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<PLXXXVII— No. 248 12 PAGES STK.. HARKISHUKG. PA.. SATURDAY DA EXIXU XOYKMP.ER I WIS. Sr M M '^.-^ lsa HOME EDITION
KAISER ABDICATES THRONE
KAISER'S ANSWER
TO ARMISTICE IS
TO ARRIVE SOON
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Heavy Censorship Placed On
Terms of Armistice by
All Countries
FRENCH EXPECT GERMANY 1U
SORRINDLR_BEFORE HOUR SET
By Associated Press *
Paris, Nov. 9.—5.45 A. M.—Germany will
capitulate between now and Monday. French
opinion is unanimous in this view .
Germany's answer to the Allied terms for an armistice : s not
expected to reach Marshal Foch's headquarters until the middle
of this (Saturday) afternoon, at the very earliest. The courier
left for Spa, the German headquarters immediately after the terms
were delivered and the enemy had been given 72 hours in which
to send l.is answer.
Details cf Armistice Withheld
Few details of the terms have been divulged, nor have any of
the dramatic elements of the scene at the Allied dcommander-in
chief's headquarters been repot led. Nothing but the bnricst
dispatches have told ol an event the consequences of which will
altect the whole subsequent lusioi v ol civilization. ,
In the - leantnne the Allied armies are grimly sticking to their
la.sh of driving the loe trum.the soil ol France. The French tcached
and the British have captured Avesncs. It is probable
that the Germans now hold a strip ol French soil not over six or,
seven mile m width from easi ot Valenciennes to the south bank;
ol the Moselle river. Farther south the line runs along the tromier,|
but nowhere is more than a couple ol miles west of Germany's'
domain.
Kaiser a Spa With War Lords
This fact, and the obvious ability ol the Allied armies to com
plete their triumph over the enemy, may bring about a quick
decision by the military duels ol Germany. Kmperor William is
ai Npa. it is said, and it is con-ideied possible that llie armistice
mission now at Marshal Foch's headquarters may receive instruc- :
lions by wireless.
Bavaria lias been declared a republic and the Wittclsbacli [
dynasty, headed by King Ludwig 111, is deposed. Emperor Wii-I
liam s abdication has been demanded by the Socialists, but has\
been met with refusal from the emperor Who fears to quit ofticei
at such a critical juncture in the history ol Gernieny.
• i lie revolution is seemingly rapidly spreading through the '
greui industrial and maritime cities ol Prussia, Essen, the site i
jl ilie great Krupp munition works, being the latest place reported !
to be uisalfecied.
Prince Henry of Prussia, the emperor's brother, who visited)
.Audita in 19u2 has lieu from Kiel under tire trpin mutinous!
guards. i
Prince Max, ol Baden, the German chancellor, is reported to
have resigned, but the: - a has been no acceptance of his resignation.
Prince Max, it is indicated, to-day will communicate the terms
oi ilie armistice to a committee of Reichstag party leaders.
Virtually all t'.. North Sea coast and part of the Baltic :
littoral now js in the hands of the revolutionists.
Entire German Empire in Peril
Not only has the German army been crushed in the maw of
war, but the whole structure of the German empire seems about
to be engulfed.
Conditions in Austria apparently are in a wildly chaotic
condition.
Bolshevik resistance in Eastern Siberia seems to be broken, i
TOKIO announces. • I
Paris, Nov. 9.—Germany's armistice delegates were received '
by Marshal Foch yesterday morning at nine o'clock in a railroad
car, in vyhicii the commander-in-chief of the Allied forces has his
headquarters according to the Petit Journal. When the Ger
mans' credentials had been opened and verified, Mathias Erz
berger, leader of the enemy delegation, speaking in French, an
nounced that the German government had been advised by Presi
dent Wilson that Marshal Foch was qualified to communicate to
them the Allies' conditions and had appointed them plenipoten
tiaries to take cognizance of the ernis and eventually sign an
armistice.
Realize German Defeat
Marshal Foch then made the terms in a loud voice, dwelling
upon each word. The Germans were prepared by semi-official
communications for the stipulations, as a whole, but hearing set
forth in detail the concrete demands semeed to bring to them for
the first time full realization of the extent of the German defeat.
They made a few observations, rtffcrely pointing out material
difficulties standing in the way. of carrying out some quite sec
ondary clauses. Then Erzberger asked for a suspension of hos
tilities in the interests of humanity. This request Marshal Foch
flatly refused.
Foch Advices Clemenceau
The delegates, having obtained permission to send a courier
to Spa and communicate with that place by wireless, withdrew.
