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FOOD mLWIN EXT COIOJ SI CAW THE VAIL ELLAHOMA'l OBEATEST KEWgr-APEB, l-'U.HUD WIRE A3HOCIATUD rilEflS. VOL. XIV, NO. :si. TULSA, OKLAHOMA, Kill DA V, N0VKM15KK 1, WIS. 11 TACKS PRICK 5 CENTS f SIGNAL CORPS IS GIVEN AIR BLAMEi Hughes Probe Finds IMny 1 jiuc to Lack of Com potency and Organization. RECOMMENDS PROSECUTION Tlmr Army Officers Named. Colonel Deeds Should Ho Courtmartiale-d. GREGORY APPROVES FINDING' Attorney General Sends Re port to Wilson Ryan Is Praised. WlllNGToN. IN'I. si. Tin long awaited it port nil 1 1 1 1- aircraft iny. : MlMl Ion, ' nr. .1 lH'l I'll daring tli' last fur iiionthK by Charier K. Hughes and At'orncy General Grog en. w.i.i j J . t 1 before lYeaident Vj i.-i' n lir.Iiiy liy I tin attorney gen eral and illlllli il.'tlciy made, public Ii-las anil was'.ca nf tne prr.duc licin pmsram. the report declares, unit' due chiefly to Id" "defective orxiiniAitimi nf the work of aircraft production anil the serious lack of fumiii li ni iliriTtion of that work by the responsible officers of the signal fori." fnu II i. fouii.l witti the man agement of aircraft affair since the reurs.iniialiiin of last May which l':ne, Jnhn i. liyan In charge. The civilian personnel of the aircraft production board U exonerated of any v. irmgdolng. A iicnnv General Gregory. in a let ter submitting the report lo Presi dent Wilson, ays he is In "substan ti.il : i nrd" w.tii the findings by Mr. Hughes. proses'iulim Kccomnicmhsl. The report finds no "graft" In the accepted serine, I n L mokes ri'fimi n. filiations for proceedings aguinM :tii atficers he., I guilty of dealing with corporations in which they were interested. The ihiel waste from the original Ippropnallon of $ i J 1 . h j l.hbd. the report sas, was in the u bandonmcnt of two types of airplanes one of tliem the Hrigtow. and a failure to salvage aggregating about li4,ou0, 000. The fmures show that last May of that great appropriation $ 1 34. 000.000 actually had been disbursed and that up lo October 1 the ex penditure had reached about $110, OOO.OUO for all aviation purpose. This did not Include expenditure of the sales department which buys ma terial and resells It 'to maniilaetur-' ri. and for ailv.inc-.; for building plants. O Contracts lot, however, committed about Ji70.oiio.iou of the futiuW C The f.Kurca an; given In answer to Ihe general charge that the sum had all been expended with practic ally no results. The attorney general concludes in in letter of transmittal that "no tucli profits have been allowed ufl to justify a charge of hail faith." ( idoni I Ixttls Illumed. ' "I V.. A. lxeds. the storm-center ji-ojt whom raged most of the charge which broucht on the in t'esticitiuii, the report recommends. h"'iii be biiiiiKbt before u courl niartial for sending confidential war department mfoi maliou tin the air craft s4timt:on lo former business as sociates In IiaWun, Ohio, anil for be ing sponisor. last Ketuuary, tor a grow y iniNle.nling statement" to thi effect that "the fust Amerlcan buiit battle planes are today eu route 10 the front in Trance. " Criminal prosecutions of three arniy eft hits are recommended on the ground that they transacted bus iness with corporations In which they- .-re financially Interested. Thes" officers are: Lent Coi. .1. (i. Vincent, former vice president of the l'ackard Motor Car company, now in charge of the airplane engineering division of the aircraft production bureau; Lieut. rol. i;,ik W. Mlxter, a stock holder in ;he Curtiss Airplane ami Motor corporation, production nian- I'MIM nil ON P.MiK TIIKKK. TULSA'S QUOTA WILL BE NEEDED IN WAR OR PEACE "KMIlnMA PITY. oct. 31.- In mnnuncing u,e united war wotk 'iimpauin ciiiota of 1310. non lor Tulsa manly here tonight, fhairman I-. W. M.nUnd said: "Infnrtnntion received by me from Washington liows that even if the war should fnJ in the near future It would take 't least ,1 year to g't all of the American soldiers home and that 'very rent asked for In the united 'r work campaign will be needed to 'ee that tbev v.w.,U'o lha un.l ,.f treatment desired for thorn by the j American people. " I STATE'S OLDEST WEATHER OBSERVER RESIGNS JOB -.1 M'AI.KSTKn, Okla.. Out. 31.