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Gains Made North of Tournai French Armies go For ward on Entire Front. ALLIES ENTER SERA JEVO . (By AKsociated Press.! While the German government is considering the allied armistice terms, h -nriHah Trneh and American arm ies are carrying on successfully the task of freeing French eoil from the Invader. On the north the British have captured the fortress of Maubeuge and driven the Germans back into Belgium In the region of Maubeuge and Mons. Along the Scheldt in Belgium where the British hold part of Tournai Field Marshal Haig's men have crossed the river on nine mile front north of Tournai. Yanks Near Iron Fields. General Petaln's armies, who hold the center of the allied advance continue their march toward the Belgian frontier south of Maubeuge. The French have driven the Germans from nearly all the natural defenses west of the Franco-Belgian border and If their advance maintatns the pace of the last two days the French should reach the frontier at some point before night fall. East of the Meuse on the allied right the American troops are advancing toward Montmedy and the Briey iron fields. Allied troops have entered Sara Jcvo in Bosnia, according to an official statement issued today by the French headquarters. It was at Sara Jevo that Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated just prior to the outbreak of the great war. . 68LSHEVIKI FORGES IN SIBERIA ARE MOW DISPERSED TOKIO, Friday, Nov. 8. Bolshevik forces and Austro-German prisoners operating in Siberia are now almost completely scattered, according to an official statement Issued at the war office here today. Small bands attempted to pillage several towns during October, but were immediately dispersed, the statement says. GORKY CONVERTED. AMSTERDAM, Oct. 30 News comes from Moscow that Maxim Gorki', who was until recently understod to be hostile to the soviet government, has become converted to Bolshevism. He accepted from Lunasharsky, the "people's commissioner for public enllghtment," a commission to edit an anthology of the literature of all nations on the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in 2,000 volumes. Gorky's wife, the actress Andreyovna, has been given the management of the Bolshevlest "people's theater" at Petrograd. PEASANTS FEAR BOLSHEVIKI. ARCHANGEL, Nov. 9. Abject terror that the ' Bolsheviks are coming .nrV in kill and rob. relsns in the hearts of the peasant in many little villages on the i banks of the Dvina and Vaga rivers back of the allied lines. The correspondent, who has Just returned from the Dvina-Vaga front, found the peasantry full of hatred for the Bolsheviks, but afraid to fight. In many places they have alredy seen their friends shot down and bayonetted or brutally killed by slow torturing methods when suspected of aid ths allies. "v In one little village, it was related to the correspondent, Bolsheviks compelled three peasants to dig their own graves and jump into the to "try them out." The peasants were shot a moment later. Thi3 was done, the people charge, by white guards. In another village, the people were warned by a Bolshevik spy that they would be killed if they furnished horses to aid the American transport and two days later the Bolsheviks were able to keep their promise to bo back in the village within 48 hours. These pesants say they are the real Russian people, and they want the allies to send sufficient forces to guarantee a speedy end to the reign of terror by the Bolsheviks, whom the peasant regard as fanatical savages. Meanwhile, poverty in the villages Is increasing. There is no kerosene or candles and the people have gone back three centuries, using a primitive iron lanterns in which to burn birch faggots for light. They have had no tobacco for many months, and they are smoking dried moss and tea. Frequently they halt river boats and offer to trade quantities of produce for one cheap cigarette. The American Red Cross is taking steps to relieve the shortage. EXPLOSION IN GRENADE PLANT. KINGSTON. N. W Nov. 9. One employewas killed and fifteen seriously injured in an explosion in a grenade-loading plant at rort Ewen.