Marshal Foch immediately wrote an account of the proceedings
and sent them by arf aid to Premier Clemenceau, who received
them at noon.
The German delegates are lodged in a country mansion at
Retliondes, six miles east of Compiegne and thirty miles from
Marshal Foch's headquarters.
With the commander-in-chief at the rime of the interview
were Major General Maxitnime Weygand, his assistant; and Vice-
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A Disgrace
to Journalism
Blacker discredit was yesterday
afternoon brought on American
newspapers, than by any event In
the memory of the oldest jour
nalist. It is all very tine to rush
out in ordinary times with sensa
tional but unverified dispatches, in
order to snatch a few more pen
nies from credulous folk. But to
deceive the public and purvey
false news In reference to one r.f
the most momentous events In the
history of the world this is noth
ing short of an offense against
public morals, as well us a viola
tion of professional ethics, which
ought to be severely punished
And the reckless papers which
llnmed with a report that they
should have known to be incred
ible, and which was shown to be
untrustworthy on the slightest
| inquiry, involved In their disgrace
other editors who 'strove to be
honest with themselves and with
their patrons. For the public is
little discriminating. It lumps all
the newspapers together, and, af
ter yesterday, will give new edge
to the sneering question: "You
surely don't believe anything you
see in the papers?" It is for this
reason that the K veiling Post
feels that yesterday's reckless im
position. and betrayal of public
confidence, by the United Press
ought seriously to be taken into
consideration by all newspaper
men who wish to keep their call
ing reputable.
We speak of the grdss offense
of the United Press, but we should
speak just as strongly of the As
sociated Press if it had been ca
pable of such criminal trifling with
the public. Take the original
story and the luter lame defense
of the United Press. Un its face,
the Paris dispatch was Inherently
Improbable. It was inconsistent
with what we knew about the
Journey of the German commis
sioners to Marshal Foch. Even
before the later dispatches show
ed that United Press telegram
was either a pure Invention or a
stupid misunderstanding, the evi
dence of its huge improbability
was before every news editor.
The thing might be printed as an
unconfirmed rumor, but the whole
affair cried out for careful veri
fication. This was Instantly un
dertaken by the Associated Press,
and in no time enough Was dis
covered to show that the United
Press dispatch was either a fabri
cation or the most idiotic blun
der. Yet with incredible levity
and in the biggest headlines the
dispatch, which every intelligent
newspaperman knew to be vio
lently suspect, was flung to the
I public without a hint that it was
not official, and not to be taken
| for gospel truth. The limiting
| and shamefaced explanations could,
not overtake the original lie. In
fact, the alleged explanations had
lying stamped all over them.'
The press, as we say. has a duty
> to perform respecting this outrage
' but has not the public also? Will
| our easy-going people nlmply pass
i it off as merely one more proof of
I newspaper irrf ponsibility, and
I laugh at the next tale offered to
I the gullible? All that we can say
| is that if readers of the papers
| who got tiiis blow on the head are
I not roused by it to protest, and
! to resolve to distinguish between
the journalism that strives to be
accurate, and that which does 'not
care a straw what it prints, so
I long as it sells, they will continue
, to be cheated by unscrupulous
! newspapers. And, in our opinion,
; they will deserve to be cheated.
What ought to follow is some kind
of organized and visible public
protest, to bring It sharply home
to the pockets—we speak not of
their consciences—of dishonorable
papers that their impostures and
their frauds do not pay.—New
York Evening Post.
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288 DRAFTEES TO
LEAVE FOR CAMPS;
GO NEXT WEEK
Jl4O Harrisburg Registrants Go
to Camps Meade, Crane
and Grecnleaf
Two hundred anji eighty-eight
men from Harrisburg and Dauphin
county will leave for three camps In
the five-day draft movements begin
ning Monday. Prom the city, 70 men
will go to Camp Qreenleaf, Lytle,
Ga.; 27 to Camp Meade, Admiral,
Md., and 43 to Camp Crane, Allen
[Continued on Page, 2.]
Coals From Kitchen Stove
Burn Through Flooring
A small fire in the residence of
J. E. Rothe, 1935 North Third street,
was started this morning by some
live coals which dropped from the
front of the Kitchen range. Mrs.
Rothe was at Market and Mr. Rothe
was at work on the Pennsylvania
Railroad, so that the flames burned
through the kitchen floor and
spread to a pile of refuse in the cel
lar before- they were discovered.
Dense volumes of amoke were pour
ing from the windows of the houee,
and a neighbor telephoned an alarm
to the Rally Hose Company. When
the company arrived on the scene
ah alarm waa sent In front the bo*
at Third and Muenclt.