--"inia.ni Noble, Pnited States weather onuerver fr,r the past 3') vears at WcAlester. has resigned, effective November 1, Walter T. Kdw.irds has "''n appointed as his snccessar. Mr, ""'' Has the oldest woatlo'.- ob rv"r in point of service in Hi" "ate of Oklahoma. British Airmen De&trou Sixty-Four II un Planes liONHiiN. ()rt 31 Slxty-fnur "eniy machines w-ere destroyed and la otheiR driven down out of control on the western front Wednesday, "y an official, communication Issued , "night dealing v.jt;, aerial opera '.C'l.s. rt ' OT-tlan Heir Dead. r A ,! ' F. I.' -N A, net. ill.- An hi " ''""'"'t ! made here that Rzra n Abhis. ,r apparent , of .Ahmed u:cd l.isha. khedive of Kgvp:. Influenza on Monday. Austrian Armies Divided; i 50,000 Prisoners Taken! WHAT II EH REPORT. 'I I Hr :. Mimiim. fic; uitfiifin;ni :t. i.orlh wool srul i-!-r HKI. MliiM - rYi, Uir i ! y-nrtia" Siliirilnv fir r -T Tl-.s. tr.itsr f,r Met wri'.r SaOir1,i fair KV 'I r s r ri.i.r fur n1 wrTnT .AluTda f ki r . I y M ' I I A S iri.l.v (ir; i,rmr li( fiortii iMirt.dii. Niiluplny itotr, wuriMT 'i I.K VNS Fruliy and .s'uliirilav f.nr, nr'm r. kASlMs 1 ir Ami winner Kn ila , Saiiirilny protnti fir. Ask the Scandal Monger. !'bin tl'p ct MAriV In flowins, Ami hiiuw tm hi4 .'vnil kTioMitii, i '!' ! i i A (ml" iti v fvjio 1 1 , ury "Pint uff.-iis .,iir rtiufiiry n fAniA, i'O not haitMiv a in, mi ta i l'nM,.tlv iiAk iiim iii; "WhoUiM youV' . V iii I- y",r MHih f itf if tunn atwin ( 1 I 'ii know lit uihur'ft nauh1." lit n or iisii M-,i to nirftTT I'! i would n:;iin o ir "o'lniry ' fi'ii-r;, i (VoTol t'Mtwili a m I tin If or itiliiiit it may In no; , -V n f.. AlHtr r tun dtf.ion, 1 V. l.-Tf hi) i'l iriformfifvotn - I . j .( up to him in trii way1 i When thf rumor Uncle r flyin(r. .t.d lUc ;r foiil wilh Uintf, I on ran chorV tS,. fiw of im aiuIs) j Anl Ui ico Hip nioii-rfr, u i .In. I tiv MougiinK it ml i-otiu..liinff TIimii t-t trirp tJif uU tlM'y'ri' tllmc Miik tlcm nnic t ! rnn w ho toiil thoin , W o t-'i 'in ro v e lh m r ct to xti . TSourrh you har it frmn yo'ir brother, Sfvrr til wntn ariiothor Apv fKiwr ittnin, or irnvup. i rial i. rn.rni t-n Hio hh . I I mil first yMi t-hi Ihmj Aki him i And hr atiMffi wtien von ak htm. W lirrt- h his inforiniMon. If r;,::'l. it isn't mi ((4iprn:Ht I'jm by Kkr Gnmit ) TAFT AND'ROOSEVELT ISSUE JOINT APPEAL Former Pn-wlilciils Ask C'on(rrri lo Jtetum Kcpiihllcan 'mgn'hs ut I licet ion cxt Tu0,rt'n- PARTY IS BETTER QUALIFIED Momentous Questions Art" to IV !). clileil Hy Nrxt Congress Ieni cnits lull at Vital Moments. Nt:V TOKIC. Oct. 31 Theodore Honscvelt and William II. Tuft Is-! sued here today a Joint Hppeal for election of a republican majority In! congress. The statement wis slid j to be the first ever composed und , signed by two former presidents of ' the I nlted States. .Seated at a table In the Vnion league club. they prepared the statement and discii.ised old times at the capital while It was being typed The tippml follows: "We approach thlr subject as Americans and only as Americans When this war broke out we would have welcomed action by the presi dent which would have eliminated all questions of party politics. It would have enabled us all to rtand behind him to the end, without re gard to anything except national j considerations. Instead of this, par-i tis.-in lines have been strictly drawn from the fir.t and now the president annnuneis that only democrats can be. entrusted with future power nil'1 nrlv those democrats who do his will. Pecause of the rcflectiofi on I nil... tifilriroie A iimrlrnn, n no- peal for fair play. The next congress will serve ' from March 4, 1910, to .March 4. j 191M. In that period: "Kirst. The war must he fought to unconditional surrender, unless ( this Is achieved before. i "Second. The ' terms of world peace must be settled. I "Third. The democratic adminis tration after expending billions of treasuro and exercising more abso- j lute power than any