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OPPOSITION CONFRONTS
STATESMEN AT SALEM
organisation that elected him arose
one night at a late session and de
manded that he be unseated, 11
wasn't unseated, but the little dove
of harmony fluttered with all the
speed of her tiny wings right squarv
out of the hall of representatives and
returned no more for that session.
Jones himself is a trifle worried
about the outlook, and while he isn't
shouting it from the housetops, the
same Is known to some of his clos-'
friends who have been advising him to
keep a close lookout on his band of
pledged followers.
What effect possible unhannonious
situations may have on prospective
legislation, of course la a matter of
conjecture, but it will no doubt mean
OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 3,1919.
U. S. Troops Passing in Review Before King I f
and Queen When They Uetnrnea 10 urusscis
SALEM, Or., Jan. 1, (Special) On
ly a little over a week remains before
the legislature convenes for its SOth
biennial triumphal march through the
statute books of Oregon and as near
as can be determined here the Indi
vidual legislators continue to be rid
tnR hih in the air as to what they
intend to do In regard to big legisla
tion that will probably appear before
them during the next two months.
Numerous bills of a minor character trouble if efforts are made to put
are admittedly decorating the interior 0Ver th legislation squarely through
of the solons' beans, but in most cas- the organization and the opposition
es they are too inconsequential to nia that this method Is being used,
mention. Whatever the situation proves to
The past few days a large number be as far as the house is concerned
of the prospective lawmakers have jt i8 safe to predict that there will
dropped into the capitol for chats De no smooth fitting organization such
with the governor and other officials, as has been seen in some sessions of
Invariably they have felt out the men th9 pr.st. '
around the state house as to the pos- in the Senate it is hard to say as
Bible trend of public opinion on some yet Just what will be the nature of
of the big measures that are likely the organization. It is always easier
to come op for consideration. Almost to preserve an organization In that
as invariably they have given indi- body than in the House. It Is smaller,
cation that they are yet unsettled as and consequently not so unwieldy. On
to how the individually intend to re- top of that it generally includes a
deem themselves toward such legisla- majority of men who have had legis
tlon. There seems to be more of a lative experience to a greater extent
tendency than in the past to feel out than the majority in the House and
the beating of the public pulse In this men who are more familiar with the
regard. This seems to be particularly general principles of grinding out
true of the consolidation commission's jaws. As a result the upper house as
program. a rule works more harmoniously and
The printed report of the commls- more directly to the point than the
slon will not be in the hands of the iower house and the semblance of a
members until a short time before the working organization is generally
session convenes and a number of found there, even when the organiza
them are getting a little uneasy about tion In the house has gone to smash,
the head as to just how to take what One other big feature will be ap-
the commission will have to feed them parent throughout the whole session
in a very large spoon. which may be touched upon while the
All agree that the people of the harmony subject Is under discussion
state have been Insistent on eome sort And that is the unusual situation
of a consolidation program which whlch will find two Willamette Val
would have for its effect the cutting iey men in the high places. For the
down of state expense. They find here first time in a long space of Oregon
a ready made program and are sort of legislative history men from the val
Tiding between the devil and the jey are occupying both the Presidency
deep blue sea. They know the people 0f the Senate and the Speakership of
want consolidation, elimination and the House.
all sorts of shuns, providing it only This doesn't set well, either with a
saves money, but whether the sort of great many of the Eastern Oregon or
shuns that are offered by the consoli- Multnomah members, nor does it ex
dation commission are what the peo- actiy fit into the scheme of things
ple really want is what is bothering wh all of the members from South
the legislators. em Oregon. While in an ideal legis
This attitude of mind is very pro- lature It is conceded this should make
nounced among a large number of the no difference, no one has ever accused
members developed to a surprising any Oregon Legislature as yet of be-
extent, as earner m me game mere mg ideal and it is generally aamiuea
had been a general tendency to scoff is too "late in the game to start
at the commission's report Just how doing so now. Geography always cuts
far this attitude will extend when the
legislature meets is of course, still
problematical in the extreme, but
there is no question about this atti
tude existing and it may result in the the seats of the mighty on each side
commission's report being given more 0f the big rotunda is going to be like
serious consideration than anyone up waving the red rag in front of the
to the last few days had thought pos- proverbial bull, and trouble is bound
sible. I to ensue.
