Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 8, 1918, Page 1

" VOL.¥ LIX—NO. 268 ND NEWS OF ARRIVAL GFRMAN ARMISTICE ENVOYS | American Government Had Been Informed That They Were Due to Arrive For Meeting With Marshal Foch Between 8 and 10 O’clock, Last Night, Paris Time—Marshal Foch is Fully Empowered to Act for the Entente Allies and America, But No Changes in Armistice Terms Laid Dewn by the Supreme War Council Are to Be Tolerated __It is Presumed That the Germans Also Are Empowe:- gn For Their Governr~~" before | miliiary ciass among the Gerinan en- attention here. Paris that | was some doubt as to whether this se- lection was made as a last manifesia- or whether, on avoys had ap- of- defiance posed to be in control of the | sovernment deliberately intended wuthorized at the | humiliate the military responsible for the disaster which has overtalen Ger- General Winterfeldt was a military attache for Germany at Paris hefore eptember, 1913, he was severely in- an automobile during the evening cial denial issued | French manoeuvres was nursed with devoted care. war broke out an, in Spain rown Washing- where he took over| s added | the fficial despatche: the Ger- | the knowledge approaching | geography and con during his convalescence Baker | WASHINGTON WITHOUT INFORMATION AT 2 A. M. Washington, he had acquired of the itions of the coun- fo check the monstration which started abpeared on | ti morning officials of the departments who were an all-night information erman_envoys had signed the armi one, and soon | tles were blow- re thronged W or unofficial, had come had passed the envoys and 10 o'clock night, | antictpation davs held their balance ir determination But excitemen ia, crowds assem- the White House departments ai » official | GOVERNMENT OFFICES KEPT OPEN ALL NIGHT he offices of Washington, Committee on as anybody |mation were kept open all ion was under | nigit, ners paraded on mizht come of the resuit of Marshal the German ar- bands played an rs were hoisted. White House a cheering | gates calling | GERMANY 4NNOUNCES START OF PEACE ENVOYS it was all about | outburst that of a minute before response to shouts the | mit ent_ waved his napkin and smiled | gation sappeared within_ the | through the lines. 7! headquarters grand headquarters by the passage of the German dele- regotiations | irelss to per- tous | orders government | appointment Lansing’s | shal congratulate an unofficial | bring @bout am through s special wire he document o Paris asking for There was received t) ort was untrue, tinued to cele- aceredited rep s of the Ger- conditions of a made in the terms o Poch depends whett Sessation of K. [tie Sw Von Cruenell and Marshal Foch of course is fully em- | down the terms and ased on the usu in_agreeing bat the Germans also ar powered to sign for their government. | That was the case with the smmissioners ice of nego- British military and naval command- And while t ro-Hungarian alian commander, Genera tated, it was Ger commander really acted. It is regarded as entirely po that since the German doic- | gates did not know the terms of the armistice until they actually met Ma hal Foch, they might have planned to await at least a perfunctory word frem eriin before closing the negotiations. | ith military telegraphs and wireless their disposal, littie time would be consumed in this reference, mans, of course, stopping the American and allies’ ad- tremendous pressure upon the government by the populace and by rs and sailors of the North sea force and of the panic-stricken Bavarians who are desperately anxious to avert an invasion of their country from the eral Bender {armistice leave Spa today. Capelle and Guise road. They will be |SY ll, headed hy Secre- of State Erzberger. he following wireless despatch in German was received at 150 p. m.: |} ; ‘German General Headquarters to |lition of the ds the Allied General Headquarters: The Supreme German Command to Mar- shal Foch: From the German outposts : to the French outposts our delesation|€000 faith. In the circumstances the will be accompanied hy a road-mend- |Sovernment of the United § ing company to enable automobiles to pass the La Capelle road, which heg|MAde, enters an emphatic protest smplated by s for whose con- is want no delay ten persons mutinous sol- That the fears of the Bavarians are not without foundation is made evi- dent by the rapid mobilization of the echo-Slavoks of Bohemia, with the reported purpose of attacking Ge many through the Austrian Tyrol. Ac- cording to French cable advices today be Bavarian premier has threatened 1o order the Bavarian troops at the tront to return home menace from the armistice is at once concluded. There is reason to belleve that in a despairing hope of shadow of control over the future gov- . 