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mm CO At. IS $80 A TON IN , FRANCE KEEP THE HUT FIRES BURNING ONIC VOL.. L.VIII. NO. 18,090. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS. WHY'S REIGN FRENCH TOLD TO BE . KIND TO BEATEN FOE 100 WASHINGTON ORDER LIFTS HIGHWAY BAN EDITOR TESTIFIES FOHDRJAHIEEOU RAIL ELECTRIFICATION NOW RECOMMENDED BOGHE WOMEN CRY REVENUE fEVIS FOR EASIER TERMS MEN tRGED NOT TO SEEK RE VEXGE FOR PAST WRONGS. ROAD CONSTRUCTION" MAY BE CONTINUED IN OREGON. FUEL DIRECTOR FOLSOM tRGES CHANGE IN MOTIVE POWER. FAVORS UlNbttiw Washington Informed of Grave Situation. SOLDIERS MENACE NATION Revolutionary Movement Gains in East Prussia. SILESIA ENTERED BY POLES Ktw Government Entirely Composed of Socialists Hindenburg Makes Bid for Army Support. I0?fDO?f, Not-. 14. Vienna newspa per announce that the German-Ana- rian , republic will be proclaimed to- norrow and that Empewr Charlea' eqoeat to be permitted to reside In leana aa a private citizen nan been efused, according to an Amsterdam kispatch to the Exchange Telegraph. IOVDOX, Wot. 14. (British Wlrelesa erviee.) 'A algniflcant neuige from he allied high command to the German Igh command haa been sent out by the 'reach governmeat wireless stations. t reads t "The commanders of the German rmiess To propose to the command ra of the allied armies facing; them hat they ahonld Immediately hand over heir war material and prisoners to the Illes." The German soldiers In various sec. ions of the occupied territory have ap parently been getting out of haad. Ia ome plaeea they have attacked their ommanaera nnd raised the red flag of evolt. WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. A situation hpproaching anarchy exists In Ger many, according: to reports that reached ne otate Department today. A grave. ituation appears to have been created fy the return of the troops from the ront. B4SEL. Now 43. The revolutionary movement is spreading: strongly in Bast russla. A semi-official dispatch from Berlin reports that Koenlgsberg. Allen- teln. Insterberg, Gumbinnen and Loet en are in the hands of the revolu tionists. Governor von Batockl, of Posen, for mer German food minister, has put llmself at the disposal of the revolu- ionists. Duke of Baden Geta Notice. The revolutionary governments at Tannheim. Rastatt and Heidelberg have summoned the Grand Cuke of Baden o abdicate. COPENHAGEN, Nov. 14. Polish roops, according: to a dispatch from Berlin, have entered Upper Silesia. iVussia. The abdication of Duke Edward ot nhalt. is reported from Berlin. He lias resigned the throne in favor of his on, Joachim Ernest, who was born anuary 11, 1901. BERNE, Switzerland, Nov. 13. The Berlin government, according to the prankfort Zeitung, after some resist ance from the Independent Socialists, has resolved that as soon as the busi ness programme has been settled, it ill take up the question of the convo- ation of a national assembly. Orderly Conditions Sought. News reaching here seems to show hat a serious effort is being made in Berlin to maintain order. In the south, the movement has taken i a more democratic than Socialist haracter. At Stuttgart a purely Socialist gov- rnment was formed at first, but now hree representatives of the Bourgeoisie ave joined the Ministry. The city is raeriy. A proclamation says that the victims the fighting during the last few ays inside Greater Berlin shall be uried together in the cemetery where he victims of the 1848 revolution are uried. The proclamation announces that the tate of siege has been raised, that here is to be full liberty for all, even unctionaries, to form associations; the ensorship, including that on theat cals is abolished; there are to be free- om of speech and of writing, amnesty or political offenses, annulment of the w of national auxiliary service: .an ight-hour workday and universal di ect secret suffrage, with proportional epresentation for both sexes above 20 ears old, for elections to all public odies. -'.. tLAiiixy, isov. 14. The new erman government has been organ zed with the following Cabinet mem- crs: Premier and Interior and Military Affairs Friedrich Ebert, Foeign Affairs Hugo Haase. Finance and Colonies Phillip Schieide nann. Demobilization-Transport, Justice and iealth Wilhelm Dittmann. Publicity, Art and Literature Herr andsberg. Cabinet All foclallst. Announcement of the members of the hew German government confirms pre l