One thing seems rather certain Also it is likely that more than one
about the coming session. All is not I Marion County man will find his way
going to be harmonious In the House onto the ways and means committee.
and the machine is not going to run This will be particularly true in the
along as nicely greased cogs as in House. Jones will be too foxy to try
the past A number of members of the ot slip the chairmanship of that com
house feel that Denton Burdick had mittee to a Marion County man, but
something slipped over on him when be will find place for at least one man
the Jones-Gordon combination was from his county on the committee
made which apparently will slip Jones and probably two. If more than one
into the speakership. On top of that lands a howl is going to arise that
even some of those who joined up will shake the very heights. There has
with Jones along In the beginning of been some recurrence of the cry of
things are wondering just where they "Salem hog" rising up with the prob-
are going to get off at with the com- able election of Jones and If there is
mitteeshlps and have been bothering any indication that the money spend-
Jones a little of late along those lines. ms committee is to be In any mannei
T7T?
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a deal oi ngure in lawmaking uuuies
and it is bound to this time. To the
Eastern Oregon members the fact
that the Valley has a man sitting in
fymm ihii& p Hi I
bmm ill firrV w.t $ l
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POLISH FORCES
TAKES l'OLSEN
FKOM GEKMANS
BIG NAVY URGED FOR
CA BY DANIELS
EH
WASHINGTON, Doc.
Chamberlain of Orogon,
;t0. Sonutor
clmlrman oi
LONDON, noo. SI.-I'oIImIi furcon
now control roson nnd hnv executed
sovoral (lormnn of fleers, dlHunuliiK
the Somite military comnilltwo, spoke othors, ft Central Now dtMpatih ro
tor mote than three hours today In
the Senate iu criticism ot the War
Department, doa'ing particularly with
what he termed the failure to provide
adequate hospital facilities for re
turned wounded soldiers and to formu
late a definite plan tor diiinohllUu-
tion.
The Senator reiterated many ot the
charxea he made In his address at
New York soon after the Nation enter
ed the war and In a subsequent ad-
ress in tho Senate and said that In
formation had come to light since tliat
ported today. Communication
llerlln bus been cat.
with
had justified the statements he had toleRraphod to the Koverumout ut Her-
made. ' tin that the German Industrial mag-
S 'nator Chamnerlaln's New York nates are In favor of the occupation of
address brought forth a sharp state- Horllu by a Hrltlah force, according
mont from President Wilson. Uefor to word from are Gorman capital Uy
ring Indirectly today'to that criticism day.
the Oregon Senator said his purpose
then and his purpose now was to
bring about an Improvement In condi
tions.
The Senator declared1 his charge
ot inefficiency made last Winter had
since been admitted by th0 Adminis
tration In the enactment of the Over
man law.
American soldiers are shown In the
photograph, the first received in this
country, passing in review before the
King and Queen of the Belgians. The
occasion was the triumphal entry ot
the rulers Into Brussels after their
capital had been occupied tor four
years by the Huns. The king, queen,
and generals representing the allies
are mounted.
UIEMMOEB MID HQ1KY
IS ORDERED BY
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 30. C. A.
Lidle, after 30 years "on the road j
with the Erie railroad, abandoned his
job to avoid dangar from the trains.
And every day since bis wife would1
congratulate herself that now she
could be content in the knowledge
that he would come home safe from
his work in the office of the Broth
erhood of Railroad Trainmen. Then,
one day, he took a holiday and with
his wife visited "a cousin at Warren,
Ohio. The three went riding in the
cousin's automobile. They came to a
crossing. All three were killed by a
passing train.
CHICAGO, Dec. 30. Tony Brukus,
though he lives In Chicago, comes
from sunny Italy, where weenies and
love are served red-hot. That Is why
Tony can't understand why, when he
persists in paying attentions to Mrs.