administration j in our history, must give un account I of lis stewardship. , j "Koiirth. The change front war, conditions to peace must tie brought about with the least disturbance audi the work of reconstruction must be broadly begun. I "A republican snngress will I much better qualified than one con-! trolled by demoeratH to aid the I country in adopting the measures noeded for these four great tasks. "i'lrst, even as a minority party, the republicans made the winning of the war nossible bv passing of Un original draft bill. Without this wei could riot have trained and landed the two millions of men now in j Prance. As a minority party the republicans forced upon a reluctant . CO.NTIM I.1) O.N I'. Wis NINK. I Would Ferris Buy To hear the opposition talk one would think Ihut .Seolt tvrrls was running for ecrurrescin the First csingresslonal district against H"'t I hamllcr IliiWard's coJiinalcii managers are isiiiillng to the rnurd of Sstt IVrrls. SisUt I'errls clhl about as miieli H defeat the draft law in congress as any man In the house, mid oisised It with all Ids mli'it until lie saw wlilcli way the wind xias blowing mid ellinbecl oil the I in nil wairon. This same SWwtt Ferris Is elialr nian of tlie denicrille national isimmltteo, unci is sending out lole grnms to prominent demcMTnts of Tulsa, urging the defeat of Pert (handler not bcsus llert lias not stood liy tlie president and tlie war measures, lint Iswause llert Is the nominee of the republicans. Scott sa.vs In n telegram: Plan some elo.se detailed onmn lallon in eiery ircsin-t on elec tion d.ij." and tret Ihe votes.. Now. Jast what does that nii-nn? In political eode that means buy the lotos If they cannot be pn etired In any other way- Knowing Uiat lien Oxttudlcr Enemy Thrown Into Utter liout On the Italian Line. TURK ARMY CAPTURED! Entire Force on Tigris Is Taken hv CJeneral Aller.hy's Forces. YANKS IMPROVE POSITIONS Americans Straighten Out Line on Mcuse hy Oc cupying Farms. ROME, Oct. r?l. Prisoners taken hy the, allied forces in their offensive on the l'iave river now number more than 50,000, the Italian war of fire announced today. More than .'i00 guns have lfVcn raptured. LONDON, Oct. :ii . The en tire Turkish furre which has been opposing the I'ritish on the Tigris has hen captured, it was officially announced today. l STItl MtMV IS ( I T Two. WASIUMiT' N, net r.l -Italian troops have pa. 1 1 - -. i I'onte -1 It AIl.i, northeast of tb.. t v of liellnno, thus definitely dividing the Austrian' armies, said nn official wirebrs mes sage received here tonight fr Home, ill I I The AilMtiahH have been com pletely routed e,st of the l'iave. an carlicrdispateli said, and Is with great difficulty sustaining the in cessant pressure f the Italian troops In Ihe mountain region, In the plain and In the .lplne foothills of Vcnc tia. Knemv masses were described as "streiming in confusion" down the mountain valleys In attempt to reach the passes on the Tagllamcnto Prisoners, guns, war mateiial and storehouses, h arcelv torn hed, fell into the Ivmds of the Italians. 'e'ho-Sloa i troops are operating with tin- third Italian arm v. which Is poshing ahead overwhelming ;,n'' I capturing 'he entity. In the lirapp.i rrtglon the Italians renewed Ihe attack today and cap tured the plateau of As'ago, the aueni or snisro. .Mounts Miunnncia. and Pras-j'ui'an. Asolone and Pol 1aprile and i.'ol Itonatto. The total number of prisoners captured now excieds r.0.000 and of the guns i.ip'jred more than 300 have been counted. "The sijicess of our smiles are becoming ino,e and more stupend ous." said the ilc p. iti h. l I Itl lM II I. XI VI HUM. II M ITt li. 1 .0x1 ion. 11, t. ni (via Mon. today began 1 ' 1 ' ' M I another big attack '" ' "elgnini. linst the Cler- WOTIIIIIt M.IPK OP TIKItl TOIIY T X K I IN. Hi I h- -i '..I.. I l'-is. with Tin: ititrnsii ai:mii;s ix puaxi'i: ami i!Hi,i;ii'M. (ict. :ti (It p. m I--Another big slice of Im portant territory was torn from the enemv today along a wide front In llrlgi im. between I icynze on Ihe north anil Avelgbem on the soith, bv the ailed force compi.s-d of I'.ilgian. Itiitish, French and Ameri can ttoops. The Anieiican units were fighting wl'h the prencb north of the la-ilL-h. TMs 1 immi' PP l-oM Its , , ,N . ,N- , ., :;' Ihe region ; , ', . , ,,, ,elivere.l an att.nl. t.'