LYKENS FIRST
! DISTRICT OVER
TOP IN DRIVE)
jGreal Mass Meeting Scheduled j
For Capilol Steps To
morrow Afternoon
CAMPAIGN IS UNDEH WAY)
! Success Meets First Efforts of
Canvassing Com
mit tecs
I The Lykens- Wiconisco district re- j
; ports that it already has gone over |
| the lop in the United War Work:
: Campaign. with the campaign not j
| yet formally opened,
j Lykcns-Wiconisco people were I
tasked to give $4,500 and Chairman I
'Charles J. who is in charge!
| of the work there, reported to Coun- I
j t.v Chairman Gerberich at hcadquur- j
i ters in the Gilbert store room to
day that already the district has
$5,000 for the fund.' This district!
lins gone over the top in every;
! campaign since the war started, the
| miners In many euses contributing I
a day's wages foe the vurious funds.
' The two towns are Intensely pulrio
-1 tie and very proud of the showing j
• they huve made. They are the first i
tj> report their war work quota over- '
; subscribed.
Cunningham to Spenk
Jesse E. B. Cunningham will be]
i the speaker at the great open air j
I meeting in front of the Capitol to-1
i morrow nfternoon when the work <
I of the seven war relief organizations ,
I which are making their united ap- I
peal for SIBO,OOO from the city. Is!
demonstrated by representatives of i
the organizations,
j The speaker will explain the work!
< of the seven agencies in detail. The
i parts of the representatives will he |
j tuken by the following:
Y. W. C. A.. Miss Scott, in charge |
j of the social work at the local Y. W. I
C. A.; Y. M C. A.. Secretary Yourd. J
of Camp Colt; Salvation Army, Cap-
I tain Claude E. Bates, Philadelphia: ,
i Knights of Columbus, Secretary |
I Purke, Camp Coir. American Li-
I brary Association.' R. P. Bliss, state |
| library; War Camp Community Ser- j
tContinued on Page 2.]
Rain and Colder at
Beginning of Week;
Warm, Then Wet Again
By Associated Press.
Washington. Nov. 9. Weather j
I predictions for the week beginning
I Monday, issued to-day by the
Weather Bureau, are:
North Middle Atlantic states —i
| Probably rain Monday and again
Friday or Saturday; colder first of
(week; warmer Thursday or Friday.
—
Private R. M. Gochenaur
in German Prison Camp
It was officially announced by the
War Department to-day that Private
Roy M. Gochenaeur, of 1563 Vernon
street, this city. Is in a German pris
on camp, location not made known.
Private Gochenaeur is a member of
Company G, One Hundred Twelfth
Infantry, of the Twenty-eighth Di
vision. better known as the Keystone
or Iron Division. He was fdrmerly
reported to have gone into action
July 3 and to have disappeared in
action on the night of September 1.
The announcement by tile War De
partment to-day states that he was
taken prisoner and is Interned in, a
German camp.
ASH COLLECTION
CONTRACT TO BE
LET BYTHE CITY
Hassler Says Present System
Satisfactory Although
Slow
Council will be asked in a week
or two to take action to provide for
ash collections next year. Commis
sioner S. F. Hassler said to-day. The
present agreement with a private
company ends December 31 and a
contract must be arranged or some
other method decided upon to pre
vent a repetition of the conditions
which ex.sted in the city last win
ter.
According to Dr. Hassler bids for
collection of ashes and refuse will
be asked before the end of the pres
ent month. The present urrunge
[Continued on Page 2.]
STORES GO BACK
TO USUAL HOURS
To-night the stores which usu
ally remain open until 9 o'clock
but have been prohibited from
doing ao. the last month because
of the Influettaa epidemic, will be
open for business once more. All
stores will observe the same clos
ing hours as before the influenza
ban waa put into effect.
CELEBRATION OF
PEACE TO HAVE
A DEEP MEANING
WITH a great intiilury victory
and a triumphant peuee im
pending. it Is the opinion of
many thoughtful people of Har
rishurg that any puli ic demon
stration should >e In harmony
with tlie ideals of the war and
the great causes which led tlie
United States to participate In the
conflict.
There is a disposition too oftui
to make of these occasions u mere
jollifientlon without meaning and
contrary to the spirit of. serious
purpose underlying the alliance
for righteousness and liberty and
justice. In a premature celebra
tion the other night upon a fa'se
rumor of peace, there was mani
fest a disposition to treat the
whole thing as a Hallowe'en or
Mardi Ora.s festival might have
born treated.
The grro sacrifices of the war
have touched many honrs, and
while there should he great lo.v |
and rejoicing over the termination
of hostilities and the coming of ■
peace, there ought also to be a
serious appreciation of what has
been achieved and wiial the vie- |
tory means for the country and :
the world.