Anna Shakis, who is beautiful in
Tony's eyes, he is haled into court
"Sure. I know it," he said when the
married state of bis adored was point
ed out to him, "I'm willing to wait"
y.s.
Reports have drifted in here of in
surgency In the very ranks pledged to
Jones by written pledges.
One Marion County legislator who is
a close friends of Jones expressed the
packed with a Marion County show
ing, it will rankle, and rankle deep in
some sections.
Another factor also is bound to de
velop. Marion County has always vot-
fear that possibly the insurgency may ed against appropriations for outside
develop to such an extent as to cause movements when they have confront
a number of the members to repudiate ed the oters of this county on initia-
thelr pledges and to endeavor to put tive and referendum ballots, and the
Burdick into the high seat, regardless iast straw came when this county
of the original frameup. helped snow under the normal school
It doesn't seem likely that such a bill at the last election. Both eastern
mess will come to pass, but the ex- and southern Oregon were Interested
presslon of one of Jones' closest in that bill and many of the people
friends is put down here for what It from that section see In this votea
Is worth. It Is generally assumed that recurrence of what they term an undy
the Jones organization will stick until ing hostility of Marion County to their
after the votes are counted at least pet Ideas. Their undercurrent of feel
and there doesn't seem to be much
llklihood that the Marlon County con
tender can now be defeated for the
place,
But what may happen after the elec
tion "must give ns pause" as Hamlet
used to say in some of his more wor
ried moments.
Jones will go into the high seat
with from 25 to 28 members -who
might vote lor him, but who had been
pledged for Burdick and who are not
at all satisfied with the outcome of
the situation and who are taking their
defeat in grim and sullen silence. On
top of that it is certain that a num
ber of the men who signed -jp with
lng Is also bound to crop up along
with the election Jones and the other
eventualities cited.
POLICIES OF NEW
T
BERLIN, Jan. 1. The new German
of
Jones when it still appeared that he government has finally been constl
going to bo dissatisfied with the or
ganization in some particular or an
other and when the house gets down
to business there will be a great
disgruntled element. The best guess
is that this element is going to do
everything in its power to place tacks
In the seat of the speaker's chair.
Ebert, chancellor and minister
the interior.
Scheidemann, foreign minister,
Nnske. minister of the army and
navy.
Landsburg, minister of finance.
Wessell, minister of social affairs
Ebert, Landsburg and Scheidemann
This is going to spell trouble before are holdovers from the former cabinet,
the sespion is over and harmony may The new government has Issued the
have no place at all in the session folowlng proclamation to the people:
Just coming up. I "The government's domestic poll
The possibilities bring up recollec- Cles will be: To prepare for a nation
tions of th9 time when Ben Selling al assembly , to provide food, to under-
Vas speaker of the house and the very take socialization of public institu
tions, to seize war profits, to find em
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured
With LOCAL. APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot racn ut seat or tne oiseaae.
CsUrrh Is a local disease, a-reatlv in
fluenced by constitutional conditions, and
In order to cure It you must take an
Internal remedy. Hall's Catarrh Medi
etas Is taken Internally and acts thru
the blood on the mucous surfaces of the
system. Hall's Catarrh Medicine was
jwribed by one of the best physicians
in mis country lor years, it is com
posed of some of tho best tonics known.
combined with some of the best blood
partners. The perfect combination of
the lncredients In Hall s Catarrh Medi
cine is what produces such wonderful
results In catarrhal conditions. Send for
tastunontals, free.
ployment fro all, to support those un
able to obtain employment, to pro-
j mote national defense, to disarm un
authorized persons.
The government's foreign policies
will be: To bring about a favorable
I and quick peace; to reform German
diplomacy abroad, through new men
and a new spirt."
PLANES REJECTED
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. The J
$ Postoffice Department announc-
Q ed today that it had turned back
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 Uncle
Sam is paying a board bill of $150,000,
000 a year for the armies of jackrab-
bits, prairie dogs and other pestifer
ous animals that roam over the west
ern plains. This startling fact is dis
closed in the annual report of the
secretary of agriculture, Just made
public. The army of retaliation, com
posed of thousands of farmers, is fast
wiping out the pests, however, the
report shows. In practically every
western state, the war Is being waged
Gratifying reports have been received
Poisoned grain is the chief weapon
of the farmer army.