.lac nga.nst the Her mans, rained all th-ir object lAes and look a thousand Hermans pris oner, according I" Field Marshal H.i.g's communication l-sue.l to night. llllM.nNs PI PdKT HKIM POKW IH. II AM! P.. i. ::i Tii" i..'.giati riis-Ti'.t 1 1' i' rr.y. twm.vk Howard's Election? could not ts (IcfcjiK'd iiiiIim there was erookislncsN In Ihe elcsHon, Scott Ferris has adlse, It In num erous telcgrains to ilenim-rutM. Well, Ict us If that enti tie done this year! We will call at tention lo the deinoiTats to a new law passes! by congress. To those who plan to inrry out Scott Ferris' onlcr. we publish the following law for ilielr guidance: That whiM'ver shall promise, offer, or give, or cause o Im proin Iseil. c-ffercd or glien. any moncv or other thing of inljie, or shall make or tender any contract, un ilcrtaklnC, obligation, gnitulty. or M-eitctly for the pioment of money or for the dcllvcrv or csinveyam-e of annhlng of value lo any is-rson. either (1 vote or witllold his vole or lo idle for or again! any ean clldaie. or whoever solicit, accepts or rcsidvisi iinv money or other tiling of nihil' In (sinslilcrulloii of his vote for or against anv eandl datc for senator or repri'sentallve or delegate In congress nt any pri mary or general or sM'cinl election, shall he fined not more than tl.liilil or Imprisoned not more; than one )car, or hoUi " PEACE PLEAS GO TO WAR COUNCIL Lansing Transmits Turk ami j Austrian Offers to Allied (Jovernmrnts. i PROGRAM IS NOT COMPLETE - - . Military Phases Agreed On in Advance Put Time Taken for Peace Terms. DUAL MONARCHY IS BEATEN Drive on Italian Line May Hring Capitulation Ileforc Conditions Announced. WASIHNiiTo.N, Oct 31. I'rcsl- dent WiIiii cleared up today Ins ja -K us Intel mrdi. u y for urtiu.it ire and peace pli'Mj, i.f dir. ecntral poweta just as presB ilisp. Hi lies were bring iii Ibe iii'ms i.r Turkey s surrender and of events fori shadowing an early col ,i,m. of A ustro-1 1 iingari.in arms I'm inaliy. us well as actually, the w hole i i! fin. 11 i,f Hi,, condllions upon which the war may end Is before the. Atiieiiran and allied representatives ill Paris Tlie next step probibly will bn the decision f those representa tives on aiiinstice terms unless be fore tlis Is reached Austria follows the example of lluigai ia and Tin key and lupiliilaten ill the field befoli: Hie great ililve that Is cutting her force to pieces ill Italy. Proi-raiu .(,t oinplelc. It may be staled that while the armistice program which Ihe Her mans await may not differ essentially Irom predictions tii.it It will Include suriender of the German navy ami submarines, disarmament of the Herman armies ami occupation of '.erniali strongholds, the framing of the program has not been completed and uny informal announcements are preiiKiure. Mxchanges between the American and allied g..vcriiiiieiils. a a w el as di uss.ons ainoiiu the reore- setitatives In France, are still in progiess. It was Intimated today thai, the purely military phases of tne problem prohuoly had been worheil out In advance hy the su preme war council but that unhur ried deliberations are necessary to dispose of certain ijetions Involved in the making of permanent peace w h.cti must be deait with In final. y fixing terms of an armistice. leasing Announcer! Action. Secietary lousing made public dining the day a note handed to Am bassador Kiano of Spain Informing him that the Tuiklsh rciuesL that be prnposv an armistice and peace , negotiations, delivered by the ambus- ! sailor (l,'!,il,er II bua li.tfn trmiH. m .tied by the president to Ihe gov e.iinienls at war with Turkey. loiter the sei-retaiy r.nnouuced that the las'. Austrian communication u ir oning a similar appeal w 1111 ac- '..,. .., .,,,.i.c. turm, hmt been sent to the allies. , Later Secretary Ijinsitig an nounced that the newest Austrian i oininunltalion support ing a similar appeal with acceptance of the stip ulation of complete Independence for sui'Ject nationalities, had been for warded to America s eo-belligerenls. Minister Kkcngrcti of Sweden, In eb.nge of Austria Interests, was so Informed verbally, the president ap paienlly having decided that it was unnecessary to send the written re ply he was reported yesterday tu be preparing. 