0 matter what The following wireless in German | the German authoritie was received at 6 p. m. 3 fr MoThe Germzn Supremo Command to|™holly responsible arshal Foch: By reason of delay the German delegation will no, be able ta | CONTRIBUTION OF $5,000000 cross the outpost line until between 8 and 10 o'clock tonigh at Hgudroy two kilometres northwest (nortneast?) of La Capelle.* to meet this JUDGMENT AGAINST MARY PICKFORD FOR $108,339 | St New York, Nov. 7.—Mary Pickford, the r;loo\':‘lng picture s%r, Wicll have to e pay $108,339 to Mrs. Cora Carrington ] J Wilkenling, a literary and Lhea,usitui EMITHRISALEADING S agent, by order of a supreme court WHITMAN BY 1t Jury which has been hearing evidence |, in a suit brought against the actress |districts mi; by the literary agent. Mrs. Wilkenling claimed ‘been responsible s Pickford an advance come to $18,000 weckly of $150,000 a year. ernment of be military representing sume a full share of re- for the humiliating armis- tice and peace terms must must be For this reason, if for mo view here is that oners would go man people, the official he armistice commi: ihrough the form of communicating with their government. The inclusion of General Wi 4 other members of —— A e, S TR ot B Cabled Paragraphs Women May Sit House of Commons London, Nov. 7.—The house of com- mons yesterday passed on third read- ing the bill permitting women to sit in parliament. NO ARMISTICE NEWS UP TO 3 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING Washington, Nov. 8.—At three o'- ciook this morning no news had come to waiting officials of .the state and war departments that the German ar- mistice envoys had reached Marshal Foch’s headquarters, where they were to be handed terms upon which the war can be brought to an end. 1076 NAMES IN TWO ~RMY CASUALTY LISTS - wshington, Uov. 7.—The following ualties are reported to the Com- landing General of the American iixpeditionary Forces: Killed in action 111; died of acci- dent and other causes 3; died of dis- 252; wopnded (degree undeter- d) 111; missing in action 63; to- New England men are: Killed in Action. Private Chester Wells North Hamp- ton, Conn. Died of Disease. Corporals Armand A. Brien. Man- chester, N. H.; Bdward F. Quinn,] Lowell, Mass, Privates—Charles Taunton, M Winchester, Mass. Wounded (degree Undetermined). J. Nichols, Jr. nchester, — Conn. Cronin, Lawrence, Ma: Donnell rockton, Mass. Fitchburg, Mas; North Adams, Mass.; Michael Lyons, Norwalk, Vi.; Matthew New Britain. nolds, Fer | THURSDAY" AFTE#NOON‘S LIST ; died of wounds 69; died of disease 126; wounded e vy 8 wounded slightly 120; missing in action $3; prisoners 3; Killed in action 12 severe total 536 New England men are: Kiled in Action. { 2 through | the French lines, where they were du3 | Boston, Mass. "Privates — Z Mass.; Raymond F. St. George, Wor cester. Mas Boston, M Died of Wounds. Privates— Mass Slightly Wounded. throp Highlands, Mas: Privates — Karp Kisun Conn.; Peter Solovey. bridge, Mass Missing in Action. Private } Mass. MARINE CORPS CASUALTIES. missing ‘in action 11; total 89. New England men are: Wounded in Action (Slightly). erville .Mass, Missing in Action. Nergeant George 1. Dedham, Moun- tainview, N. I Sick in hospital, previously reports ¢d missing: _ Sergeant George I. Dedham, Moun- tainview, N, H {PROTEST GERMAN PLAN TO | to the the reported i thoriti ntion of German ai in Belgium to destroy coal {mines on evacuation. If the acts con- | templated are carried out the m sage says, it will confirm ‘the belief that the solemn assuranchs of the h. They will proceed by automobile | German government are not given in subordinates of the staff to the |80od faith. place thus appointed.’ “Orders were given to cease fire on the front at 3 o'clock p. further orders. On November 7 at 1.25 a. m. Mar- shal Foch sent the following to the German command: plenipotentiaries desire to meet Mar- shal Foch and ask him for an armis- themselves to the Irench outposts by the Chimay- Fourmies-La Cappelle-Guise road. Or- ders have been given to receive them them to the for the meeting.’ ‘A German ceived November 7 at 1 p. m. said: German General Headquarters to the Allies’ General Headquarters: The | POSS commander-in-chief to Marshal Foch: | del : German plenipotentiaries for an|mines will be destroved at once. They will| “Acts so wanton and malicious in- leaves Rere at noon and reach at five | VOIVINg as they do the destr o'clock this afternoon the French out- La|tion of Bel The note a2ddressed to minister follows I have the nonor to you will bring the foll attention of the German governmen “In its note of Oct. 20 the instructions to spare Dj ty and to ex lation to the best of their ability.’ “Information has nowi r government of the United vi necessity to the civ ration of Oct. tes ch the declaration of Oct. against the measure duct the government of Germany New York, Nov. 7. Campaign, said to be the large te. corporation gave 32 Cross during its last campaisn. New York, Nov. T.