ho wiiseil a ve . Wn jirabhed ft m ni the tussle e .tabbed me in the back, Mandel put him ;,ut of co,niBSion by:ag,ee wit1' the unofficial totals. He is hitting him over the head with a flash-' alfi0 waiting for the complete count .. , , ' Then we ran for it. ma in oaeu noie. "We passed through seven lines of occupied trenches and got into B shell j hole before the German first line, whero we hid oil day. During that day an lEnglish battery wiped out a Hun bat - in, iii-ur ill. Jll nielli ullVdJlt'til across -o. aian s lana ana reacnea n stream, .where we neelcd off our clothes iaud were just ready to dive when a Hun natrol. rennirin'ir tfires whic.fi tlm I KnKiigh battery had mauled, discovered rind eaptured us. We were taken to Fresnes, where we were kept 14 days on solitary, on bread and water." At SENATOR McNAET Ih JUEED WaJiington, Nov. 8. In an automo bile accident ' which occurred Sunday evening, Senator Charles L -McNary suffered a broken hand and some bad enntmnnntt nn fhn hpnil. Hi. nntn wn 'street caught. the rear end f the Mc- JSary auto and hurled the mai iiine ami its occupants upon the sidewalk. The chauffeur was not badly hurt. iirnirr iitiDed out of toe cather- , --- - hav erowa wiiaoat oiscus'ng Tom loen- SALEM, OREGONFRIDAY, NOVEMBER this point Anderson took up the story of the escape. "There were five of us," he said, "including an English eoiporal. We planned our escape for three days. All of us were imprisoned above tho guard iom, all on the same floor, so we man aged to-loosen the heavy padlocks oil the doors. Meantime, Mandel and Don aldson with a saw cut a hole through the roof. On tho night of September a.", while tho guard played checkers down stairs, the five of us climbed to the roof and slid down the side ot tho build ing into a court. "We climbed a wall into a gaideu ami so reached a canal and swam it, floating our bundles of clothes across by means of a wooden plank.. Halted By Sentry. , "Then- wo made our way into tho open country and reached a barracks whore a sentry halted4 us, but we got by when wo answered ' was ist ' to his challenge. 'After that we kept to the fields, traveling nights and sleeping days in the woods and in barns. At" daybreak on the twenty-seventh we reachd tho Franco-Belgian frontier. The Belgians were fine. They said the Americans had saved Belgium and we'll save you. Belgians hid us at many points until wo finally reached Brus sels. We had already "obtained' clothes here and there, so we .covered up our selves with civilian stuff , and, walked the streets of Brussels. "At daylight Mandel and the cor aeral left us in-Brussels. We haven't heard from cither one since. - Ran Half Mile. "We continued" our flight and reached Ilncht on October 1 at mid night. Suddenly we heard the click of a sentry 's. rifle and turned around faco to face with another sentry. Wo Uttered' gutteral greetings and kepv n going. Un the I4tli of Uctobcr we reached the Holland border, whero wo spent a week reconnoitering to find a ..inv a. m.: i. ...;,. piucc mo ciubo. 411m nua nam uui-auoi- I , . . , i thori was electric wire harriers clinmnil with five thousand volts. "Finally wo discovered, an opcniTi and crawled for four hours on our bel lies, making all of 100 yards in -that time., Then we waited until the Ger man gentries Were far apart, jumped up and 'ran like' bell to Holland, which was half a niilo away. Wo leard a shot. and a yell but didn't stop. We kept on until we reached Wert, where we took a train for Rotterdam. New York Election Depends On Soldiers r- New York, Nov. 6. Both Governor Whitman and Democratic Candidate Smith were still claiming victory today in the "New York governorship race. There were only six districts missing todnv, however, and the count yive Smith 989,212: Whitman 978,1.48. The soltlip,- vote is yet tj)' Smith's adherents a c tabulated, but assert he will get the f vuanuian uiviui iu me rcpuiiurun committee, declares his figures do not. of the prohibition votes cast for Whit ! man, Fall Is Re-elected. Albuiiueique, N. M Nov. 8. Demo- !,,rati(, stato committee headquarters to - i day tullceacd the re-election of All.ert iu ruii m,iiiip.. fnit..,l at..t! scnftfur OV senator, ly a plurality of 1,500 over William B Walton, democratic nomi nee.' The democratic