The Telegraph believes that,
above a'l else, there should be a
recognition of God In appropri
ate services in all the ehurFheo.
Of course, there should also be a !
great public demonstration in hnr- 1
mony with the Ideals and purposes
of the war. Rut all mere carni
val features should lie e I m inn ted.
It ought 'n short., to he a fine pn
triotie expression of the joy of
the people along the line of sev- !
eral of the imposing demonstra
tions which have marked the
progress of the war in Harrishurg.
There is no necessity for any j
hasty celebration. It ought to j
follow quickly, of course, after
the declaration of peace, but j
whatever is done should tie clone
after sonic thought ns to the char
acter of the celebration and tlie
proper arrangement of details.
It would seem that even now
Mayor Keister might ca'l into
conference the chairman of the
Committee of National Defense
and others who have been promi
nent in the war activities —men
and women—with a view to out
lining a program to the end that
there may lie no ee'elirutioti thnt
will reflect ndverse'y un/m a com
munity that has acquitted its'if
so admirably throughout the war, j
CAMPS'RETURNS
LACK RESULTS
OF VOTES TAKEN
Commissioners Get Few Bal
lots, With Heavy Ex
pense Accounts
A few of the returns (lied at the
department of the secretary of the
commonwealth by commissioners up
pointed by the Governor to take the
votes of Pennsylvanlans in military
or naval service do not contain any
statements of the candidates for
whom' the men voted. The names
of the men voting are given, but
no statement of results.
In one instance a commissioner
! reported fifty-nine soldiers voting
and stated that their names had been
sent to the twenty-nine counties
whence they hailed, but that there
was no record of the way they voted.
In another return names of thirty
of thirty-two men who voted were
filed here without any vote. Offi
cials here took statements from the
commissioners regarding the situa
tion rind ure hoping that the returns
sent to counties may be found to con
tain some figures.
Eighty-seven out of 126 commis
sioners.. have filed returns and ex
pense accounts at 10 cents a mile,
in one or two Instances It is calcu
lated that the votes cost the state of
Pennsylvania $lO apiece, while in
the Sa't Lake case, wherein the com
missioner found all but two tnen
gone when he arrived, the state will
pay more for affording means to
vote. In all. men were sent to 109
places. Camps Lee. Meade und other
ij|g stations having more than one
commissioner. The Camp Lee.com
missioners brought hack the largest
vote, about 3.000 out of 13.000 men
from Pennsylvania reported In that
cantonment.
Some of the return books do not
contain oaths of election officers,
some are without names of ramps In
proper places ivnd with other omis
sions which officio's here are en
deavoring to correct. <
Somewhat of a chill was cast over
Republicans here when the returns
of about eighty commissioners to the
bulk of the camps and stations were
canvassed for Congressional votes.
These returns were from the big
camps like Lee and Meade, and
showed thes" soldier votes regarding
candidates In Congressional districts
where contests are close: Tenth— |
Parr. 74: MeLane, SG; Eleventh- -J
Cnrpenter. 71; Casey, 111; Sixteenth
—Lnshsr. *t; Duy. $9. There are
forty commissioner* to report, but]
the bulk of the big camps and sta- 1
tlons have been heard fiom. Just
what will be done about votes where
the returns are lacking or lmpw/
Is not known now.
INVADING ARMY TO
i BE PUSHED OUT OF
! FRANCE BY NIGHT
British, Branch and American Armies
Breaking Grip of Enemy on Last Bit
of krench Soil by Hard Blows
While thc'German government is,
considering the Allied armistice |
terms, the British. French and i
American armies are carrying on ,
successfully the task of freeing i
French soil from the invader. /
On the north the British have cap- I
tured the fortress of Maubeuge and '
driven the Germrfns back into Bel
glum in the region between Mau- j
beuge and Mons. Along the Scheldt j
in Belgium where the British hold i
part of Tournai, field Marshal j
Haig's men have crossed the river on ;
a nine-mile tront north of Tournai. j
French Strike Hard
General Petain's armies, who hold
the center o! the Allied advance con
tinue their march toward the Bel
gian frontier south of Maubeuge.
The French have driven the Ger
mans from nearly all the natural de
fenses west of the Franco-Belgian
border and if their advance main- (
tains the pace of the last few days,
the French should reach the border
at same point before nightfall.
East of the Meuse, oh the Allied
right, the American troops are ad
vancing toward Montinedy and the
Briey iron fields. The forward move
ment is on a tront north and south
of Damvtllers. Further north toward
Sedan there has been only artillery
and machine gun fighting.