—With only six|democrat, by a majority of approx Washington, Nov. T—Tixing of | SUbmil ng throughout the state | matel 500. With 59 rural precincts | prices of raw cotton is unnecessary | 3 3 the unofficial plurality of Alfred FE.|vet to report, the vote stood: New-[and impracticable, President Wilson Vital Statistics Note. had |Smith. _democrat, over Governor | berry. 213,996 Ford, 203394, will be told by the cotton investigating o for | Charles 8. Whitman, republican, in the | This is a lead for the naval cora-|committee of the war industries board.! Another bouncing bond issue is to in- |gubernational race was 11,084 The|mander of 8401 The missing vre- |Thisiannouncement was made tonight|come into the world next March bl ponus | figures were, Smith 089,212; Whitman | cincts are not expected to materially | by Dr. Thom 978,148, No. 2 of the Burgess Aeroplane Com-| The great battle which has as its BEdward McFeeley, ~Frank H. Ames, Roches- James H. Clifford, South Augustine M. Joseph A, . Manchester, N. H.; John S. PrivatesBdward J. Bagley, Black- stone, Mass.; Joseph H. Dauphinais, .; John J. Hegan, Rebzynski, Sydney Rey- Lieutenant Charles Morton Toole, s McCurry, FErving, Died from Wounds Received in Action | Privates—Vernon G. Cameron, West Haven, Conn.; Michael Kehoe, South gmes F. Daley, Hartford, | clothing. Conn.; Stanley H. Lindsey, Lynn, Mass.; John F. Lonergan, Worcester, Lieutenant Edward O'Neill, Win- erf,, Wai, Medford, Killed in action 16; died of wounds received in action 14; died of diseese 22; wounded in action (severely) 11; wounded in action (slightly) 3; unded in action (degree undeter- mined) 8; in hands of enemy 4; Private Charles W. Meinberg, Som- DESTROY BELGIAN COAL MINES Washington, No 7.-—Sccretary Lansing made public today a message man government through minister, protesting against uest that wing to the serman government announced that “The German troops are under the strictest vate proper- rcise care for the popu- hed the tatey to the effect that the German authorities in Belgium have given notice to the coal mining companies that all men and animals should be brought out of the pits; that all raw materials In_the on of thelcompanies should he delivered to the Germans and that the tion of a n popula- m and the consequent fTering and loss of human life which will follow, cannot fail to ;mpress the government and the people of the United States as wilfuliy cruel and in- human. If these acts, in flagrant vio- are perpetrated, it will confirm the be- lief that the solemn assurances of the German_government are not given in o was FOR WAR WORK FUND |*"F%; A contribution | 20, 1918, the fund ecarnel $111.03 of $5.000,000 to the United War Work | The interest rate charged is gift | cont ever made to such a cause, was; an- —eeeeme nounced here todav by the United | NEWBERRY IS HOLDING Steal Corporation. The same LEAD OVER FORD |iraten. Twenty thousand deserrers | bif 2,000,000 to the Red from the army are marching through More Than40Yachts |French Advanced Destroyed By Fire| 10 Miles Yesterday Also Plant No. 2 of the Bur-|The Fortress at Sedan is Part- gess Aeroplane Co. at Mar-| ly in the Hands of the blehead. American Troops. 4 Marblehead, Mass., Nov. —Plant (By The %floci&(efl Press.) pany, which was filled with govern- {purpose the driving of the Germans ment airplanes and the Stearns and |from -French and Belgian soii, con- McKay Company storehouse, contain- |tinues from the Meuse river to Bel- ing more than forty yachis, were to- |gium. Gverywhere the Germans are tally destroyed by fire early tonlght.|giving ground, and rapidly the vast The fire was started by an explosion |sack is being cleared of enemy forces. in the paint shop & the Burgess com-| Sedan, famous as a foriress in the pany. Franco-Prussian war and the back- The plant had been shut down in or- |bone of the, German line of retreat der to permit the workmen to cele- |from the southern portion of the bat- orate upon receipt of false reports of | tiefront, is partly in the hands of the ed great headway. [Foriupately thelof the River Meuse and hold a foot- wind_carried the fire away from aling on French soil west of the Luxem- storehouse in which a large quantity iberg border. of highly explosive puste was kept, | Secan the lateral lines of communica- struction were quickly ruined. the Stearns and McKay Company, |Gered unavailable for enemy us the ty spontaneous combustion. ing the heavy ground, due to rain and mud, and at last accounts were |ARMISTICE WOULD MEAN still pressing opward and meeting Washington, Nov. 7.