ious reports that the Cabinet would be Lomposed entirely of Socialists. ine majority socialists who sup ported the imperial government durin he war are represented by Ebert. Scheidemann and Landsberg, while the Concluded General Petain Tells Poilu9 Who Start for Rhine to Curb Resenl ment Against Barbarians. WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN FRANCE, Nov. 12. (By the Associated Press.) General Petain, the French commander-in-chief, has issued the fol lowing order of the day to his troops: To the French armies: "During the long months you have fought. History will record the tenac ity and fierce energy displayed during these four years by our country, which had to vanquish In order not to die. "Tomorrow, in order better to dic tate peace, you are going to carry your arms as far as the Rhine. Into that land of Alsace-Lorraine that is so dear to lis you will march as liberators. Tou will go further, all the way Into Germany, to occupy lands which are the necessary guarantees for just rep aration. "France has suffered in her ravaged fields and in her ruined villages. The freed provinces have had to submit to Intolerable vexations and odious out rages, but you are not to answer these crimes by the commission of 'Violences, which, under the spur of your resent ment, may seem to you legitimate. "Tou are to remain under discipline and to show respect to persons and property. Tou will know, after having vanquished your adversary by force of arms, how to Impress him further by the dignity of your attitude and the world will not know which to admire most your conduct in success or your heroism In fighting. "I address a fond and affectionate greeting to our dead whose sacrifices gave us the victory. And I send a mes sage of salutation, full of sad affection, to the fathers, to the mothers, to the widows and orphans of France, who in these days of national Joy dry their tears for a moment to acclaim the tri umph of our arms. I bow my head be fore your magnificent flags. Vive la France! (Signed) PETAIN." HUGE GRAFT IS CHARGED Aetna Officers Accused of Paying $1,250,000 for Small Services. NEW YORK, Nov. 14. Alleging that more than $1,250,000 of the funds of the Aetna Explosives Company, Inc., had been paid to E. M. Bassick, a Bridge port, Conn., ex-manufacturer, for "serv ices which any clerk could have per formed," receivers of die corporation today brought an equKy suit against Arthur J. Moihatn," ex-president, and Ferdinand L. Belia, ex-treasurer, of the company. ' Bassick was engaged by- Moxham, it is alleged, to close contracts with the French government on a 10 per cent commission, which eventually would have netted him $4,000,000. The receivers asked the court to compel the defendants to repay all moneys "which they have lost, squan dered, wasted or misappropriated." - PRAYER DAYS PROCLAIMED New York. Mayor Asks for Special Thanksgiving Services. NEW YORK, Nov. 14. Mayor 'Hylan today issued a proclamation designating next Saturday and Sunday as days of prayer and thanksgiving to God "for s special care and guidance and pro tection in the war which has just come to an end," and asking that all churches hold special thanksgiving : services. A special "victory service of thanks giving to commemorate the part borne by Great Britain in the war and her fallen dead," was held today at Trinity Church under the auspices of various British societies. In the congregation were Major-General v J. Franklin Bell, U. S. A., and Major-Gcneral Kenyon, of the British army, with their staffs. ADDRESSES MAY BE READ Lincoln's and Wilson's Messages Suggested for '. Schools. WASHINGTON. Nov. 14. Commls sioner P. P. Claxton, of the Bureau of Education, has suggested to President Wilson that it will be particularly fitting to have Lincoln's Gettysburg ad dress read in all public schools. No- rvember 19 the S5th anniversary of the dedication ot tne" neia on which .the decisive battle of the Civil War was fought. Mr. Claxton asked also that at the same time President Wilson's address to Congress November 11 announcing the signing of the armistice with Ger many, be read. HUN REPUBLIC IS OPPOSED Von Mackensen. Refuses to Recog nize Rebel Government. BASEL, Switzerland. Nov. 14 Ad vices received here from Hungary say that Count Karolyl, president of the Hungarian National Council, has made the assertion that Rumania declared war on Germany In order to force the German