'I his leaves one note unanswered, that of Count Andrassy, the Austrian foreign minister, asking Secretary Lansing to Intervene witn the presi dent fur favorable action on Aus tria's ieiUct4 Since the president already has acted. Mr. Ijinslng prob uUIy will make no reply. Ureal satisfaction over the clay's development wu evident everywhere here. American and ajllt! military m. n expressed the opinion that the only question now Is whether Ger many will seek to delay the Inevitable by fighting' a despeuite defensive campaign alone, or accept the sur iender terms now being framed. Hold on l-asl Broken. With Turkey and Hiilgarla out of the w ar and the liarda nelles and the ltoi.pl eras in the hands of the ul Ilea, Hermany's hold on the east Is broken. Guard duty is the work hit for the military forces the allies may consider necessary to keep there. For the allied navies there remains the loii of capturing or wiping out the ! German controlled fleet, on the Itla.-k I sea No one believes that will take long. The disposition of Kuropean Tui-ke- and ihe I lardanelli s is a que-. Hon brought suddenly to the front by the armistice which lias ended 'Put -key's career as an ally of Germany, one thing is regal ded here as in mally certain the I lanlanelles w iil never again bo under the domination of Turkev. Great Prita.ui and Prance are determined" upon this and Hid American government has voiced its approval of tneir posnion , In some quarters the belief pie I I vails Hint the 1 mrdanelles will he in- I I ternatlonali.ed. thus opening the i i Hla'it :ea to the commerce of t he 'world and giving Lussi.i an outlet to the Medltorranean. Pershing Reports j 21 German Machines j Downed by Our Boys , WASHINGTON. Oct. 31 Gen eral Pershing's evening com munique for Wednesday reports of ficial the downing of 21 enemv ulrpla'nes by pursu.t squadrons of the first American army and stntes )i a: tvo of the American machines live missing. Tb dispatch adds: "On the Verdun front the i',iy wis marked by heavy artillery fire east of the Meuse. An enemy raid on our lines east of Heaumont was repulsed. Patrols were again ac tus and brought In prlboncra.'' Turkey Quits Unconditionally; Austria Prepares to Surrender Count Atulraumi Scvkn I'tacc for Auxtrians 5e'S .1 iV.: Count Julius Anilmssjr. fount Andras may he a for eign mitilsler. but whom docs be represent "' Ihe Paris papers arc asking. He Is supposed to repre sent Austria Hungary, and' In this capacity has sent a note to the Washington government accepting Wilson's peace te-ms. The Paris 1 I'upers point o it, however, that the j dismemberment of Austria Hungary -'ready taking place and that ho "peak for the t '.e, bo-Slovaks 'and other races that hi.ve broken away from the dual ".,ipr(.. EPIDEMIC SEEMS IU BE UNDER CONTROL Only Two Heal lis In lst 21 Hours Prom Influiiia, mid Tilings 1cH'k Iktter. illi: hf.atii i.is-r. W. M. Wood, 2lt, til.'. West i her. Mrs. I,. NeMiier, .10, West Tulsa. lleports from every quarter of the city indicate that the epidemic of Influenza has subsided tu a cbgiee calculated to make the most skep tical feel hopeful. No census has been taken of the number of cases In the city, although It is known that they are thinning out to a re msrkuble degree. At 9:30 last night there were total of 42 patients in the eniernencv hospital. Hnriig yesterday 12 were discharged as out of danger and two admitted This is Ihe best condition the emergem v hospital has faced since lis irtci ptlon. Pootor W'lrkham. the negro physician In charge of that section of the emergency hospital, reports theie are 10 patients in his care tin. I that In a day or two he i able to discharge all but one or two. l-iooi the