WHEN GERMANS GOT j k , I ARMISTICE TERMS I i P I CD I m Y

PARIS, Nov. 9, Germany's armistice delegates were received by Marshal Foch yesterday morning at 9 o'clock in a railroad car, in which the commander In chief of the allied force has had his headquarters, according to the Petit Journal. When the Germans' credentials had been opened and verified, Matthias Erzberger, leader of the enemy delegation, speaking In French, announced that the German government had been advised by President Wilson that Marshal Foch was qualified to communicate to them the allies conditions and had appointed them plenipotentiaries to take cognizance of the terms and eventually sign an armistice. 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, seemed to bring to them for the first time full realization of the extent of the German defeat. - They made a few observations, merely pointing out material difficulties standing In the way of carrying out some quite secondary clauses. Then Erzberger asked for a suspension of hostilities in the Interests of humanity. This request Marshal Foch flatly refused. . 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 an aide- to Premier Clemenceau, who received them at noon. I The German delegates are lodged In a country mansion at Rethondes, 6 miles east of Compiegne, and thirty miles from Marshal Foch's headquarters. With the commander In chief at the time of the interview were Major General Maxime Woygand, his assistant; Vice Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyes, first lord of the British admiralty and Vice Admiral William S. Sims, American representative. AMERICAN ARMY HAS GAINED 30 MILES1N WEEK Germans Drive 84 Miles Further From Paris Since Drive Was Inaugurated. WASHINGTON, Nov. 9. Capture of Maubeuge by the British, General March said today, marks the definite severance of the last German artery to that sector of the west front and will make It impossible for the enemy to shift his forces to meet a new attack. Summarizing the allied successes since the inauguration of the forward movement. General March pointed out that the Germans have been driven four miles farther from Paris and the territory they occupy in France from 10,000 square miles to. less than 2,500. The American first army under General Pershing has advanced thirty miles in the last eight days. Denounces False News. General March characterized the publication of the erroneous announcement cf the armistice as "very bad for the military program of the United States," for instance, he said, in New York,' the stevadores, who were engaged in loading very essential supplies for the expeditionary forces, stopped work and did not return at at all on that day or the next day and army food shipments were thus delayed. In commenting on this incident the chief of staff made the statement that the American army will be In France for some time even when peace is declared. WASHINGTON, Nov. 9. Wresting from the. enemy of his last hold on the heights east of the Meuse Is reported by General Pershing in his Friday evening communique. Large captures of munitions are noted. American aviators carried out bombing and machine gun attacks behind the German lines. Four enemy balloons and three airplanes were destroyed. One American machine is missing. JUDGE BLAND TO CONDUCT LABOR HEARINGS HERE Judge Theo R. Bland, examiner from the National War Labor Board, has arrived in Richmond to conduct the labor hearings which will begin Monday morning in the council chamber in the city building. J. M. Smith, another examiner from the War Labor Board, who will also conduct the hearing, is expected to arrive from Washington any time. Judge Bland Is the son of Richard Bland, commonly known . as "Silver Dick," who was a representative in congress from Missouri for twenty years. The hearings are conducted like a court trial, but there Is no legal procedure and as much formality is done away with as possible, .

Berlin Officially Aniionnced German Ruler las Resigned Bis Throne, Paris lavas Reports (By The Associated Press Paris, Nov. 9 The abdication of Emperor William is officially announced in Berlin, according to a Basel dispatch by the Havas agency. The Havas Agency, which transmits the abdication is the semi-official French - news agencyQ

