The copper era and Morenci leader., 1918-11-08
OFFICIALS DENY RUM0RS THAT
 ARM|ST|CE
 |S SIGNED

Washington, Nov. 7.-At 3.3o o. clock tkis afternoon it was stated of ficially that the United States gov ernment had not been advised of the signing of an armistice. Three-thir- ty o'clock, Washington time, is ap- s:30 p. m. in Paris.
 Capt. Pratt, acting chief of nval operations, authorized the statement at 3:45 o'clock this afternoon that the navy had received no official in formation whatever of the signing of an armistice This was in denial of persistent reports that had given out such information.
 Baker Makes Statement
 In answer to a question at p. m. as to whether the war department had any confirmation of the report that the armistice had been signed, Secretary Baker said:
 "We have no confirmation. So far as the war department is con- cerned we are wholly without con- firmation on the subject and the in formation that. we have is that the commissioners when we last heard of them were on their way to Marshal Foch's headquarters and it would seem hardly probable that the meet in could have taken place at the time the announcement was first made. The minute the war department has any authoritative news on this sub ject I will give it out at once."
 Mot 'True," Says Lansing
 Secretary Lansing at o'clock this morning made public the following:
 "The report that the armistice with Germany had been signed is not true. When it reached the state depart ment this morning an inquiry was at once dispatched to Paris. At 2.40 o'clock this afternoon a telegram, in reply to that of the department, was received from Paris. It stated that the armistice had not yet been sign ed and that the German representa- tives would not meet Marshal Foch until 5 p. m. Paris time or 12 noon Washington time."
 Washington Celebrates
 The secretary's announcement came after Washington had been celebrat- ing for two hours on the strength of the unofficial report that the armis- tice had been signed.
 Mn spite of the fact that officials did not accept the report as true demonstrations presisted. President Wilson left the lunch table to see from the veranda what was going on outside and waved his napkin to the crowd before the White House gates.
 The unofficial report which start ed celebrations had said the armis- tice had been signed at II o'clock French time, or six hours before the time set for the meeting.
 Later it was learned that at II o'clock this morning when the navy censors reported an unofficial mes sage of inquiry was rushed to Paris oiu, thl CC iioul laISl, OIOuSHI O iC- ply on which Secretary Lansing bas- ed his announcement.
 Washington, Nov. 5-Marshal Foch has the terms of armistice for Germany and awaits application for them by the German military com mander in the field.
 The government at Berlin is so in formed in a note which Secretary Lansing handed to Minister Sulzer of Switzerland tonight, announcing that the allies have declared their willingness to make peace on the principles enunciated by President Wilson. The note now is on the ca bles. In 24 hours it should be in the hands of the Germans; in AS hours the world may know whether an inn mediate end of the war is at hand.
 Publication of the details of the armistice terms is still withheld. They may not be made known until the Germans have accepted or rejected them, as was the course followed by the allies in delaing with Bulgaria, Turkey and Austria. Only the de- tails are in doubt, however, and no one questions that acceptance means abject surrender.
 The statement has been authoriz-