angle of the county hu mane society. It Is reported they have almost forgotten there Is such a thing as influen.a. For weeks their work was of the hardest, most gruel ing nature, hut they took care of all case that came in their Jurisdiction ami have done work that deserves of more than the usual notice. Pnder capable management the enieiL-encv hospital hns had the greatist kind of success with the 'caves thev have handled, and those I who aie in charge feel much more ' hopeful in regard to the situation than Hi' v did a few weeks ago Flood Damage Is Placed at $:i,000fl00 in Alabama P.IIIMINGIIAM. Ala . Oct. "1 I'liofficlal estimates today of dam age eauseq ny noons in soiniiwesiei u . Alabama, placed the amount at near- ' ly 1.1 loin (mil, eliefly to i -,.ps in bot tom lands Streams iii ieiiir.il ami weitern Alabama also hive ie.obe.1 high stag' v, but Willi the weather i today fair dunrer of r rou d, image; ill Hose nations ,va minimized. j THEIR COZY HOMK "Oh. Helen"' said Malsle, her fare all radiant with Mullet:, wbl'ii she met her friend on a shopping lour down town, "all our uioerlaintv and trouble us to where we were gotllg lo move after Helling our house have been done a.vay with. We have rit.'ole a perfect etis.-ovcr;. " "Teil ine quickly, pleas" do. Where are you going to move?" "Father mils lo a quandary and had .'list about given up all hope, after walking many mile's and asking all his friends, when he turm d to the Want Ad Col umns of The World and thecre', right before his eyes, was ad vertised the cutest little fur nished flat you can Imagine and hamlv to all the car lines Father says he hns changed his mind about the Want Ads. lie s.n s thev sure are tlie medium to consult when ou want some thing." WORLD WANT ADS Always Get Result Phone 6000 or 6001 IdPK-JtrH-Vj SUBSTANTIAL ACCORD f REACHED AT MEETING1 Allied War imfer-ini- III Sis n lie Able to Miihc iiiiotim'tiienls Is Word I (lining I rom Versailles. DIFFICULTIES IRONED OUT SCMHlnii Is Stiui-t anil notlier Will lie llelil Toilii I'm li I llullelldeil laist to Arrtie in 1111111 II. II v 1 In- Assoriiileil Pre PALIS, Oil 111 The e,eiclil.l tlVC'i of the entente powers letl er sallies afbi Ilielr first formal I ing today, vl.-ihl) content with the re- stills that have been ai belved Tin have not finished their woik, but they have reached a substantial ac cord. Tluir task Is moving and they soon will be nble to Imike n titioti nee -ments. ,The Turkish sr,mlsllce terms were el ietlv the work of Ihe Hiilbdi and French. In them the l ulled Stales had no part The decision In this instance Is rcganhd as one' of gre-at Importance. ( onferoiui. nt House's I Ionic. An Informal conference took place at the home of Col. II. M. House, President Wilson's personal repre sentative. In the afternoon prior to the assembling at Versailles. Among those present were M. Cienicncoii u and M. Plchon. respectively the French premier and fore-lgn minis ter; Signer Orlando ami Huron Hon nlno. the Italian premier und foreign minister, and David Lloyd George. the Hrlll'-h prime minister. In addition to the French, Italian und Itiitish representatives. Iir. M. It. Vesnltch. the Serbian minister to France, nml Kllphtherlos Venlzelos, Ihe eireek premier, attindei The Americans present, in addition to Colonel House, were Arthur II. Fra. mer. secretary of the Amereiin em bassy; Joseph C. Grew and Gordon Aiicblncloss, who ncted ns secretar ies for Colonel House; (ieneruf Tus ker II Piles, the representative of the Pnited Hlates In Ihe war council, with General lickrldge and Colonel Wallace as secretaries, and Admiral Henson, with Commander Carter and IJeutenant Commander Hussell as his secretaries. I'oeli lnsl to Arrive. The last to arrive at the- confer ence was General J-'och. He was alone, without aide or orderly. At Versailles the business was over In a couple of hours anil a long line of Biitomomblles with representatives of the powers relurned to Paris The reason for the trip Id Versailles ti clay was Hint It Is the headquarters of the supreme war council, which theoretically takes