DAYTON, Ohio, Dec. 30. In 1913, in
the "hard times" just before the war
Johnny Groves could have under
stood and forgiven, but with prosper
lty everywhere he can see no reason
for' an ablebodled man to take ad'
vantage of his disability. Johnny Is
blind and in 10 years had not had a
customer of his news stand cheat him
until the other day a stranger gave
him a round piece of metal and took
change for a half dollar. The news
boy has a remarkable memory for
voices and swears "if that fellow
comes again he'll suffer." He has
husky friends on a nearby corner.
CHICAGO, Dec. 30. Mrs. James
Johnson shooed a man away irom
the front porch with a broom. "We
want no aeents around here," she
rasped. The man smiled. Mrs. John'
son turned pale, then threw her arms
about his neck. "George, my son
Georee!" George Johnson had re
turned home after 33 years' absence
in search of his fortune. He was 21
when he went away rather than be
come a farmer. Today he owns a cat
tle ranch at Donderay, Mont., is
married and has seven children.
TACOMA, Dec. 30. Only one-arm
hugging Is allowed here now by the
terms of an ordinance passed by the
city council. The act provides that
only one arm shall encircle a dam
sel's waist while dancing and that
there shall be no undue familiarity.
The ordinance says: "Partners shall
keep their faces and bodies free from
each other."
BRISTOL, Tenn., Dec. 30. Fire in
the heart of the business district Sun
day night destroyed nearly an entire
block on State street, causing a loss
estimated at $1,000,000. The origin of
the fire has not been discovered.
SECRETARY
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. Published
charges that 70,000 mambcrs of the
American Expeditionary forces at the
embarkation camp at Brest are exist
lng under "such intolerable wretched
ness and misery that one marvels at
th9 patience and dlscijline that keep
them from breaking into open rebel
lion," resulted today In Secretary'Ba
ker directing Major General Har
board, in command of the service sup
ply of the A. E. F to make a person
al inspection of the camp.
In making the announcement, Secre
tary Baker said, that on his last trip
to Europe he personally inspected the
camp and found that conditions were
entirely satisfactory. The first intima
tion, he said, that conditions, since the
winter set inv were not what they
should be, came to him in published
charges. He has received no formal re
port on the camp for some time, he
said. Major General Harboard, as
head of the service of supply, Is dl
reetly responsible for the camp, the
secretary said.
According to the published report,
the men at the camp are served ra
tions from garbage cang and coffee
from ash receptacles, are Insufficient
ly nourished and Inadequately shelter
ed. They are said to be forced to
wade knee deep In the wet, In addl
tion to performing manual tasks be
yond their strength.
SACRIFICES WERE
Hints began In Pohmi last weok,
shortly after the arrival ot Ixnace Jan
Paderewskl, the famous plunlut, who
is expected to bo made president of
the Polish republic, The Poll's, seek
ing annexation ot the district ot Pom
en, are opposed by tho Gorman.
COI'KNIIAGKN, Dee. at.Fhdd
Mamlm! von Itliidcnhurg, who Is still
ut the head ot the German army, has
WOODEN SHIPS FACE
TIE-UP IF LOCAL
I
WASHINGTON, Dee. 30. Vnless
Nikuo millmiH or other tribunal
that will make certain the limitation
ot International armament Is estab
lished, th United State m mt build
tho greatest navy In the world, Secre
tary Daniel today told tho lloime
naval committee,
"It I my firm conviction," deelaisd
the Secretary, "that If the conference
ut Versallle due not result In a gen
eral agreement to put an end Uitmvnl-
biillilliiH on the part of all the tin-
tltinit, then the United States must
bmt her will and bend her energies,
must give her men nnd give her mon
ey to tho task of the creation of in
comparably the greatest navy In tli
world."
With tho completion of Jim proposed
new three-year building program, add
ing 10 dreadnatiKbts, six battle cruis
er, 10 scout crulHors nnd 130 smaller
craft to tho fieri. America still will
rank second In naval utrcuiith to
Great Hi Itnln.'sald (he Secretary, who
appeared before tho committee to
nialve 1il final rVominnmltillons tor
the li'-O naval Mil which tho commit
tee Is considering.