state chairman also conceded election of Benigno O. Hernudez, republican, as congressman, defeating Judge G. A. Kicharclson, dem ocratic candidate. . '. Spencer Beats Folk. St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 8. Sclden P. Spencer, republican senator-eh'ct from Mis-ouri, piled up a majority of 31,000 over former Governor Joseph W, Folk, complete unofficial returns today shotted. Ford Loses Race. . Detroit, Mich., Nov. 8. Newberry's lead over Ford in the race for tho Unit ed States senate was approximately 12,- 000, figures issued today by both thc republican slate central committee andj(,f figures which seem to-shfiw positive Ford supporters show. elect inn of Governor Stanley to a seat These figures aie from all Hi conn - ties practically comtilete. The. whaling season just cnuci la re ported one of the most succestul in the Mitorjr m iu lauiuitry. GERMANSMUST DECIDE FOR PEACE ORWARllONDAY Time Limit Of Seventy-Two - Hoars Will Expire Mon day At 11 a.m. SECRETARY LANSING MAKES STATEMENT Envoys Upon, -Arriving At Foci's Headquarters Ask ed For Armistices London, Nov. 8 (2:55 p. m.) Elev en o'clock Monday morning has been fixed a the time limit for Germany to accept or refuse the. aulas' armis tice terms, according to a wireless dis-p?-fch received from Paris this after noon. Tho dispatch sold the German menl- pjtenUaUes had recalled the armistice terms as well as a-demand .to act upon tfcsm wilthin 72 hours. Washington, Nov. 8. Secretary-, -of State Lansing was informed this afcr noon that the German plcnipotent'ar ies had formally asked for nnd receiv ed the allied armislieo terms. A request for immediate cessation of hostilities was refused, the department said. The official announcement of the news here said: "The secretary cf state is informed 1'hat Marshal Foch reported to Paris at 10:25 this morning that the German plenipotentiaries had arrived at his headquarters with full powers from the chancellor. They formally asked for an armistice. The text of th? ormistico was read to them and delivered to them. , "The lerman plenipotentiaries re quested that hostilities might be stop pod at once. This request wns refused them." The Germans have 72 hours from 11 o'cleck toilay in which to accept or reject the terms. It was assumed by the state department that the terms were to be sent to Berlin. Envoys Are In Session Paris, Nov. 8. (1:S0 p. in.)The German delegates arrived this morn iiiu at Marshal Foch's headquarters and are reported positively to have!ation on signing armistice terms tho as.ked for an armistice. j privilege of announcing her action to Thj text of the allies' conditions her own people before tho news was was rea l aloud nnd then handed to the i broadcasted throughout the world, cnemy' deleatis. The latter a.-ked im- J This course, it was suggested, would mediate suspension of arms, which was give her an opportunity to take ade- refused. The Germans, it is Btajcd, have hours in vhich .to reply. Delayed Report Far! Nov, 7. (Delayed) A dele- cation bcarin d at the Fn e a whitu fiag nas-arriv- rench lines. Tho above message, signed by Wil liam Philip Simms, manager of the United Press' Poris bureau, beaing no indication as to what hour it was fil- Cd, wias received in New York at 8:09 a. m. toiUy. 1 AMERICANS ADVANCE By Wetb Miller (United Press correspondent) With tho American Armies in France. Nov. 8. (3:50 p. in.) Tho American First army today forced the enemy out of his last defensive positions east of tbs Meuse river. After bard fighting the Americans entered Woevro forest and Hois De Bourei. The American attack continues. - REPUBLICANS STILL HOPE Louisville, Ky., Nov. 8. In the face , m the senate, rapuulican leaders today j refused to concede n:anlev victyry I until au official compilation of the vote is completed. Domoerctic leaders j c'nim Stanley's lead cannot be over- I tome. 8, 1918 PRUSS1ANREV0LUTI0N ! HAS SPREAD ACROSS NORTH PART OF EMPIREi Silence Concerning Terms May Indicate Fear Of Popular Uprising Copenhagen, Nov. 8.