nn decision ex cept nt ersallles. There will be another Informal meeting nt the residence of Colonel House tomorrow morning iitnl Mie business of the council wil he pushed forward rapidly, either at formal or Informal meetings until It Is con cluded. The rplrlt of all the representa tives appears to be favorable to the Ironing out of nil ohstai les rather than to raising them. WEST POINTERS WILL GET ARMY COMMISSIONS TODAY WF.ST POINT N. The It'l-'O and 191 Wet point Military , V , Oct. 31 -classes at Ihe en. Ic mv will be furnishing M0 graduated tomorrow. new second lieutenants for Hie ntniv. The present fourth, or "plebe" cUos, which erit("-i d the ncademy lasl summer, will be graduate. I next June I. il it' announced. . N Kaiser's A bdication Once More Repotted Through Copenhagen MIMION. Oct .11 (lo:'." p. III. I High placed l.ermaii officials ut Copenhagen this afternoon ro es'lvcsl Information Ihnt the (.or mail cms (or hud alNlleuled. ac cording lo Ihe CoiM'iiriaceii eone siHiiideiit of I lie F.xehiuiKi' Tele graph company, who adds: "Nothing is said uhoul tlie crown prims'." Where Does Mr. Ii'inr How art! makliii a cam paign for hl.s hi'oiher, asking su( Hrt for lid on the grounds that lioth he and li's hrollier I'liiididaie an' citieiisof Tula "home boys" lis II were. Oscar Howard, millionaire ell limn, made his money In Oklaho ma, ami hlisl himself away to basic In Ihe sunlight of southern Cali fornia. He has not Is-en a resi lient of Oklahoma, for yeiir. lid Is imrading the fiie-t Hint lie Is a "home boy" of Tulsa. Ilc Isn't now a resident of Tul-a. He has not lieeii a resident of Tulsa for years. Ills son member of tlieOkln iioma It y high school i. Iwitlng so ciety, recently made a pllcriniHge to liie i lly of TiiNu. lo elelsite wilh the- Oklahoma Illy high school team ngainsl the Tulsa hluh school earn- Armist'ice Is Signed With Ottomans Free Passage of Dardcncllcs Is Granted Allies. AUSTRIAN DEPUTIES OVER ALLIED LINE Following Plea for Armistice Delegates Are Keeeived - Anarchy Threatens In Nation. Allied Council Now Deliberating 1'AKIS, Oct. An armistice between the allies find Tur key was sijned today at Mudros, on the island of Lemnos, in (he Aegean sea, it is officially announced. V1KNNA, Oct. 31. (Via Ixtndon) An Austrian deputa tion has been permitted to cross the fighting: line for pre liminary pour parlers with the Italian commander, accord ing to the official announcement tonight. PARIS, Oct. .11. The chiefs and other representatives of the allied governments, like Colonel House, having held pre liminary meetings in Paris, according to thu Temps at Versailles, the seat of the inter allied council.' LONDON, Oct. 31 (via.Montreal). dered unconditionally. LONDON, Oct. 31. The Austrian commander on the Ital ian front has applied to General Diaz, the Italian commander-in-chief, for an armistice, the'Exchimge Telegraph com pany states. The application, the news agency adds, has been forwarder! to the Versailles conference. LONDON, Oct 31 (6 p. m.). Conditions in the interior ot Austria-Hungary virtually preclude a continuance of fight ing, according to news reaching London this evening. The railways necessary for the maintenance of the military force of the dual monarchy have become utterly disorganized. All communication between Agram, Fiume, Budapest and Vienna has been interrupted and the railway communications between Berlin and Vienna have been cut. The monarchy is faced with complete internal anarchy. "TOO I,ATF" IS KFI'IiY OK ITALY. ITALIAN 11 F.AIMJF AHTKUH. Wednesday, Oct. 30.- In answer to Austria's announcement that she was ready to evacuate Italian territory. Italy has officially replied that the offer has come too late. It Is as sumed Hie Italians will endeaver to drive the Austro-llungarlans from Italian soil before an armistice can be signed. iFMtleFNFL! filVKN I I' HV TI'KKF.Y. LONDON, Oct. si. .