—enator Mar- tin of V rginia, democratic leader in the senate, said today that congress will call on the executive departments of the government to curtail war ex- penditures immediately upon the sign- ing of an armistice by Germany. He also said that the war derartment will ed to stop calling men into the service as soon as the War|driving the -Germans Meuse. priations for war purposes in the last|north and south of he said, and added that he|tory admitted by democ leaders the [Ghent. housing—for— purely war ' actf¥ities[has g Senator Martin said he recently had|heavy fighting in the. stratets i to enrd T to be in the hands of revolutionists. ANNUAL REPORT ON CHILD'S WELFARE WORK|TAKING OF SEDAN WAS A Hariford, 1is, superintendent of the Child’s Wel-1. Washington. Nov. |fare Worl of the State Board of | Sedan by Ame Charities made he the dzeal v an troops r 50 utler said today when infor: this afternoon. The report showed | gett's first army had enter state. The coudition of the homes was|“Tt 'is a. grear military a reported as follows: Excelient, one per| At our last report the Ams cent: good, i8 per cent: fair, 23 per|at a distance, 1 believ cent: doubtful, § per ceni: poor 6 per|si cent. During the vear thers were 20 |front, except the floodel ter children placed in homes znd 104 trans- | Flanders. fers made. Tlore were 223 applications for children snd of thi were refused. At the pre tory consideratios there were At the close of the year|against the ALMOST ENTIRE GERMAN ing of Sedan. is that plac FLEET IS NOW IN REVOLT |fallen, is a The Hague, Nov. 7.—Scant food, bad | T1°7% ; Stbeina 5 treatment by their officers and exas-|P/ace in the war at any time. veration caused by the collapse of Germany culminated in a movement | VIRTUALLY ALL GERMAN outbreak broke out at Kiel November | Iondon, Nov. §. 1245 a. m— on warships in the roadstead, plete master On the 4th, the labor unions pro- |Tieizoland, Borkin and Ct claimed a general strike, On the 5th| ™ A% Kiel the worlers haye the revolt reached Wilhelmshaven, e PURA Aot Helgoland, Borkum and Cunxhaven. Al- says the despateh, most the entire fleet is now in revolt. sl The mutineers have seized the Wire- |, 503 NEw(y GRADUATED xhaven rines at London, Nov. 7.—The greater part|Of recruiting service. of the submarine crews in all the German naval harbors have joined the revolution, according to an Exchange oy Telegraph despatch from Copenhagen.|TO BE LIBERATED FROM TO BEGIN WORK ON ing the month ‘was 5,986, ‘Washington, Nov. Hartford, Conn.. Nov. i —The siate|Eastern Mediterranean sou anditors will soon begin work on the|the oppression of the T ar ending September 30. At|ing their authority fr of the vear the furd amo1nt- | choise of th ed to $¥008,622.75, an increase of $22.51 | the aims of for the year. The money i all invested.| / but it was all applied for and has s ticut 5 eal estate amount to $1.107.037), cording to information received or 240 more than in the previous|yondon tonight. Tiiring the vear ending Scotember|snoog DESERTERS MARCHED emonstrations are taking place Detroit, Mich., Nov. of virtuaily comqete unofficia? raturns 2 = | tonight, Licutenant Commander 'Tru-| pRICE FIXING OF RAW the streeis of the capital. 064 VOTES |Man I Newberry, republican, hos been COTTON IMPRACTICABLE |the premicr, went to ; : ubmit the resignation of his entire elected to the senate over Henry Ford, change ‘th eresult. {the committee. tons of ore in October. clude the construction of 31 vessels. the signing of an armistice by Ger-|American troops, and with its fall will many, 2nd before the watchman could | vanish all the dreams of the Germans reach the scene the flimes had gain- [of being able to fall behind the line Also by the capture of but airplanes in various stages of con- |tion with the great German fortress < Metz ‘are cut or dominated by the The flames swept into the rlant of|guns of the Americans ang thus ren- where 25 small craft and fifteen larger | From the west of the Ameriean sec- yachts, some of them famous In theltor to the east of St. Quentin the sporting world, were destroyed before | French again have driven forward, cal firemen assisted by apparatus | liberating many additional towns, vil- from Lynn, Salem. Danvers and Pea-|lages and hamlets. At some points body could get the fire under control |since Wednesday they have penetrated Tt was thought the fire was caused {to a depth of ten miles, notwithstand- CURTAILMENT OF EXPENSES|With only moderate resistance by ma- chine gun rear guards. From the re- gion of Origny the French guns are now dominating the important rail- way jupction of Hirson, which the enemy must use in a retreat from the district east of St. Quentin toward his frontier. The Jrench now have thrown cavalry into the action on the eastern end of their line where it connects up with General Pershing’s front, and are toward the In the novth Field Marshal Haig n 1 old Valen- tvo have aggregated fifty-seven | cignnes sallent i ng the enemy billion dollars and that he is deeply|po time for Canadian, concerr the effect the expend - |‘Australian, English and Scottish tures are hs upon the country.