Field-Marshal von Mackensen to disarm his men. It is stated that Von Mackensen con tends that the German republic is not a legitimate government. BRITISH LOSSES ARE 30,535 Casualties for Week Total 1436 Of ficers nnd 29,099 Men. LONDON, Nov. 14. Casualties in the British ranks reported in the week end ing today total 30.535 officers and men, divided as follows: Killed or died of wounds: Officers, 387; men, $237. Wonnded or missing: Officers, 1049; men. 22.862. . Totals: Officers, 1136; men. 29,099, ' Calendar Year 1919 to Yield Six Billions. OUTLAYS OF U. S. DECREASE Continuance of Loans to Allied Nations Recommended. EARLY ENACTMENT URGEP Secretary of Treasury Sets Forth Jlis Views In Letter to Chairman of Senate Committee. WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. Kevlson of the pending revenue bill with a view to yielding $6,000,000,000 payable during the calendar year 1919, and not less than $4,000,000,000 the following year, was recommended by Secretary McAdoo tonight in a letter to Chairman Sim mons of the Senate finance committee, setting forth the Treasury's ft-ianclal programme for the reconstruction period. The Secretary estimated that expen ditures during the fiscal year ending next June 30 would now be $18,000,000. 000 instead of the $24,000,000,000 esti mated before there were prospects of peace. He declared for continuation of the policy of lending to the allies for a limited time during reconstruction after peace to enable them to pur chase foodstuffs, raw materials and manufactured products in this country. narterly Payments Favored. Other recommendations were: That income and profits taxes be payable In four equal quarterly Install merits on March 15. June 15, September 15 and December 13. That excess profits tax rates for pay ments due next year be no higher than those In the existing law. That necessary safeguards be provid ed for war aad excess profits taxes In the. form of 'cequate provisions for amortization, conservative valuation Of inventories and ascertainment of mini mum Income which shall be exempted from the tax to Insure the taxpayer against injustice and avoidable injury. That war and excess profits taxes be eliminated entirely for payments due In 1920 except with respect to profits on contracts negotiated during the war period. That corporation and individual in come tax rates be increased on incomes of 1919, payable in 1920. Basis to Be Determined. That the basis for next year's taxes payable in 1920 be determined now. The Secretary also urged prompt en actment of the pending bill. He esti mated the revenue yield from the meas ure as' framed by the Senate finance committee at $6,300,000,000 as compared (Concluded on Pa. :t. Column 4.) ---------------------- HOME AGAIN! f : : : ; a-aaa. .......... T.a..tt. ....,... .t.t-a State Highway Department Is Noti fied of the Removal ' of War Measure. SALEM, Or., Nov. H. (Special.) The ban on state highway work was lifted completely today by Instructions received by the State Highway Depart ment in a telegram from Wash ington. The ban was imposed several months ago as a war measure, and while Oregon was allowed to go ahead with a large number of its projects a continuation of the Interdiction would probably have seriously interfered with future construction programmes. Just to what extent this will assist highway work atIhe present time Is problematical, as construction Is largely held up as It is because of seasonal conditions. In some portions of the state, however, highway work can pro ceed all Winter, as far as weather con ditions are concerned, . Just how far there will be an exten sion of the programme under the new conditions will probably be taken up at the coming Portland meeting when it will be determined whether the new issue of bonds allowed by the capital Issues committee shall be floated. SALEM. Or., Nov. 14. (Special.) In line with the general letting up of re strictions following cessation of hos tilities, the Capital Issues Committee has given its sanction to the sale of $590,000 worth of state highway bonds. Already $2,190,000 worth of bonds out of the $6,000,000 issue has been sold. The State Highway Commission will take under consideration the question of whether or not the bonds will be sold at a meeting to be held in Portland Friday, November 22. SLACKERS GET NO MERCY V. S. to Punb.li Draft Evaders Who Return From Mexico. EL PASO. Tex.. Nov. 14. That the