Kuiscr Hangs Oil
Reports from Germany are that
I the revolutionary movements con
tinue to spread, especially in the
! northwest.
Emperor William, while refusing
!to abdicate, also has asked Prince
Max, the chancellor, to retain office
until the emperor reached a decision
LIEUT. TOWSEN
WOUNDED FIVE
TIMES IN ACTION
Jaw Broken in Battle Near
Verdun; Captain Hupp
Wounded
Convalescing in a base hospital in
Prance, after having been wounded
in five different places In one en
gagement. Lieuienant J. Wilbur
Towsen, writes an interesting, if
somewhat gruesome letter to his par
ents, Mr. und Mrs. T, F. Towsen,
610 North Second street. *
Lieuienant Towsen was Engaged In
the vicinity of Verdun in the opera
tions which took pluce September
26-27 Although he was wounded in
an engagement on the latter date in
the Jaw, hip, foot, arm and wrist, he
was able to wulft from the lines, and
did not seem to feel the effects of his
wounds until after he had left the
zone of excitement. His mosi serious
wound is In the Juw, which was
broken.
His left hand, it is claimed by
Lieutenant Towsen, was saved by
his wristwatch, a flying missile hav
ing struck him in the wrist of that
hand arid lodged against the watch
case. with such force as to have
otherwise sevehed his hand or made
ampuiution necessary. .Lieutenant
Towsen reports that when leaving
the battle lines, he saw Captain
Uupp lying on the ground wounded
and, as he thought, dead.
It was thought that the Captain
Rupp referred to was a Shiremans
town man, however such report
could not be confirmed 10-day. Some
say that the Captain Rupp referred
to may be a York man, formerly
connected with the Governor's
Troop.
Lieutenant Towsen is a member
of Company D, Three Hundred and
Thirteenth Infantry, lie received his
training and commission at Port
Niagara, N. t„ and later was sent to
Camp Meade before sailing overseas
in June.
THE WEATHER
Kor llnrrl.bi.ru nnil vicinity i lin
net tied. probably oecii.ional
"aril rals. till, afternoon, to
nlKht nnd Sunday* colder Sun
day.
Kor Kn.trrn I'rnn.ylvnnln: Ln- ,
.filled. probably occasional '
llabt rain, 10-nlght and Sunduyi
colder Sunday t moderate to I
llt.ii .until wind..
River
Tl 'n.ifnefcannii river nnd nil Its
branrhr. will , probably con
tinue to fall .lowly or remain
nearly .tntloaary. A .tone of I
L —i 4.H feet 'i titles ted far
flsMakurt Sunday moraine.
, on his future course. Apparently the
emperor tears the reaction that
might result should the chancellor lie
permitted to resign while the armi
stice conditions arc under considera
tion and the government be left
without a head.
American Army Clears
Enemy From Last Hold
on East Bank of Meuse
IVnahiiiKtun. Nov. 9.—Wresting
from the enemy of his last hold on
the heights east ot the Meuse is re
ported by General Pershing in his
Friday evening communique.
Large captures of munitions are
noted.
American aviators carried out
bombing and machine gun attacks be
hind the German lines. Four enemy
balloons and three airplanes were
destroyed. One American machine
is missing.
ALLIED TROOPS ENTER
SAR AJEVO IX litisX I \
Snlnnikl. Nov. 9.—Allied troops have
entered Sarajevo, in Bosnia, accord
ing to an official statement issued
| to-day by the French headquarters
| here. It was at Sarajevo that Arch
i duke Franz Ferdinand, of Austria,
I was assassinated Just prior to the
outbreak of the great war.
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WILLIAM GIVES
UP HIS THRONE;
SAYSDISPATCH
Serious Disturbances Lacking
W here Old Order Is
Overthrown
HANOVER AND HAMBURG
Socialist Newspaper Man Pro
claimed President of
Bavaria
Paris, Nov. 9.—6.15
P. M. The abdication
of Emperor William is
officially an no u need
from Basel.
Copenhagen. No. 9.—The unrlsln*
in northwestern Germany, according
to the only direct news from Ger
many early to-day is reported to
have spread to Hanover, Oldenburg
and other chics. Generally the revolt
is not attended by serious disturb-
Paris. Nov. 9.—Kurt. Eisner, a
.Munich newspaperman and promi
nent in Socialist circles, is the leader
of the revolution which has broken
out in the Bavarian capital, It ap
pears from information received
here. Some reports designate him as
president of the Bavarian republic
which has been proclaimed. Eisner
the advices add, has organized a
committee consisting of workmen,
soldiers and peasants, in many re
spects similar to a Russian Soviet.