MORE ENEMY CITIES J REVOLUTION; FORM SOVIET Kaiser Still Refuses to Give up Throne Socialists Wait Decision of Armistice Delegation. REPUBLIC IN BAVARIA . (By Associated Press) PARIS, Nov. 9. Kurt Eisner, a Munich newspaper man and prominent in socialist circles in the leader of the revolution which has broken out in the Bavarian capital it appears fmm information received here. Some reports designate him as president of the Bavarian republic which has been nrnrlaimed. Eisner the advices add. has organized a committee consisting of workmen, soldiers and peasants in many respects similar to a Russian Soviet. WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 Diplomatic dispatches through Switzerland today say official German Information shows the socialists are delaying steps to' force the kaiser's abdication pending "the expected signing of the armistice." . BERNE, Nov. 9. The German socialists decided not to carry out at noon today the threat to withdraw from the government if Emperor William had not abdicated by that hour, according to a Berlin dispatch. Instead, they extended the time limit it is stated, "in consideration of an eventual armistice." RAILWAY STRIKE LONDON, FriCay, Nov. 8.-10:50 p. m. A general railway strike has legun in Germany, according to a Copenhagen dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Co., quoting Berlin advices to the Social Demokraten, of Copenhagen. COPENHAGEN, Nov. 9. The uprising in northwestern Germany, according to the only direct news from Germany early today is reported to have spread to Hanover, Oldenburg, and other cities. Generally the revolt is not attended by serious disturbances. Reports from the Danish border town tV Vambrup say that all is quiet in Schleswig but that further disturbances are reported to have occurred in Hamburg. (By Associated Prss , AMSTERDAM, Nov. 9. Cases of insubordination occurred on Wednesday among the troops of a German naval division quartered at Lokaren,. 12 miles northeast of Ghent, according to a report from Sas-Van-Gent. DECLINES RESIGNATION (By Associated Press) COPENHAGEN, Nov. 9. Emperor William has not yet accepted the resignation of Prince Max of Baden, the German chancellor, according to a Berlin message today. . The emperor who has been thoroughly informed by the chancellor regarding the general , situation, the message adds, has asked Prince Max to continue holding the office provisionally until the emperor's final decision is reached.

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STOP SUNDAY WORK IN U. S. SHIPYARDS

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 The navy department today issued an order discontinuing until further notice, au Sunday work in navy yards and other shore stations, of the navy. The or der becomes effective tomorrow. Secretary Daniels said the action was taken to save the men from the strain of a seven day week now that production in most essentials is exceeding requirements. He added that if increased production became neces sary the order would be ,? counter manded.;:, v 7V-:if, ' QUEBEC, Nov. 9 Instructions from Ottawa to stop the work of fitting guns on board ships and also to stop the providing for quarters on board some vessels for gun crews, have been received by the local representatives of the imperial munitions board engaged in supervising and the fitting and machinery installation of wooden steamers; being built here. Roach's Plurality in Tuesday's Election Is 49,591 Votes (By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 9. Revised rnmnlpte fisrures on the vote for sec retary of the state in Tuesday's election in Indiana give Roach. R., 301,042, and Conter, D., 251,451, making Roach's plurality 49,591. ... Italy Names Ancient Boulevard After Wilson (Bv Associated Press.) LUCCA, Italy, Nov. 9. An ancient thoroughfare which for four hundred years has encircled this city on top of the Lucca wall has been officially renamed as "Boulevard Presidente Wilson," in recognition of Am1 rican aid fixtAnded to Italy in the war." The boulevard is so wide that twelve horses can be driven abreast in it. The fortification beneath it was built when Lucca was the capital of a feudal duchy and has been a famous relic for centuries. On the same day an American Red Cross orphanage, also built on top of the great Lucca wall, was dedicated. This curious site was selected for lack of an available location in the town. The building is a cunning adaptation of the Luccan style, painted to conform with the wall and set with ancient panels and Latin mottoes. The orphanage was erected by the American Red Cross in fifty days to house a group of soldiers' children orphaned during the war. SOLDIERS KILLED IN TRAIN WRECK ' (By Associated Press) AURORA, 111., Nov. 9 A train bearing hundreds of soldiers from Camp Grant to witness the football game at Chicago with the Camp Taylor squad, was wrecked in a headon collision with a passenger train near here early this morning. , Three dead have been removed from the wreckage. MRS. HELMICK DEAD HELMICK Marie Louise Helmick, 67 years old601 South Eleyenth street died at her home Saturday morning. She was born in Germany and has been a resident of Richmond for many years. . - : '. She Is survived by her . husband, Adam J., three daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Johanning.-Katherine and Hilda Helmick, four sons, Adam, Jr., of Reading, Ohio. August, Henry and Edward Helmick. Funeral announcements will be made later.

