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4,700 SUBSCRIBERS (a.OOO READERS) DAILY Only Cirrulation in Nalern Guar anteed by the Audit Bureau of Circulations FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES . SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VAL LEY NEWSSERVICE" FORTY-FIRST YEAR NO. f FHffl f IvIPlRlF II lilfllM OF Mil lllTF t - .-2-L ... . .lL Raiser Wilhelm Has ES E FORT f EUGE French Hold Sedan Sta Have Crossed lion CERMANS HAVE BEGUN RETREAT ABOVE VERDUN Americans And French Now Hold Line Of Meuse From . : Mezieres South. ' London, Nov. 9. The great fortress . city of Maubeuge hag been captured, Field Marshal Haig announced today. The British made good progrosB south " ot that place also. "The fortress of Maubeuge was cap tured by the Guards and 52d divis ions," the statement said. "We made good progress south of the town and are well east of the Avesnes-Maubeuge road." Iii rig, Nov. 9 The French resumed their advance on the whole front this normng, jt was announced by the wai office. " During" the nijjht there was. artil lery and machine gun activity ut suv otal points on the front," the com- muniiiue. said. , "This morning our troops again start ed their march lorward on the whole line." The French are now holding the So oVu station. Free More French SoiL London, Nov. 9. -The allies are con tinning their liberation of French and Belgian soil while Marshal Foch awaits lie uDswor of the German high com maud tit Rpn to his terma for an armis "tire. Latest olfu-ial reports showed feencli, British, Belgian, Italian and American troops attacking along a rout of about 200 miles, from the vi cinity of Ghent to the Verdun re gion. Important new gains have been simile on a wide stretch of this line. Ia addition the enemy is reported to be wndertaklug a great retreat on tho IHcuse front. Details of any American advance in that region have not been tweivecl. i The French and Americans now hold Hie line of the Meuse from Meziercs southward. The great fortress cities of Maubeugo and Hirson are practically (Continued on page two) I ABE MARTIN I It'i easy t' gucus tb' ope of a feller n:neu Dewcv. "One o th worst drawback t' prohibition is fiudiu' a boot legger th' next morniu'. BRITISH CAPTUR 266. KAISER QUITS- Report Sent Oat From Berlin Through Wireless Operator Chancellor Max Issues De cree Telling Of Decison By Wilkhn. sfc c sj? c sjc jc JsJ sc Jc sc sjc sj London, Nov. 9. (Britisjx Ad miralty Wireless). A German Wireless message received in London the afternoon of Nov.: 9, says; "The German imperial chan cellor, Prince Max of Baden, has issued tho following decree:" ''.'The kaiser and king has decided to renounce the tnrone. '' 'The imperial chancellor will remain in office until the questions contained with the ab dication of the kaiser, the re nouncing by the crown prince of the throne of the German em pire and of Prussia and, the setting up of a regency have been settled. -" 'For the regency he intends to appoint Deputy Ebert as imper ial chancellor and he proposes that a bill shall bo brought in for the establishment of a law ' for the immediate promulgation of general suffrage and for a constitutional German national assembly, which will settle fin ally the future form of govern ment of the German nation and of those peoples which might be desirous of coming within the empire. "'Berlin, Nov.9, 1918. (Signed) ''The 'Imperial Chancellor, Prince Max of Baden.' " The kaiser remains at grand head quarters, evidently afraid tc go home. His own people have forced his abdi cation. Throughout his reign of a quarter of (. century the kaiser had but one am- blfioa- -to "Teutonize the worM'' He t 'Cootinuad on page three) If f , j,.