The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 8, 1918, Page 1

om Of - 8774 PREC RE RES ome é 7452 Pr 833450 ? RAZR U. S. ADMIRAL WILSON ASSUMES BLAME FOR FALSE REPORT BREST, France, Nov. 8.-Admiral Henry B. Wilson, U. S. N., commander of the American forces in French waters, today made the following state- ment: “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 authoritative information. I am in a 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 was in no wise responsible.” IF IT HELPS WIN THE WAR, THE STAR if IS FOR IT The Seattle Sta THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST Entered as Second Class Matter May 3, 1899, at the Postoffice at Seattle, Wasn., FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT OF THE UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS SEATTLE, WASH., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1918. VOLUME 20. NO. 216. GERMANS MUST ANSWER BY MONDAY That “Armistice” Cable BY THE EDITOR OF THE STAR France, either on the progress of the various battle actions or on the armistice. parently tended to confirm (CENSOR PASSED ON | CABLE; U.S. ADMIRAL GAVE “INFORMATION” | [camara ete em me E ; Press stating | made the announcement in Brest at 4 p. m., _ French time, but that later he was notified that it was not confirmable. This latter message filed by Howard did not show, in the form in which it was de- | livered, whether it was sent yesterday or) how long it had been held up. ‘ ACTED IN GOOD FAITH Howard’s cablegram clearly showed that Admiral Wilson acted in good faith, stating that he supposed the an- Bouncement was official, and, therefore, gave his approval to the filing of the message to the United Press in New York. Fee alte reece mesmge, sisting, that Admiral I Howard’s message, stating tha’ i Wilson suthovized the announcement, and also that he later | There was reason to believe that the message stating ‘that the news was unconfirmable was badly delayed, in view hours after the original cab The messages received “Unipress, New York.—Paris. miral Wilson, who announced Ws M m.) armistice been signed, later notified unconfirmable. i i ly celebrating. Meanwhile Brest riotously “HOWARD.” “SIMMS.” y from Howard were as fol-| Urgent. Brest. Ad-| The other ave we gent: “Uni ork. “BREST. Urgent, armistice bulletin based local an- Rouncemened (announcement) (7?) by Admiral Wilson, ad- _ supposing oer a es us more yh ga . Brest celebrated nig’ s newspaper bulletin IOWAED.” It will be noted that the first message quoted was ret by the names of both Howard and Simms and was thru the Paris office in the same form as the message Teceived yesterday. In every way this first quoted message that it was probably filed very quickly after the original bulletin. The second quoted message, however, shows clearly by | the reference to the fact that Brest celebrated “nightlong” that it was filed today. It also shows that it was sent direct from Brest and is signed only by Howard, not bearing} ’ name. This message clearly indicated that Howard is in Brest, | these two messages and those received yesterday are the only cables which the home office of the United Press) received from him this week. } Thieves Pry Door (DEMOCRATS ADMIT FALL, Off Stahl’s Cafe} ELECTED U. S. SENATOR The rooms of B. P. Stockwell and| ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Nov. & —| dobn Carter, 2026 Seventh ave., were | Democratic state committee head-| " I oye ee, veins Poareten night, | ouarters today conceded the re-clec-| fined the loss of $260 worth of Lib-| ton of Fall, Rep. as United Btates | erty bonds.. senator, by a pluraiity of 1,600 over | emeiars pried open the front door | witliam B. Walton, Dem. The dem arabe restaurant, 1218 Fourth | atic state chairman alno conceded | ave, raday night, stealing tWO| ction of Benigno C. Hernandez, cigarets and three Rep., as congressman, | REBELS NOW IN CONTROL OF BIG ZONE Seize Fleet and Put to Sea in Warships Flying Red Flag MANY TOWNS JOINING Schwerin, capital of the grand of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Tilsit, one of the principal cities of East Prussia, had joined the revolt. The revolutionists are said to have