CAPITULATION OF ENEMY SURE PARIS BELIEVES

Germans Have Had Enough to Make Peace Imperative, French Press Holds. .j , (By .Associated" Press fix, ; PARIS,' Nov.1 9.-rGermany will capitulate between now and Monday. French opinion, which is remarkably restrained and conservative. Is unanimous in this view. There is no tendency to exaggerate happenings in Germany, but it is felt that the Germans have had enough to make it imperative for the government to make peace at the earliest possible moment. M. Copies, writing in the Figaro, fairly sums up the view of all editorial writers, when he says: "The details of revolutionary movements in Germany are lacking, but we learned enough from hour to hour to feel already that they are neither superficial or fictitious. Do they contain deep-set revolution? Are they but riots due to the reaction of defeat? What authority does the republic proclaimed at Munich possess? These are questions which concern Germany alone." While Germany is reflecting on the allies' terms. Marshal Foch continues his blows without intermission. The German army may break at any moment. There were signs of a new re treat from the Scheldt yesterday and the French are along the Meuse over a front of fifteen miles. The alternative for Germany now is armistice or Invasion not evasion. The Weather For Indiana 1 by United States Weather Bureau Fair tonight and Sunday. Colder tonight. Today's Temperature. Noon .....54 Yesterday. Maximum 61 Minimum 53 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Fair tonight and probably Sunday. Colder tonight, temperatures near freezing or below Sunday morning. ' General Conditions Rain storm has passed to the middle Atlantic states and St. Lawrence valley. Snow has fallen generally over northwest. Torrential rains are over Texas with 4.38 inches at Forth Worth, causing heavy floods. Weather is clearing all over the west but a storm is appearing off Puget Sound. Women Candidates Lose Out in Election Race fBv Associated" Press. - SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 9. Feminine aspirants in the far west who sought seats in congress failed without exception in last Tuesday's elections, but many other women candidates for lesser elective honors were successful in their campaigns for state, county and municipal offices. Twe women candidates for the United States senate Representative Jeannette Rankin of Montana and Miss Anne Martin of Nevada, made campaigns but were badly distanced by their masculine opponents. ' ; "'" In the eleven far western states where woman " suffrage prevails, sixteen women were elected to tho legislature.

ARMISTICE TERMS ARE NOW IN HANDS OF GERMAN HIGH COMMAND FOR ACCEPTANCE

Courier Arrived at German

With Allies Conditions Reply Expected bometime Today Maximilian to Communicate Terms to Reichstag and Report Vote to Delegation Admiral Sims Attends Conference With British and French War Heads Prompt News of Decision Promised by Officials. KAISER IS AT THE MEETING OF HIS WAR CHIEFS s (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 So far as the. American government was advised late today no word has been received by Marshal Foch from the German high commission since the courier of the envoys started back through the battle lines last night with the surrender terms and the ultimatum for the acceptance by 11 o'clock Monday morning.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 Allied armistice terms were today being discussed af German grand headquarters with an answer required by Marshal Foch before 11 o'clock Monday morning, Paris time. The courier carrying the text of the demands of the allied and American governments, according to unofficial reports, passed through the allied lines last night- and was expected to reach the headquarters of the German high command early today.