-5s 4 VI ijjf - -vsi, -.' Am SALEM, OREGON, Decided To Abdicate No Further Inquiry Made Into Admiral's Statement - ... .. . Washington, Nov. 9 Secre- tary of the Navy Dnni'ds today said that he has no intention of making any further inquiry of Admiral Henry B. -Wilson "con- corning the .admiral's aunouuee ment to the United Press Thurs day that tho armistice had been signed. Tho secretary kpoke in the most coiuplimeutaiy terms of Admiral Wilson s services, characterizing him as one of tho very best officers ia the American navy. He said that every one who had dealings. with Admiral Wilson in France brought the same high reports of him. Seretary Daniels - thought, too, that the admiral had pursued a manly course in acknowledging his responsibil- ity and exonerating tht , Unit- ed Press. . , : . . . , , I T CUT INTO TWO DISUNIfEHROUPS No Lenger Able To Maintain Direct Ccnratinication With Bases. By J. W, T. Mason (United Press war expert) New York, Nov. 9, The German armies along the west front have been lent into two disunited groups, through tho success of the allies reaching tho 1 environs of the Ardcnncg massif. For all practical purposes the Ger mans in Belgium are no longer able to maintain direct communication with the Geinmus in France for interchange of supplies and manpower. The Mils' ami forests of the Anienne interpose impassable obstacles aaimt tho free mnvemcut of transport columns and marching troops. Nearly the whole ot tlr German front in France has now been pushed sjuth of the Ardennes while that part of Belgium still in tho enemy's poss ssion is north of the ar dennes. To maintain contact for military op erations on a large scnlt? between h:s lisuu itoii armies, Von 1) indejiburg mut send troops from one group to the. other by a long rearward detour via uerm.in territory, ibis situation u n impossible one for Jong continuance. Depleted of fresh troops as they rc, the Germans would have to form two separate reserve armies, one to act iif Franco and the other in Belgium,- if Von Hinrlenburg were to cling still longer to both French and Belgian soil. .Strategically, the difficulty of this taw; is immensely increased by the faie: that tho Americans now have under gun fire the. principal lines of commu nication feeding the Uermrn front in France. Even a brief prolongation of the war would compel the. Germans to evacuate all of France. While still try ing to hold central and eastern Bel gium, Von Hindenburg would have to admit the allies into Germany before the end of the year, through Luxem burg and Lorraine. Therefore, while the kaiser and his militaiists are considering Marshal Foch's armisitice terms, they know that rejection of the demund fcr un conditional surrender will mean a quick invasion of the fatherland. If they dc-' (Continued on page two) The National Woman Suffrage asso ciation reports that it spent $7,o&3 toi defeat Senator Baird in New Jersey. Senator Weeks In Massachusetts audi Mr. Hose in New Hampshire. ' 7 n.M o - - , - ' wit th SATURDAY, NOVEMBER WHOLE OF GERMAN NATION SEETHING WITH JillpE REVOLT Workmen And ; Soldiers At Munich Demand Kaiser's Abdication. NAVY IN HANDS OF REVOLTING SAILORS Unconfirmed 7 Report Says PriEce Maxjailian Has Offered Resignation.; Pari, Nov. 0. qio a. n ) k di patch from Zurich, today purported to affirm that Prince Maximilian, the German chancellor, has resigned. Th Haguei, Nov. 9. Ac unconfirm ed report received here today that in surgents have seized Berlin, Batting five to tho post office and city halL . Copenhagen, Nov. 9. The workmens and soldiers' council has blocked tho Kiel canal by throwing warships length wise across It, according to dispatches rsccived here today. : ' The revolutionists are' reported to dominate completely Hamburg, Oux taven and Lubccte, Bss'e, Nov. 9. The workmsn's and soldiers' council at Munich has adopted a resolution demanding abdication ot the kaiser and deposition of the Wit teflsbach dynasty, according to a dis patch received from that city. Munich is tho capital of Bavaria. Tho Wittelsbachs have been the ml ing family of that slate for mo:e than SOO years. London, Nov 9. Practically all of Germany is reported to be s'.etliiii? wi'h revolt. Dispatches received here today indi- (Continued on page two) TW0G.OjUIIY Considerable Interest Centers In kdependeat Party Men Next Session. By L. O. Martin. (United Press Staff Correspondent.) Washington, Nov. 