seized Sonderburg, 13 miles north: | jeast of Flensburg. The railway be) tween the latter city and Kiel ts eaid to have been destroyed. The Politiken says it has no doubt that a majority of the reichstag par- ties will demand that the kalser ab- dicate, which, according to the Poll- | tiken, must be expected today or to- morrow. Wilhetmshaven and FPremerhaven, North sea ports, are reported to have joined the revolution. German army is now said to be in The whole the hands of the red Maggers. Progress of the revolution in de- clared to be comparatively peaceful. ‘The revolutionists now control Fiens | burg. A traveler arriving here from Ger- - 3 oad up by the ay, today, said the revolting #ail- i i irmable, were held up by the] ors have seized the -najority of the was notified that it was uncon r | German high seas fleet at Kiel, and that the warships, operated by mu-| i@inous crews, have steamed out of | the harbor under the red flag. of the fact that it was not received here until almost 24) Another report said the revolution: | |ists dominate Warnemunde Early reports told of the seizure of Altona, Flensburg and other cities, and an artillery battle in the streets of Hamburg. Brest newspaper 1600 (4 p.| A workmen's and soldiers’ council | was reported to have taken over the | government of Kiel. | Bremen, a free city of 150,000, is on the Weser river, 60 miles south. | west of Hamburg. Warnemunde is a Baltic port lying at the mouth of the It has a population of COPENHAGEN, Nov, 8—Capt. Koenig was killed while raising the kaiser’s ensign on the warship Flensburg, according to dispatches here today. It is probable the above cable re. fers to Capt. Koenig, who command ed the German merchant submarine Deutschland. The warship Flens- burg is not listed in any available naval lists. MAIN 600 Tell us what you want and we will “tell it” to the largest audience in the Northwest. Branch Office, Bartell’s, 610 Second Ave. under the Act of Congress March §, 1879. NIGHT EDITION’ | TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE Por Year, by Mail, $5.00 to $9.60 ; COMPLETE SERVICE OF THE NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATION | | | | | | | \ | | Warnow, seven miles northwest of | Rostock. 4,000. was not true. passed well: as tion. this morning. whatever PASSED BY THE CENSOR IN FRANCE, stating that an armistice had been signed and hostilities had ceased. This cable, it now appears, Because it was by the censor, Wilson, at Brest, France. Admiral Wilson passed on their cable, as did the censor. The information the admiral had at that time was definite and positive. Later he inform- ed Howard that his original in- formation lacked confirma- Howard then filed a second cable to that effect, but the CENSOR held that up for some mysterious rea- son, it appears, and the denial of the first story was not re- ceived by the United Press till In the meantime, no news had come from the story ceased just did, : party. For the war, had wrong. The Star published the ar- mistice story in good faith, York papers, New York World, did, pores in Chicago, Cleveland, Francisco, and papers all over the United States did. We were mistaken—but we were honestly mistaken, just censor in France was mistaken and as Admiral Wil- son was mistaken. We hasten to state the facts frankly. Incidentally, the citizens of New York and Chicago and in some other places tore the lid off last night and celebrat- ed the end of the war. So cheer up and smile. The “flu”? having prevented our celebrating prematurely, we can still get up that victory matter of a few hours now. The war is won. is at hand—and we're entitled to a celebration, even if the United Press, for the first time in all four years of the This ap- that fighting had armistice is only a Victory been tipped off ENTIRE ROUT OF INFLUENZA BUG LOOMING NEAR Two deaths and 24 new Influenza cases were reported to the health de. partment up to noon Friday, while a total of five deaths and 174 influ enza cases were recorded Thursday. Dr. J. 8. MeBride, city health com- missioner, Friday stated that the mo- ment he was reassured against a re- lapse of influenza in the city, he would lift the ban instantly and gladly. “There