|iroops of his command have again Teaders of both parties share . his|bitten deeply into enemy-held terri- soon would have something to say in| "Still farther north the armies of the senate on the necessily for cur-|King Albert of Belgium are Keeping |tailinz government expenses after thelup their pressure against the Ger- armistice is signed. __|mans. It is reported that i: has been Extravagance in war expenditures is {decided ‘by the enemy to abandon senator asserted, but it has been justi- | Seemingly the davs of the enemy’s fied on the ground that it has been|téaure of allied soil in the west are necessary in order to giard againstinumbered. Although not by any hayng troopsson the field inadequate-|means in rout, he is steadily falling Iy equipped with ammunition. food and |back. In view of the gains that have been made by the French and Ameri- The democratic leader declared his|cans on the southern par: of the bat- opposition to universal uilitary train- {tle line there appears to be no defen- ing, saying it wouli lead to continued |sive lines on which he will be able heavy expenses for cantonments and|to stand, except for delaying action, other war necessities in peace ‘times.|west: of the famous fortified Rhine. One method of curtailment of war| That Germany at home coasiders costs susgestcd by the Virginia sens. | the battle lost Is indicated by inter- tor was reduction in sthe number of |nal troubles. There have been dem- / : : . clerks émploved in Washington “and | onstrations in Berlin: a mutiny In the | Ratherine out of their summer home | abandonment of the construction ofj il en_place;—there ai been informed by Hou Commis- | ported; striles have broken out at sioner Eidlitz that it is intentlon | Cuxhaven and Wilhelmshuven. and th 5 constru the greater part of Schleswiz is sail ‘ov. T.—Miss Mary ilar-| GREAT MILITARY ACHIEVEMENT —The taking of that during the year Miss Harris and | torical French city. her two assistants visited ',145 chil-| “The news of the takinz of Sedan Gren placed in homes throughout thelis very good news” said Mr. Baker. ricans were ‘The advance of Pershing's army number 104 | from the 28th'day of September to the | tured Wednesday, as sent . time | first of November, show, difficult, in|ten miles from Mezieres and time there are sixty applications under | the face of tremendous opposition and | miles from Sedan. The British turned | moon. and the German flank at Valenciennes and ; 1 children in homes. |tions and its consequen: very much|the Americans carried out a similar more rapid advance, including the tak- I manoeuvre west of the Meuse. sctually has| The seveney-one divisions under command of Crown Prince Rupprecht imited area, as has tuken|of Bavaria, forced to retreat north- wards, it is believed. will find it diffi cult to escape without some of them heing forced to seek internment in trongest kind of posi- fine a military achieve- of revolt in the German navy. The FLEET HAS REVOLTED . . 3. Sailors ashore, assisted by work-tually all the German fleet has revolt- | CC W MANY HAS BROKEN men, seized the fort and arsenal. The |ai. according. to a despatch recoived | movement spread ravidly to the Crews | from. The Hague. The men are com.| Copenhagen, Nov. 7—The diplomatic at Kiel, Wilhelmshaven, | break between Germany and the Ru: n Soviet government, which devel- oped yesterday, was foreshadowed by general |th: British newspapers few days joined the of ihe school fund for the|establishment of goverraents deriv- n the free native popiiations are rance and (ireat Britain. THROUGH STREETS OF BERLIN |dispatch to Stockholm, ~ Nov. 7.—Continuous | Bremen. It Berlin, according to the Social Demo- | the Czech pr 10 PAGES_74 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS Condensed Telegrams | Alaska Gold Mines Co. milled 75,870 Shipbuilding pla: of Canada in~; American airmen destroyed 160 foe anrplanes in the last four days. Oklahoma, South Dakota and Louisiana voted against woman suft- William D. Stephens, Republican, War Trade Board announced reors ganization of the Machinery and| Metals Sales Co. Germans are stealing the uniforms of American prisoners. They call the uniforms_“booty.” War Department authorized the construction of a $1.500,000 sulphuric acid plant at Grand Rapids. War Department announced the names of two officers and 55 enlisted men held in German prison camps. During October six Norwegian ves- sels of a gross tonnage of 17,527 tons were destroyed through causes of the war. The aid of the United States was pledged to Rumania in its efiorts to Secure just political and territorial rights Francis M. Hugo, Secretary