9. With almost complete returns from Tuesday's elec tion indicating the senate will 1 e re publican by a majority of two, the o called progressives In the upper branch will hold the balance of power when tho senate convenes next March. According to inaicationg today there will be 49 senators on the republican side and 47 on the democratic snu am j one progressive vote swinging to the' side of the democrats could thcicfore, command a majority for tho minority ! with Vice-President Marshall's vote. I Thus, chief interest today centers in the course which will be pursued on great reconstruction issues by such men as Borah, Johnson, California, Lal-'ol-lettc, McNary, Oregon and Kenyou, Iowa, all of whom are more or less in-1 dependent of party. The democrats are; ciiuntim? strongly on the Bupport of thes? men at lerst sonic of them iu 7irei'v.tii;g repecl of many laws which the democrats have passed during taeir 'Cviitiniied ou paj three) J 9, 1918 Throne Chancellor Announces ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS BY DUNS IS A CERTAINTY Marshal Foch Has Power To - Make Minor Changes In Armistice. By Carl D. Groat. (t'nitod Press Staff Correspondent.) Washington, Nov. 9. Tho nution waited today for signing of the armis tice with Germany. Officialdom, long Since made up its mind that tho German answer would be an acceptance. So to day it only devoted itself to specula tions as to how soon the reply would bo announced. Some thought by tonight; others to morrow, whilo another group believed Gormany would take the limit and that tho actual answer would not be rn vealed before Mondny, when the soven ty-two hour dead lino comes. Internal Gorman events, as woll as the pressure of tho victorious American iVllied armies, are making an arfirina- (Continued on page thre-0 ; ' REBELS MAY HAVE SEIZED BERLIN. The German revolution has spread throughout the empire, according to reports from neutral sources. An unconfirmed dispatch from The Hague today even declared that theinsurgents "have seized Berlin, setting fire to the city hall and postoffice. Bavaria is reported to have announced its secession from the confederation and to have set up a republic. The workmen's and soldiers' council at Munich, the capital, is said to have demanded immediate abdication of the kaiser and deposition of the .Wittelsbachs, the royal fam ily of Bavaria. The revolutionists no wappear to hold Hamburg,, Bremen, Brunswick, Schwerin, Tilsit, Wil helmshaven, Cuxhaven, Bremerhaven, Altona, Kiel and other important cities in all parts of Germany. They are also believed to control Dresden, the capital of Saxony, while the ministry of Wurtemburg, at Stuttgart, is said to have resigned. Riots are reported in Essen where the great Krupp works are located. Practically the entire seacoast is now under red flag domination and the Kiel canal is entirely in the Rands of revolutionists. The destination of the warships report ed to have left Kiel under the red flag remains a mystery. The kaiser is believed to be at German grand head quarters in Spa, where he and his staff are considering the armistice terms sent, by German courier from the town in the department of the Aisne, where the German delegation is in conference with Marshal Foch. The al lied armies continuing their advance between Ghent and the Metz region, are rapidly driving the Germans out of the small strip of French territory remaining in their hands. Field Marshal Haig announced that Maubeuge had been captured, indicating the Germans made no effort to defend the famous city, with its ring of forty fortresses. The British in their great retreat in the early days of the war, held out in Maubeuge for two weeks after they had been completely surrounded. Reports from the American front said that General Bullard's men , have resumed their advance east of the Meuse, despite a heavy rain. It was believed the Ger mans had begun another retreat between Verdun and Metz, in the direction of Bney, rru TPU t.:" AliC rieiiuil aie mcuuiuiig lui wctiu uii tucu wiwrc fVnnr rVin Porio oftmmnm'niia