(via Mon treal) The terms of the Turkish armistice, which are now in opera tion, Include Ihe free passagWof the Dardanelles to the allied fleet, Sir (leorge Cave, the home sU'ri'lary, an nounced In the hoiiso of commons toita y. Another condition Is the Immediate repatriation of llrltlnli war prisoners. other terms. It Is learned, com prise the occupation of the forts of Die DaidHiielles and Itosphorus nec essary to secure the passage of the allied warships -through the Hos phorus lo the Itlack sea. SVS lONDON HI'I'OKTS v AUK IV ACCI ItTK, Lo.NDo.N, Oct, 31. -Sir George Cave, the boom secretary, declare In the house nf commons today there was no uulliorny for the armistice terms with Germany published in the l.onilon morning newspapers, on the f.nt of them, he said, they were oh lou.ily Inaccurate. The cables hay not brought from ' loinlon to this country uny state- mi nts published In Oils morning's I I sitidon newspapers purporting to i give the terms lo be submitted to 'Germany as a basis for an armistice, III seems probable that the censor- shin bus intervened to prevent the Howard Live? , I'd Howard, who Is nllcniptins to "redeem tlie flisl district" to Ihe deiiioiTsitli' tuirtv. is not a 'home Im" of Tulsji. As a mutter of fact he- Is not a "home boy" anywhere. Ills "home" is wherever Ills politi cal slur leads him. He Is u profes slonal iMilllliian, has heen In stato office for so many years hack wo cu n oo remi'inlsT, anil If he ever paid n cent taxes In Tulsa, In the first eongresslonnl district or In Hie slate of Oklahonin the records fail to disclose It: notwithstand ing the fai t that he Is rated us a wialihv oil man. We would like to see Mr. How ard's poll lai receipt, and other lax receipts before we want him endorsed as a "home boy" of Tulsa, or even this district. Will yem let us see thein, Mr. Howard? are deliberating this afternoon. -Turkey has eurren- transmission of any such terms, not based on official authority. Suggestions put forward by the British delegates, the Dally Express ays In an editorial, probably will be adopted wit hsome modifications by the rest of the allies. The proposal wero put forward, it ad da, with th definite Idea of preventing Germany from resuming hostilities when one an armistice la granted and also of securing adequate guarantees for tha signing nf a peace treaty baaed oa President Wilson's 14 point PRELIMINARY TALK AT VKItsUILLKM OVFR. LONDON. Oct 11. Tha prelim inary conversations which lately have occupied the allied represent tjves In Paris have been concluded and more Important dlscuasloni now are beginning, according to report reaching official quarters here. To take part In tne discussions. Andrew llonur Iiw, chancellor of the' ex chequer, went to France yesterday, arousing the channel In an airplane, as he had done on a previous occa sion. The scope of the deliberations of tlie allied representatives has not been announced, and although It la Mated from a reliable source, soma offlclnl declaration of armistice terms poxslbly may he made before the end of the present week, nothing definitely is known about them. mime commentators believe that the deliberations will be protracted . bevon.l Hie timn originally Intended. i I nofficial reports and speculations j on the armistice terms continue to occupy a prominent place in tha newspapers, i TOW NSIIFMl IS i KFLI'ISIII) HY TFIlRsl. LONDON. Oct. ,11. Generat Townshend. the Hritlsh commander j captured at Kut el Amara. was lib erated several days ago by the Turks, Mr e.eorge cave, the home secre tary, announced in the house of com mons todriv. In order to inform tha Hritlsh admiral In command In the Aegean that the Turkish govern ment asked that negotiations he opened Immediately for an armis tice. A reply was sent that If the Turk ish government sent fully accredited plenipotentiaries. Vice Admiral Cal thorp. the Hritlsh commander, was empowered to Inform them of the conditions upon which the allien would ngreo lo stop hostilities and could sign an armistice on these conditions In their hehnlf. The Turkish plenlpotenta'lee ar rived at Mudros. Island of Lemnn. early this week and nn armistice wa signed by Admiral Calthorp on be half of tha allied government last night. It wiU come Into operation at noon today. o