- The German revolution was reported today to have spread" into Mccklenburg-Schwerin and East Prussia, thus extending across practically the whclje northern por tion ot the empire. . Dispatches said the cities of Schwer ,in capital of the grand nnchy of MecklenburgSchwenn and -Tilsit, one of this principal cities of Fast Prussia, had joined tho revolt. v The revolutionists are reported to havo seized Sonderburg, thirteen miles northeast of Flcnsburg. The railway between the' latter city and Kiel is said to have, been destroyed. The newspaper Politikcn says it lias no doubt that a majority of the reich stag pnrtlcs will demand unanimously that tie kaiser abdicate, which, accord ing to the Poliken, may bo expected today or tomorrow. Wilholmshaven and ' Bremorhaven, North sea ports are reported to have joined the revolution. The, whole. Ger man navy is sow said to be in, the 'hands of the red flaggers, X Progress of tho revolution is declar ed to be comparatively peaceful, f he revolutionists now, ' completely control Flensburg. . , A traveler arriving here from, Ger many today said tho involuting sailors havo seized the majority of tho Ger man high seas fleet at Kiel anu that tho warships, operated by muiitinous crews, have stenmed out of the harbor under the red flag. Another report said the revolution ists dominate Warnemunde. Early reports told of the seizure of Altona, Flendburg ond other MHies, and an artillery battle in the streets of Hamburg, A workmen's and sail: ora' council was reported to have tak en over the government of Kiel. Bremen, a free? city of 173,000, is on the Weier river sixty mile? southwest of Hamburg. Warnemunde is a baltie port King at the mouth nf the War- new seven mile, northwesrt of Rostock. It has a population of 4000, , Fear German Rovolt Washington, Nov.- 8. Authorities; here today believed the alienee of the European capitals on the armistice may be due to the revolutionary movements in Germany, .which will require the most drastic action to" suppress, It was pointed out that 1 Germany might well have asked as one consid- -.. :...!.. a .i qnate steps for suppressing n revolt in came known to tho people. I It ha? been the openly expressed fear i in allied quarters here for some days that bolshevism might break out in Germany a development wtich author ities herg say is little more to be de sired than HolicnzollerniBin. Lord Milner, the 'British war minis ter, recently warned against the possi bility of revolt in (lermrtj'y nnd urg ed every caution in handling the situa tion to prevent such an eventuality which might carry on into France and even Gnat Britain. There is tho greatest confusion in official minds here as to just hat has transpired on the other night. Wednes day night the German parlianicntaries were reported to have arrived M Fochs headquarters. That group was said to include Admiral Von Hinlze among olhors. Unofficial reports here today mentioned another group, apparently separate from the first, for Von Hintze is not named as having arrived at Foch's kcaisquarters. CAPTAIN KOEUJO KILLED Copenhagfn, Nov. 8. Captain Koe nig was killed while raising the kais er's ensign on tho warship Flensburgrt according to dispatches received hero toilav. It is probable the above cable refers to Captain Kocnig, who commanded the German merchant submarino Deutseh- land. The warship Flensburg . is not listed in any available naval lists. Provisions of the seamen's act re garding payment of wages are attacked a iavuliu before the supremo couit. f 'Sf yrC I I j j lllfjllll 11 iillllllll 11 H ri ( ! 1 PRICE TWO CENTS CELEBRATION FAR MORE THAN INTELLIGENT FORECASTS EVENTS Was Simultaneous With Pre sence Inside Lines Of Plenipotentiaries. v By J. W, T. Mason. (United Press Staff Correspondent.) New York, Nov. 8.-America 'a celo bration last night of Germauy's uncon ditional surrender was. simultaneous with the presence insido the lines of the kaiser's plonipoteiitaries, bearing white firtgs to receive Marshal Foch's armistice terms. While the whole of the Unitod kUntos was jubilantly proclaiming the victory of the democratic nations during the evening, it is probable MarshVl Foch had already made known his ultimatum to the defeated Germans for their in evitable acceptance. The exultant spirit of last night, therefore, was far more than an intelligent anticipation of events. ' No more fitting end to the war could havo been dovised than (Continued on page throe) rutin LliLHI liVUHlV OF HAVING RETREAf Fl English Are Pressing All Sides And Political Dis aster