is no one suffering from these regulations as much as my self,” Dr. McBride stated. “The mia taken notion that I am wantonly try- ling to impose a hardship on the pub: | lic is ridiculous. I shail be only too glad when I am enabicd to call the! | | | ing conditions early next week. and wholesale establishments not en- | gaged in war work on Saturday, with Mmited intervals for trade weekdays, |and the opening of theatres and Says Draft Calls ‘The following influenza deaths are | recorded for Thursday and the inter. val closing at noon Friday: Leo Ludekins, 23, 5219 Talman ave. Minnie P. Richardson, 36, 169 Frink bivd. Frick William Lee, 21, 701 Lee st Charles M. Nutter, 51, Hotel North- ern. John I. Ford, 33, 6522 25th ave. N. Ww ‘Dietrich Rakenhus, 29, 118 Galer at. Anna L, Moen, 25, 2319 25th ave. N. It is now a matter of speculation as to when the ban features shall be removed, the principal of these being | the “flu” masks, the closing of retail | (Continued on Page Seven) Won't Be Stopped | WASHINGTON, Nov, 8—"“There thing off, but the health of the city |!s no intention whatever of with- must be safeguarded first.” The health department, under Dr McBride, will compile the influenza reports of this week, including Satur- day and Sunday, and base an esti- mate on which {t will be possible to arrive at a decision regarding lifting the ban. While all wholesale and retail es- tablishments, save food and drug || stores, ust remain ciosed Saturday, \|it 18 believed that the majority will J | be allowed to return to normal work- Tacoma, drawing any draft calla as long as} this nation is at war,’ lly intimated by offi /SEATTLE MAN KILLED WITH CANADIAN FORCES it was strong: here. OTTAWA, Nov. 8.—The following Americans were in the Canadian cas- ualty list: Killed in action—W, H. Nelson, Se- attle, Wash, Wounded—F., Graham, NOW IT'S F. ¢, BROWN WHO IS LEADING RACE The complete unofficial returns compiled by County Auditor Norman M. Wardall, Friday, after a recapitu- lation, showed Fred C. Brown, Rep., leading Dr, Edwin J. Brown, Dem., by 92 votes for prosecuting attorney. The total shows: Fred Brown 24,813, and E. J. Brown 24,721. The county canvassing board, made up of County Auditor Norman M. Wardall, Prosecuting Attorney Al |fred Lundin, Claude C. Ramsay, chairman of county commnissioners, and Superior Judge Everett Smith, began the official canvass pf the elec tion returns. Friday, The official count will be completed by next Wednesday, declared Wardall. It will take the official count to deter: mine the winner of the prosecutor race. Complete unofficial returns from the 30th senatorial district showed Howard Taylor, Rep., leading Robert Bridges, De and member of the port commission, 2,136 to 2,019. P. J. Riley, 2507 Second ave., has received word that his son, Ernest Riley graduated Friday with the class of 1921 from the West Point military academy, | | Weather Forecast: |Roads Toward Metz Filled/German Delegation Fails to With Fleeing German Secure Order to Stop Troops ~ Fighting 4 ENEMY IS ‘DESPERATE|MEET AT HEADQUARTERS | | Dy United Preas Direct to The Stor Direct.to The Ster WITH THE AMERICAN AR- LONDON, 8—(255 (420 pm) American flere TS | tne has been fixed as: the time port that vente toward limit for Germany to accept or Mets and Conflans are literally refuse, the allies’ armistice jamened with enemy moter terms, according to a wireless trucks fled with men and ma- | Gunet SS Sived from’ Paris ‘The Americans are rushing bin dispatch said the German forward in trucks, which they plenipotentiaries had received have ‘been forced to employ to the armistice terms, as well as | keep up with the flesing Ger a demand to act upon them mana. . Mi and the south within 72 hours. ern part of Sedan are on fire, PARIS, Nov. 8535 p. m)— On apg ‘The German armistice WITH THE AMERICAN It was reported today, Pore sa ARMIES IN FRANCE, Nov. 8. mimion to refer the conditions —{(1:30 p. m.)}—The Germans to their government and to send Pehind the Meuse. war gteea ‘baneonere, a e man | | Heavy artillery firing is go Eiffel tower wireless informed ing on on both sides of the Spa of the request. river, particularty in the region The delegates remarked on the of Sedan. Further south there difficulties of the route, saying | is machine gun fighting. the journey might take some LONDON, Nov. 8—(British Monday 11 a. m. has been * Admiralty Wireiess.)