DOVER. Eng.. Dec. 31. Presldont
Wilson and his party sailed from Do
ver to Calais at 11:20 o'clock this
morning.
The presidential train reached Do
ver ut U o'clock and little time was
lost In boarding the steamer Brighton
which set out almost Immediately on
the cross channel trip.
The morning was cold and raw
with a sha-p east wWid whipping the
channel Into whltecaps, Indicating
that the crossing- was likely to be a
rough one. Pr.'sMeut Wilson and Mrs
Wilson remained on the bridge of tho
Brlahton until tho Bteamer left her
pier. They smiled and waved fare
wel's to thoga on shore, while the
baud played "The Star Spanglud Ban
ner."
The President was received here by
Commander lloyle, secretary to Vice
Admiral Sir Roger Keyes, Admiral
Keyes being Indlnposed and unable to
attend In person.
PORTI.AND. Dec. 28. Portland I
facing a tie-up of tho wooden ship
now In the harbor and under con
struction by the Unltml Slate shit
ping board. This Is the opinion ot lo
cal ship chartering companies, which
uanrt that the type of wooden ship
constructed by the government sre en
tirely Inadequate tor the de-mund of
shipping from this port. General cargo
shippers, lumber shippers and flour
shippers alike UKroe that the HoukIi
and Ferris types of vessels which the
government has built and has found
useless for Its own no4ds will not be
chartered by uny operating or charter
lng companies in Portland, or at least
not In an extent to make any Impres
sion In the total tonnago of these
ships. According to the shipping
board' own admonition that if these
woodun ships are not chartered by
private concerns they will not be
moved from their dock. It looks u
If Portland I doomed to see the ship
ping board's wooden steamers lying
In the city's harbor lu idleness.
LOWER RATES
FOR COAST AND
ORIENT ASKED
CLEjMENCEAU TO
SUPPORT STAND
NO FAVORISM IS
SHOWN SOUTH
ON CONTRACTS
WASHINGTON, De. ;!0 -Secretary
of Commerce Hodfldd today arranged
conferences with official of Ilia op
eration division of the shipping- board
with tho announced object of obtain
ing lower rate on water transporta
tion between I'nclflc coast port of
the United State and point In Ja
pan and China.
Mr Iledflcld said Investigations
made by firm Intending to supply
railroad equipment to the Orient
showed that water rut from the IV
rifle riiiiHl lo Kim turn tiort run sod
front $"0 to $0 per ton, while ruts
on th same materials from Liverpool
to the same ports ranged about $13
per ton.
Th shipping board has indicated
that It did not consider a reduction
from the United States possible at this
time. Mr. Redflnld today cabled a pro
test to Chairman Hurley. In Paris,
and arranged for conference witu
official of the board here.
WASHINGTON. Doc. 27. IlonlvInK
OF THE ENGLISH lo rece,lt 6,",,r,on ,hat to lare a
SHIPS LEAVE
FRANCE WITH
MANY TROOPS
PARIS, Dec. 30.-In addressing the
chamber of deputies last night, Pre
mier Clemenieau made It pluln that
It was his Intention to support Great
Britain In the peace negotiations on
the question of the freedom of the
seas, and he declared that his attitude than G per cent had gone to the South
In this matter was approved by rresl he said, and of quartermaster con-
proportion of the government war
contrncts went to tho South, Senator
Fletcher of Florida declared In the
senate Thursday afternoon that one
Pennsylvania concern alon bad so-
cured more contracts thn had been
Isr.ied to the South.
Of the ordnanco contracts, not more
dent Wilson.