Threatens. London, Nov. 8. (British Admiralty wireless.) Tho Times war : correspond ent said: "Tho magnitude of the victory of last week end beuomes every day more apparent. For a month or moro the jn emy has been retreating in onto tho line of the Meuse, but now ho has reached tho'lunt stage of hla journey. Tht sur est sign of our victory is that liis last stags has been more rapidly got ; through than li is first j "A month ago 'it -seemed possible that tho Germans in Fiance might lo completely enveloped from the east and west. It was then that General Liideiulorff, who bad set the peace ne- Kotiiitions in motion, drew back because T . . . he then thought the German armies could be extricated without disaster. "No the prospect for the German armies has darkened aguin. Whereas, a, week ago, most people would bavnj willlMt irretrievable disaster, ruia Save all waste paner, includin' Ger man war bonds. Kver notice a "mash er" stop an' pretend t' be lookin' in a shop window when he's only stalhn' t' git another flash at some girl he's Jubt i . (Continued on page four) ABH MARTIN i Wea&r Report Oregon: Tonight rein west, cloudy east portion; Saturday proba'y rain; fresh easterly witids increasing in force. , ON TRAINS AND NEWS PTANra FIVE CENTS TO MAKE STAND BEHIND MEUSE Yanks Employ Trucks to Keep Up With Fleeing Hun Forces. VILLAGE OF ECALIBES CAPTURED YESTERDAY French Troops Approach With In Two Miles Of Hirsen Fortress. i With the Americas Armies In Trance, Nov. 8. (1:30 p. m.) The Germans are attempting to make a stand behind the Meuse. . " ;: ' Heavy artillery firing ia going on on both sides of the river, particularly in the region of Bedan. Further south there is considerable machine gun fight- In. By;Webb Miller. (United Press Staff Correspondent.) ' With tho American Armies in France, Nov. 8. (4:20 p. m.) American flycra rcpoit that all the roads toward Meta uud Couflans are literally jammed with enemy motor trucks filled with men and material. The Americana aro rushing forward in trucks, which they have been forced to employ to keep up with tho fleeing Germans. Htciiay, Mouzon and the southern part of Hedan arc on fire. Sharp Fighting Reported. London, Nov. 8. (11:30 a." in.)--There1 was sharp fighting . yesterday evening in tho neighborhood of Ecali bes and I.imoii-Fontaine, sonllj of Haut nioiint," Field Marshal Haig announced in his official Fommunique today. "These villages were raptured, to gether with a number of prisoners. Our ailvtiuee south of the Moiis-Uondo canal continued." Field Marshal Haig's statement indi cates that the cessation of tiring o.i (the west front, reported to have gono (into effect at three o'clock yesterday afternoon un it ruwwr oruers, ,.y I I....,., limited rt thnt riitrlllin Of TUO front, where the German uvmistico nel- cgnteH crossed the linen. French Continue Advance. Paris, Nov. 8. "Our progress was renewed this morning on tho whole front," the French war offico an nounced, today. "Our advanced elements reached Liart, 30 kilometers Wk miles; rth of KUhel. " "Further to the right wc had taken Frencois (a mile southwest of Sedan) this morning before daylight and hail penetrated the outskirts of Sedan. "Our prisoners yesterday imiiuing numbered more than l.otW. The mate rial captured was considerably .In creased." , The above cable was filed in Paris at 11': 20 p. m. today by John DeGundt. a member of the stnff of tho United Press Paryi bureau. ; Cessation of Firing. ' London, Nov. 8. -Firing ceased on lAl.n vnUl.,r-1..1. Illllil fllPttlf.P lir- IIIU ii'iiii jiniwiio,. ....... ......... dcrs, iii connection with the armistice negotiations, upon request of the Ger man government. Until this cessation of hostilities, tho allies continued t0 advance on tho whole l.'iO-mile front from the Schcld to the Meuse, gaining nearly ten miles at some points and driving tho Ger mans before them in confusion. The Americans pushing forward about five miles, occupied the historie city of He dun, which was the scene of the decisive battio of the Fiauco Prunsian war, and liberated seteral other villages. East of the Mco3e ad ditional gains were made. 5 French troops progressed tilong the, entire front from the Sambre to the Bar rivo;-, w here thoir lines join tiose of tha (Coutliiucd on iaa,e to