of New York State, announced that the so diers’ vote will not be known until| Deec. 19. Interstate Commerce Commission approved the increase in rates of cot- tonseed on a large number of south- ern_railroads. Five residents of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., were arrested by Department of Justice agents for alleged obstruction of the draft. Judge Mayer, in New York United States Court, named a committee of Aetna Explosives Co. Pascal Ceccaldi, intimate friend and legal representative of former Pre mier Caillaux, now awaiting trial for treason, died in Pari: Allies and’ the United State: week. fertilizer output. of $250,000 was done. ed 26,000,000 tons of food and 35009, was reduced from 10 to 1 per_cent. the week ended Nov. 1 was 586. General -McAdoo. never lived together in the State, h says in an_ affidavit. | tral committee. LONDON”EXP&CTS THAT accepi the armistice terms of the allie gravity of Germany’ militarily and internally. a rout. FAKE NEWS CAUSED FURDRE THROUEHOUT THE COUNTRY Cablegram Received by the United Press in New York False- ly Stating That Armistice Had Been Signed and That Hostilities Had Ceased, Sent Out as “News,” Resulted in Suspension of Business and Wild Demonstrations of Joy in Many Cities and Towns—New York Stock Ex- change Was Closed at 2.30 as a Result of the Hoax. York, Nov. 7.—False that Germany had accepted the terms of the armistice and that fighting had ended threw lirium today and turned out to greatest hoax of recent years. irances that to check the demonstrations American_cities lions of Americans will not know how they were fooled until they read the morning papers. cabled from France to and picked up and circulated through. the country by an- declared the armis- k_this morning | was elected Governor of California. . thanksgiving. In churches were similar soiemn gath- hundreds of the country ‘While thousands went to pray, other thousands gave vent to their joy in more conivial surroundings. The pall of prohibition gloom w! ed cafes and saloons was dispelled and they were dlled with Star Spangled Banner wiio and without accompanir: it air which floated through the swinging doors. IMPROMPTU CELEBRATIONS IN NEW ENGLAND CITIES Boston and many icih has shoud- the United other news agenc tice signed at 11 o'clo and fighting ended at 2 o'clock thi Boston, Nov. other New England cities promptu celebrations today when an unconfirmed report that Germany had signed an armistice beeame current. Even when it was learned port was not credited in ernmentcircles, | abandoned and bells nad whistles con- tinued their clamor. Extra editions of newspapers carry- ing the unofficial announcement, f0od- ed the streets in this efty and the newsboys were pressed to sapply. the There were many persons, however, who did not credit the early | statements and newspapers and other spurces of in- formation busy with requests for the latest information. Parades were quickl Official desgatches from France to| Gepartment at Washington v that the German commissioners were not ever to meet Marshal Foch | funtil 5 o'clock this afternon, and des- six to draft reorganization plans for | on the Sedan front| Food and other supplies needed by | show that at 6.30 p. m. the troops still enemy countries, Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey, may be furnished by the American arm: were advancing. stock exchange, well as the curb market, were closed at 2.30 p. m., after a hurried meeting ! A market which at | nresponsive sud- Books of the Brooklyn Rapid Tran- sit Co. were demanded by District At- torney Lewis in his investigation of the wreck near Prospect Park last of ihe governors. first appeared to be denly developed activity which shot up some of the so-called Recommendations were Made to|from two to twelve points. Congress by Chairman Baruch of War Industries Board for legislation and money for the permanent increase in telephones (o in_other cities were similarly affected fcrmed in this Here follows a copy of the cable gram received by the United Pres: its New York offic “Unipress, New York: rmistice allies signed eleven | i this mornin: 4 music of bands resounded threugh ‘he One_ of the was composed of workers from ng erected in sturisg cen- 1 snd 10554 iy ju rmany Fire destroyed the storage ware- house of the Independent Lamp & Wire Co., of Weehawken, N. J., 12 residences and a clubhouse. Damage the army suppl South ‘Boston. ters workers were releasi in the demonstrations, communities {marched from their class lute the colors. 