Included among those attending the conference of the German military chiefs was the kaiser, reports said. By many here the meeting was considered as the last in which Emperor William will appear as the supreme war lord. In the meantime, the German armistice delegates, who yesterday were handed the terms and whose request for a provisional cessation of . hostilities was denied by - Marshal Foch, awaited the return - of their courier, Even though the decision of the German military chiefs were made known at once, it was not considered possible that the courier could place the answer in the hands of the delegates before a late hour today. Official Washington awaited the momentous result today with the same confidence and calm displayed during the last few days. The last state department dispatches told only of the meeting of the army delegates with ! Marshal Foch, but it was reiterated today there would be no delay in informing the nation as to the answer of the Germans once it Is delivered. PARIS, Nov. 9. It is probable that the German reply to the allied terms for an armistice will be brought back by the same courier that took them to German headquarters at Spa, yesterday. Under the circumstances, it is believed the reply cannot be deliv ered before the middle of the afternoon, at the very earliest. The German government may use the wireless, in which case the plenipotentiaries, at Marshal Foch's headquarters wfll only have to ratify the decision thus conveyed to them. PARIS, Nov. 9 It is regarded as probable in all well Informed circles that Prince Maximilian, the German imnerial chancellor, will today comi municate the term3 of the armistice to a committee of reichstag party leadj ers, and will himself convey their i vote to authorize the plenipotentiaries to Eign the armistice. Sims at Conference. Germany's answer to the allied terms for an armistice is 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 his answer. Few details of the terms have been divulged nor have any of the dramatic elements of the scenes at the allied commander in chiefs headquarters been reported. Nothing tut the briefest dispatches have told of an event the consequences of which will affect the whole subsequent history of civilization. America was represented at the meeting by Vice Admiral William S. Sims. In the meantime, the allied armies are grimly sticking to their task of driving the foe from the soil of France. No one can exactly locate the line where the contending armies are fighting today. It is known, however, that the French have reached Mezieres and that the British have captured Avesnes. It is probable that the Germans now hold a strip of French soil not over six or seven miles in width from

LIEUT. ROSELLI SPEAKS SUNDAY Citizens are urged to attend the meeting arranged by the United War Work Committee at the Coliseum at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon to hear Lieut. Bruno Roselli speak on the great war. , He is on a mission to this country to present Italy's place in the great struggle for democracy. Lieut. Roselli is one of the most brilliant war orators in the country. Excellent music has been provided for the meeting.- No admission charge, no collection, no solicitation. , : . -

Headquarters Last Night

east of Valenciennes to the south bank of the Mozelle. Further south, the line runs along the frontier, but is nowhere more than a couple of miles west of Germany's domains. This fact, and the obvious ability of the allied armies to complete their triumph over the enemy, may bring about a quick decision by the military chiefs of Germany. Emperor William is at Spa, it is said, and . It Is considered possible that the armistice mission now at Marshal Foch's headquarters may receive instructions by wireless. The Red Terror, which Germany loosed upon Russia Just one year ago today has returned home. Germany's borders are closed and little is known of the real situation but it seems probable that the crimson carnival that will mark the end of the Hohenzollern dynasty is not far distant. Bavaria has been declared a republic and the Wittelsbach dynasty headed by King Ludwig III. is deposed. Emperor William's abdication has been demanded by the socialists, tut has been met with refusal from the emperor, who fears to quit office at such a critical juncture in the history of Germany. The revolution is seemingly rapidly spreading through the great industrial and maritime cities of Prussia, Essen, the site cf the great Krupp munition works, being the latest place reported to be disaffected. Maximilian Resigns. Prince Henry of Prussia, the emperor's brother, who visited America in 1902, has fled from Kiel under fire from mutinous guards. Prince Max of Baden, the imperial chancellor, has resigned, after taking action which brought about the interchange of notes between Berlin and Washington, which resulted in the dis patching of armistice delegates to ask terms of the allies. Virtually all the North Sea coast and part of the Baltic littoral is now in the hands of the revolutionists. 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 are apparently in a wild chaotic condition. . Little definite information there has been received during the past couple of days Bolshevtki resistance In eastern Siberia seems to be broken, according to a statement issued by the Japanese war office at Tokio. War Is Not Over When Armistice Is Signed . CAMP FUNSTON, Kas., Nov. 9. Major General Leonard Wood today posted the following appeal to men of the Tenth Division: "Even if an armistice is signed, it does not mean the end of the war. It simDlv means that the terms of t tmba will ho 1 or iiaQorl Thov Tn n V or may not be agreed upon. The work and training of the division will go on with the same energy and spirit, as heretofore. . "There Is nothing in the present situation which Justifies a change of procedure on our part, and as soldiers it Is our. duty to carry on without reference to an armistice, until we receive instructions to the contrary.

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