The battle line now apparently extends as tollows: Chant cnnrrtwnrrl tn the Scheldt, to Herrines; southeastward through TournaiuiVhoB.w in r rcrt rfvt n-f CcrA& fiacf urarrl air-mo iha AT nne pannl ! ! n itfiir tho roads, were wnt back. ' i rri. . n . j . Tr n ii i i w 'iit ni ii i't urn v iu a iiuiiii , suuuicaoivvaiu tu a uhil caoii ui iiiauucugf southward to a point southwest of Hirson; southeastward to Liart; southward to a point midway between Chamont Porrien and Sipnev-L'Abbave: eastward to Poix: north- eastward to Mezieres, southeastward to the old hattta iror.t east of Beaumont. ., PRICE TWO CENTS ?J? 2 OFFICIALLY GIVEN IT Paris, Nov. 9 Abdication of the kaiser was officially an nounced hero tonight from Swit zerland. . (Judge Bennett Leads For Supreme Judge rortlnnd, Or., Nov. 9. Judge A. 8. Bennett, democrat, of The Dalles, was holding his narrow leud today over his opponents in the race for election as justice of tho supreme court to succeed the late Judge. Moore. Bennett led Circuit Judge Coke of Coo's county by 709 . votes, and Judge Olson is running third.. Tho totals at noon today were Ren- nett 11657, Coke 10,888, Olson 984(1 and1 Campbell 6024. The figures were based or complete and incomplete feturns from all coun ties except Deschutes, Grant, Lako and Malheur. Theser- four- counties are all in eastern Oregon, and Bennett's sup porters claim they can bb counted on to give him a greater lead. , - e A tunt AiirlpnnrriP' srmthwarrl nlnnc n.i- - rt mil n t i i l r r r li i i i riu l i i ru " Weather Report Oregon: Tonight and bandar- rein: moderate southerly winds - YANKEE FORCES niLESJN8DAYS General March Reports Changes In Corps ' 4 Commanders. MILITARY PROGRAM SOMEWHAT DISTURBED Disposition Of Troops Work ed Out When Armistce : , Is Signed. Washington, NffV. 8. Amcrtcai forces ou tho Sedan front hiivancod thirty fnilfs In might' days, "6enett March said today in his weekly confer ence with correspondents. In a brref summary of the military situation, he said the Germans now have been de prived of all railway lines parallel to their front. They hold only lines radi ating toward the fronts which makes the shifting of troops difficult. The American advance severed the Vali ncienne.s-MeU railway, at Kednn The allied advances havo pushed .the German front from a point 38 miles from Paris to more than 100 miles away ;and have reduced German occupation of French territory from 10,000 squaro, miles last July to 2,300 square miles to day. General March stated that the organ ization of American forces into armies hjs necessitated changes in corps com manders. The corps are now command ed by the following officers: First, Major General Diekntnn; Sec ond, Alajor General Heed ; Third, Major General Hines: Fourth, Major Gcnsrnl Mute; Fifth, Mujnr General Sutninorall; Sixth, Mo jor General Wright, and Sev enth, Major General Meiichef. : " During the week," March said, "dispatches have) indicated that certain American soldiers nro- in Belgium work ing with the forces there. Those divis- CContinued on pane two) MANS ARMISTICE DELEGATES DEJECTED Send Report Of Proceedings To German Command By Courier. Paris, Nov. 9. (4:20 p. m.) No word had been received at the time of catling of the return of the German cornier; from grpud headquarters at Spa, who is expected to bring Ger many's reply to Marshal Foch's ar mistice terms. The roads are known to be unusual ly bad, bridges having been blown up and the highways turned into mud by the heavy rains. Paris, Nov. P. The Gcrnmn armis tice delegates, during their interview -Marshal l-ocn appeared greatiy dejected, it was learned today. i Thev arrived at the French lines du'rins a drenching roiu Thursday night. The French guard, under a high ! officer verified their paters, then ' The German representatives were tak on to a designated point wnere icey ate and then retired fur the night. Thev wcro awakened eaily yestenlay morning and departed for the meeting- place. somewhere in the denartntent of Ai"- ThPir """' jtu,,nfy """"" 1 , (continued on ve. &ti ADVANCE THIRTY