10,000 shipyard workers and officials made taken morning Since the convoy system was adopt- | “HOWARD, rooms 1o sa- 000 tons of munitions were brought| (Unipress is cable code for United to England. The loss of food ships went wild with jo; no effort to restrain them. The gates of the shipyards were thrown open and arrying picks, shovels and United Press, an mms is William Philip Simms, Paris | correspondent of the United Pres: | uation, it should be | president of The number of sick and wounded soldiers landed in America from the i American expeditionary forces during| To srasp the horne in mind that Pari cast of the United State: s ahead of New York time. though it had been announced that the ned at 11 o'clock and | that fighting had ceased at 2 o'clock, vas a fact that the Germar com- were not to be received by hools were dismissed and thousands of persons gathered in the center of the city to cheer and sing. NEW HAVENTRS ANGRY WHEN DISILLUSIONIZED New Haven. Conn., Nov. A newspaper in this city an- Bouncing the purported signing of as- armistice hy Germany had been cir- culated the people went wild. Shops customers flocked from Railroads “will be expected to show is about six solicitude as to the transportation necessities of shippers” according to an official announcement by Director- | armistice wa | Charles S. Mellen, former president | of the New Haven railroad. doesn’t see how he could have kicked his wife 7-—After an | hours after the hour reported as the i end-of the¢ fighting: The state department’s cable of in- was not despatched report had been called department’s when a reply at Stockbridge, Mass., when -the two closed down, stores, impromptu parades ganized and the streets blazed with the flags of the United States and the the spread of the in- ‘Washington, aad word of surrender checked the en- wulletins from newspa- pers to that effect were creeted with of derision. In the Gov. M. H. Holcomb stated that the expenses of his re-election to the governship amount to $1,000, his con- tribution to the republican state cen- ying the armis- more ttime had_elapsed o'clock in Paris it was offi- announced that four German of- bearing a white flag would prob- Ioch’s head- quarters some time tonight. was one hour and thirty- five minutes after the hour reported as the end of the fightin; ciated Press despatches filed with the American army on the Sedan front at i showed that an hour and a half after the German London nor Paris had GERMANY WILL YIELD thusiasm an London, Nov. 7.—Little doubt is en- s @ great | tertajned in London that Germany will revort for [military achicvement.” Sceretary Bak- 50 that de- miceiing of the board in the uepitai|tachments of Lieutenant General Lig face of re- GG doubts as to the versity of the peace story crowds actually srew angry at confirm their hope that peace had really tained and in instanc tear down the bulletins wiich did not ir beliefs regardirg the celebration here gives This_belief is based on the increasing | s position, both | The German retreat, greatly accel- erated by an average ad- : vance of six miles on the entire front | hievement. | from the Scheldt to the Meuse. has be 5 Germany's com- e, cof five: oF ication lines from France and Bel x miles from Sedan. in the most|giym also are threatened most serious ceni; and homes not locaied 9 per|difficult country along the western |y by the threatened to o'clock tonight, situation. The premise of lceping up matter what the meantime. 5 despatch said that the ‘American army was consoli- ng its positions nad preparing for a further advance. the news takes in 4 advance of the British, in|French and Americans Wednesday Vervins, only eight miles from Hirson, ALL RHODE ISLAND Holland, ago, when they charged that the Ru: less and are communicating with each Bods Bieatae! THoF Moo ot other. Their officers are powerless. A OFFICERS AND SEAMEN | (1iat more than 400 couriers had Leen few units remain Joyal. The subma-| Boston, Nov. 7.—The sea service bu- {employed by M. Joffe, the Russtan a are ignorant of the ar-|reau of the .United States “shipping|ambassador, during the short period | mistice proposal, this news havinZ|hoard established a new record in Oc-|he had been Berlin. been hidden from them. tober by placing 2,583 newly graduated | Ambassador Joffe catesorically de- = officers and seamen in the merchant |nied the charges, but the SUBMARINE CREWS marine, according to announcement | discovery of a packa Ch JOIN IN MUTINY |made today by Benry Howard, director |tory handbills. in the lusgage of c Boishevik courier was held to dem- The total of ail classes placed dur-|onstrate the falsity of M s state ment, and was promptly foliowed by the breach in diplomatic relations. OPPRESSION AF THE TURKS Another U-Boat Outrage. —Complete and ACCOUNTS OF SCHOOL FUND | final liberation of the’peoples of the ries from 3 o : ave fired on the ¢ and the|Said to have fired on th the men tried t oescape from the ! inking vessel, according to an official telegram received here fiom Crete. < The lifeboat has been examined and|mad with joy found to be shattered by