PARIS. Sunday, Dec. 29. Premier
Clemenceau was given a vote of con
fldence, 380 to 131, In the chamber of
deputies today after a stormy debate
In which the war alms of France were! New Jersey, $13,000,000,
tracts, not moro than 7 per cent. The
shipping board has spent a total of
$10,385,000$ on hoiiHlng in the entire
South, Senator Fletcher said, while In
Pennsylvania alone $23,029,800 has
been spent for that purpose, and In
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE, Corvallls, Dec. 30. The French
war cross, Le Croix de Guerre, has
been awarded to H. M. Wight, instruc
tor in zoology at the college, who has
distinguished himself in Fiance. This
word was contained in a letter to B.
G. Thompson, special field agent in
etomology at O. A. C, from Sergeant
C. Smith, a atudent In the school of
DOVER, England, Dec. 26. The
war was worth while, because it gave
the world security against unjust ag
gression and established an under
standing between great nations for
maintenance of just and right, Presi
dent Wilson said here today.
Responding to an address by the
mayor Bhortly after setting foot on
English soil, the president also said
he was grateful to match his mind
with minds of others who proposed
to do their best In the great settle
ment.
'We have gone through serious
times together and therefore can re
gard each other in a new light, as
comrades and associates, because
nothing brings men together like com
mon understanding and purpose, eald
Wilson.
"I think that depsite all the terrible
sufferings and sacrifices of the war,
we will some day In looking backward
reallza that they were both worth
while, not only because of the secur
ity they gave th world against un
just aggression, but also because of
the -understanding established be
tween great nations which ought to
act together in permanent malnten
ance of Justice and right.
"It is with an emotion of peculiar
gratification that I find myself here,
afforded an opportunity of matching
my mind with the minds of those pro
posing to do their best in the great
settlement of the struggle."
Escorting airplanes and seaplanes
filled the air when a British squadron
toolc charge of the distinguished vl
tor in mid-channel. Salutes were e
changed, the sailors manning the rails
during the ceremony. Massed crowds
on the admiralty pier unloosed cheers
and the shore batteries and warships
in the harbor fired salutes.
outlined by Stophen Pichon, foreign
minister, and the premier had Indi
cated his adherence to the old system
of alliance called the "balance of
power."
It was Indicated by the premlor
that the foundation of a laague of na
tions might be carried out concordant-
ly with the drafting of the treaty of
peace. M. Renaudol, Socialist, brought
about this statoment by expressing his
regret that the allhs had decided not
to organize the league until after
neace had been declared. To this
Clemenceau answered:
Nothing of the sort. Whether this
Chamber gives a vote of confidence or
not. I am ready to resign office. If
you have a minute's hesitation, now
Is the time to check your pilot.
Senator Smith of Georgia, said that
his state had fared better In the mat'
tor of appointments and contracts un
der President Taft thai- it had under
President Wilson and characterized
renorts that the South had received
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 Sailing of
three more transports from France
with American soldiers was announc
ed today b.lhe War Department, The
Santa Mnrta left December 27, and Is
duo at New York Jamiary 8. Tho Ma
dawaska loft December IS und Is due
at Newport New January 8. Tho
Louisville left December U and
should reach New York January 8.
The Msdawska carries Companies
113, 111, 113, 401, 408 and 409 and the
he dquarters of the 174th Infantry
llrlgade, all en route to Camp Dlx, N.
J. She also him cboard 1158 sick and
wounded.
The Louisville has on board casual
Companies No. 1008, 1009, 1008, 1009.
100 and 17071, a number of casual of
ficers and 73 sick and wounded.
The Santa Marta Is bringing 112
casual officers and one officer and 12
more than Its due share of war con
tracts as "unjust and utterly devoid men of the First Held Artillery.
of truth."
Senator Smith said a'so tho ship- NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Dec. 31.
ping board had failed to recognize the The transport Aeolus arrived here to-
advantages offered by the south, add- day from Franco with 2900 officers
g ENVOYS LEAVE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. All
4 diplomats have left Petrograd,
the State Department was advls-
lng that two-thirds of the eastern
coast line lay between the Potomac
and the Rio Grande and that opera
tions could have been carried on there
under "much better climatic condl
tions than in tho North."
and men, most of whom hud been
wounded or gassed.
GERMAN REDS
KILL MANY IN
LAST OUTBREAK
Q. ROOSEVELT
GIVEN PRAISE
BY OPPONENT
BIG MERCHANT
MARINE WANTED
BY E.N. HURLEY
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY OF
OCCUPATION, Saturday, Dec. 28.