—The Times fixed as the maximum time for war correspondent said: the German reply. “The magnitude of the victory of last week-end becomes every WASHINGTON, Nov. 8.—Secre | day more apparent. For a month (tary of State Lansing was informed | or more the enemy has been re- [this afternoon that the German treating on to the line of the | pienipotentaries had formally asked Mouse, but now he has reached | for and received the allies’ armistice the last stage of his journey. | terms. ‘The surest sign of our victory is A request for immediate cessation that his last stage has been more [of hostilities was refused, the de- rapidly got thru than his first. partment said. The official an- “A month ago it seemed possible | nouncement said: that the Germans in France might “The secretary of state is in- be completely enveloped from the | | | back, because he disaster, Dark “Now the pros as, a week ago, least to the west. | Gen. Ludendorff, who had set the | peace negotiations in motion, drew | armies could be extricated without armies has darkened again. have prophesied that the Germans would escape without irretrievable disaster, ruin again stares them in the face. What we are witnessing It was then that | thought the German Prospect pect for the German | Where: | most people would | now is the destruction of the system of railway communications which tempted the Germans to enter Bel- gium, The result of recent opera- tions is that, of all these lines, only the one down the valley of the Meuse is working properly. Two are lost and of the remainder the one thru the Meuse valley is threatened and the other Metz railway is working in connection with a different base, so that the east and west wings of the German armies are now separated, Pocket Narrowing “The mouth of the pocket is now the Mormal fe only one railway dimensions. of the agony thr tained 4,000 Thursday night narrowing, and from Avesnes, east of where the Meuse railway enters the cover of the Ardennes, the distance is between 50 and 60 miles, “Thru this narrow passage the whole of the German armies now in France have to squeeze, and there is is working freely. the waist of the German lines—say, between Lille and Verdun—has been compressed to one-third of its former That gives some idea army is now passing. Seattle vaudeville artists enter- prest, to Mezieres, in this region which In other words, ‘u which the German Bremerton sailors Tonight and Saturday, rain; moderate easterly winds. narra EEETniasTerTerasreneeenme ne: formed that Marshal Foch reported to Paris at 10:25 this morning that the German plenipotentiaries had ar- rived at his headquarters with full powers from the chancellor. They formally asked for an armistice. ‘The text of the afmistice was read to them and delivered to them. “The German plenipotentiaries re- quested that hostilities might be stopped at once. This request was refused them. The Germans have 72 hours from 11 a. m, today in which to accept or reject the terms. It was assumed by the state department that the terms were to be sent to Berlin.” PARIS, Nov. 8.—{1:36 p. m)— The German delegates arrived this morning at Marshal Foch’s headquarters and are Positively to have asked for an armistice. The text of the allies’ conditions was read aloud and then handed to the enemy delegates. The latter asked immediate suspension of arms, which was refused. The Germans, it is stated, have 72 hours in which to reply. WASHINGTON, Nov, 8.-—-The Ger man delegates entered the conference at Gen. Foch’s headquarters at 9 a. m. (Paris time) today, the state de- partment announced shortly before noon, If it is found that the armistice needs to be referred to Berlin, 72 hours in which to make their reply will be allowed from the time that de- cision to refer it is reached, the dip- Jomat said, HUN ENVOYS SEE FOCH PARIS, Nov. 8.—<8:50 a, m.)—Par liamentarians, headed by Mathias Erzberger, were at Gen, Foch’s head- (quarters late last night, Hf | be VAST SCOPE |REPLY MUST IARMISTICE STORY IS DENIED! |