projectiles F 5 Al f the sutmarine’s guns. This in On October 1, of this yea: or the day |ALLIED FLEETS TO ANCHOR dent is interesting, in view of German after the closs of the fisca! year there OFF CONSTANTINOPLE | genials of such actions, was a balan-e on hand of ~$31.134.50| - yord0n Nov. 7. — (Via Montreal), as since | mne glljed flests will anzhor oW St. Czecho-Slovaks Mobkilizing. been loaned. Investments in Connec-|gopnia Constantinople, on Saturday, Amsterdam, Wednesday to tkenty vea out Czecho-Slov: to the colos he Weser - Zeitung, « said that this order in- in | cludes German Bohemia. Comments on | indicate that the mo- cainst Gern Spanish Cabinet Res‘ons. Madrid, Nov in the Chamber today, any. W. Page, chairman of | April. Get ready to welcome the littie stranger.—Chicago News. The hoax recalled to the public mind the country s the alleged a nimportant railway center, was cap- | others was Omicourt. | if not the world. One w human beings the other was Dr. of the North Pole. | however, more closely | s was the one perpe country at the death of WAS WILD WITH JOY e e firmod reports that Rhode Island wild w ctles and bells in every nded contini- A news hoax, | trated on the dded to the din of the United Pre: it occurred, but h did not specify the hour and ement in giving fronts, thousand 1 5 piants rushed | minute a great achie | the news to the world was claimed. there will be abundant official evidence { WITH THE SOVIET firmation of the report, the streets are historic document the hour and minute at which the sig upon it, and the hour {at which hostiiities are to end w i B lly recorded and an nounced to the world. So far as i roneous report was two cities of Europe—in London The London new ater withdrew its edition and printed The publication in Bre parades are continuin: CELEBRATICN IN CHICAGO BECAME DISORDERLY —Disorders out in several sections of the city as & result of the premature peace celebra-" this afternoon persons were injured when the police: to use their clubs in am effort to control the crowd Police from outlying districts were ordered into the loop and fire depart- ment squads were called on for assist- n embassy in Berlin was the cen- | broke: tral point for the distributjon of sedi- hed in only | Brest, France. and several, a retraction. sort from the U Y A question being asked tonight by | the naval censor publication if it w that censer: o not pass upon the truth of falsity many is why he despateh f Despite official denials the downtown district continued to in- ternoon and the cerned with whether they contain 1n- med such pro-* to be of value to an demonstration had as portions at 3 o'clock that all available policemen from the out®ing sections formation 1 or damaging military forces. of the city with detachnfents of fires~ men were called into the “loop” to con- trol the crowd: Athens, Nov. 7—(By the A. P)— A German submarine, afier having torpedoed a Greek sailing shop, NEW YORK CITY WAS DELIRIOUS WITH JOY|{ Nov. 7. — Sophisticated | stark, siaring, raving over the unfound- t Germany had agreed to which_m:ant suncon- crew when REPUBLICAN CONTROL IN SENATE IS PROBABLE the Washington, 3 Michigan and Idaho senatorial contests Still in doubt, late returns frem Tuos- | elections _toni: publicans a total of half the membership and lacking ssary to insure control--and v 46 to the democrats. igan, the republican H. Newberr: ported to have increased his 1 led report ih armistice terms ditional surrender. was a comb! election night Thanksgiving merged into one. The deliriun which selzed the city's zave the re- ation of Fou 43 senators—just o A Nov. f.— in| Al men liable to miiltar; service up of age thorough- a have been called according fo a Prague andi- . date, Trum re- 11 to spectacular, ue and ear- with 125 precinct records mi Idaho, the democratic candilo. ator Nugent. was credited with an i creased lead of about former Governor Gooding, the rapubji- can candidate. Closeness of hoth sts, upon which democratic or republican control of th pends, were regarded pect of official counts tests later in the senate. Republican control however, is now be: one district lebrators had joined in horn blowing 700 votes ove nad church with open doors 1o offer sol- -After a long session Autonio Maura, ng Alfonso to fighting 0ad ceased. th avenue was literali from Central square while mad multi- s milled zlong the sid=walks. But e most impressive scene te be found the whole length of the st Patrick’'s Cathed semi-darkened nave were h reverent men and women kneeling in' missing L 1 posaibly con- ' house, | vond all quastion. missing--the * Second Montana—the retuwns tonight j show: Republicans 238, demoerats 195, indreds of |including 1 independent, eoeialist 1,'} pel was in- - place and paraded through the streets: Tonight, in s the crowds in ¥ 3