Christian Donhausen, the young Ger
man aviator who claims to have shot
down Quentin Roosevelt near Cham
LONDON, Doc. 31. Bolshevism
broke out In German Silesia on Satur
day, according to a Berlin dispatch to Urty, France, July 14, told the cor-
the Express. Miners on strike, und: respondent today of the battle which
menace of loaded rifles, have com- ended fata'lv for tho son of the for
polled their employers to sign "all mer president of the United States.
sorts of documents," the dispatch Donhauser, wno is a non commis
says. sloned officer and spsaks English,
There has been murdering and pll- has relatives in Michigan. Ho was
laelnit. Silesia has been declared a credited with 30 aerlul victories in
Bo'shevlst republic. ,
Field Marshal von Hlndenburg has
telegraphed to German industrial mag
nates saying he would support British
the fighting after July 1. when he en
tered the German air service
The battle with Lieutenant Roose
velt, the Gorman aviator bum, was
occupation of Berlin, accorindg to a fought at an altitude of between 2000
Berlin dispatch to the Mall. and 3000 feet. Donhauser said ho real
ized soon after the fight began that
CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 31. A hlll opponent was not e.s experienced
volunteer army and a French force K. HOme Americans he had encoun-
are advancing from Roumanla toward tered, but Lieutenant Roosevelt put
Kiev, the Ukranian capital, according up a plucky fight to the end. Throe or
to a roport from Odessa received 0r tlmeii. Donhauser declared,
PARIS, Dec. 20. The American
merchant marine flag nr.ist fly In
every port of the world, Edward N.
Hurley, chairman of the shipping
board declared In an interview today.
He announced that the United States
will soon be able to build ships as
choaply as England.
In this connection It was learned
from oilier sources that the help of
America's vast new system of ship
yards In constructing merchantmen
for England, France and the other al
lied nutions, Is expected to depend ab
solutely upon the ttolutlon of the prob
lem of freedom of tha seas. If It Is not
solved and the lid on cooperation la
taken off America is believed ready
to throw all Its resources into building
tho world's greatest floot, thus be
coming predominant In world trado.
here.
The advancing forces, the report
says, aim at gaining control of the
railroad between Kiev and Odessa
from the republican Separatist forces
In the Ukraine.
Roosevelt had the upper hand for a
few seconds.
PHANTOM TORPEDOES 8ECRET
WM. M'ADOO
. TO OPEN LAW
OFFICE SOON
LONDON, Dec. 27. "Phantom tor
pedoes" from the clouds sank a Turk
tsh ship carrying 3000 troops, just be
NEW YORK, Dec. 28. William G.
A Ann. will nnan a law nttioa In MflW
fore the end of hoetlllties Only tj Vorfc clty aDOut Aprll it was learn-
armintlce nrevented other aenai
"phantoms" from operating effective
to nfi-ftinst the German warships In
the Kiel canal and other German na-
ed here today. The former secretary
of the treasury will remain as dire&
tor eneral of railroads until Presl-
1.7 rrh. .mnn..na. rii.. dent Wilson appoints a successor. Me-
charging torpedoes above the water, Adoo plans to leave about January 8
have been the greatest secret of the for a three-months rest in California.
oloalnr I I'nnn ni mnira .;'.7 IlU.'r.r.V..'..".-.'?.
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UNITED STATES
CONSUL HELD
BY BOLSIIEVIKI
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26. Confirm
ation of the arrest of American Consul
Treadwell by Bolshevikl in Russian
Turkestan was received by the state
department today. The American con;
sul was not taken to prison, accord
ing to the advices, but is being detain
ed at Tashkent in his room.
Treadwell, who holds a "roving"
commission for this government, had
been sent to Turkestan to make an in
vestigation. The nature of the investi
gation, however, was not revealed.
The state department already has
enlisted the good offices of several
European capitals In Treadwell' be
half, among thorn being Pekln, Chris
tiana, Calcutta and Teheran. The In
dian government is especially active,
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