small army of draft evaders now In Mexico need expect no clemency from the United States was the announce ment made today by G. T. Jones, chief special agent for the Department of Justice. The announcement followed the re ceipt of a letter from two Americans In Mexico, offering to return and serve their time in the Army. SUNKEN GOLD RECOVERED Total or $130, 0O0 In Bullion Re moved From Wrecked Sophia. VICTORIA, Nov. 14. Gold bullion from the Klondike valued at $130,000 was recovered from the wreck of the Steamer Princess Sophia by the salvage steamer Tees, which arrived here today from Lynn Canal, Alaska, where the Sophia went down last month with all on board. CHiLD LABOR FIGHT IS ON Senate Leaders Propose Prohibitive Excise Tax. WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. Senators opposing child labor today agreed upon a proposed amendment to the war rev enue bill which will provide a pro hibitive excise tax of 6 or 10 per cent on products of child labor. Sympathy for Alleged Se ditionist Is Voiced. OSWALD WEST IS HESITANT Former Governor Is Character Witness for Accused. CANNERY STRIKE RECALLED W. W. Associates of Accused Wo man. Brought In to Testify to Character and Patriotism. People who questioned the loyalty of Dr. Marie Equl, charged with violation of the espionage act. were people of whose oplnton he thought nothing, testified Dr. Charles Hiram Chapman, writer of editorials for the Oregon Daily Journal, at Dr. Equl's trial on a charge of sedition In the federal Court yesterday. That there Is a great bond of sympathy between Dr. Equl and him self, ur. Chapman assured the jury. witn reference to certain things she advocates. Preceding Dr. Chapman to the stand tne aerense produced. Oswald West, rormer Governor, as a character witness. Mr. West didn't register as strongly as the defense had hoped for. There was too much hesita tion about his replies and. besides, when his memory was Jogged, he remembered that Dr. Equl had been "rather excited" in the cannery strike In 1911 when west, as Governor of the state, came to Portland to deal .:th the turbulent I. . v. associates or llr. Equl. such as Mary Schwab. Herman Schwab, Tom Burns, et aL nireet Auwrr Is Evaded. " "What do you know of Dr. Equi's rep utation as a peaceable, law-abiding. loyal citizen?" asked George Vande veer, I. W. W. lawyer, who Is chief at torney for the defense. "May I answer it my own way?" In quired Mr. West. . ""It must be answered yes or no good or bad." he wss Informed. Came a long pause, a very long pause, The defense began to fidget: the Gov ernment prosecutors eyed the witness: the witness gazed Intently at the rear wall. "I'm to answer yes or no?" said West, imany, ana ne was assured such was the case. followed another pause which seemed Interminable. "I can't answer that question," con- f ousel the former Governor. Then he undertook to answer by say true he had known Dr. Equl since 1910, when she was interested In prison re forms and abolition of capital punish ment. Judge Bean interrupted sharply and declared the-witness was not an swering the quq-Mlon. It was a difficult question to answer. tt'onrluded on Pas 3. Column l. Necessity for Conservation of Fuel ' Oil Calls for Sonihern Pa cific Remodeling. SAN FRANCISCO. Cal, Nov. It. (Special.) A sensation in California railroad circles developed today when It became known that D. M. Folsom. direc tor of Fuel conservation on this Coast. has recommended to Washington that the mountain divisions of the Southern Pacific railroad be electrified as soon as practicable. Director Folsom. in his recommenda tions, points out the great necessity. If fuel oil Is to be largely conserved In the Immediate future, that the Southern Pa cific lines be given electric motive power over the Siskiyou mountains from Gerber, Cal.. to Ashland. Or., over the Sierra Nevada mountains from Roseville to Truckee, Cat., and also over the Trhachapl mountains from Bakers- field to Saugus. The electrification over the Tehachspl mountains would benefit the Santa Fe equally with the Southern raclflc be cause the two roads now jointly use the steam railroad tracks between Bakers- firlj and Mojave. Southern raclflc executives said today that while Folsom's recommen dation will doubtless come to them directly through the office of Director of Transportation McAdoo later on. the problem of electrifying the Central Pa cific from Roseville east over the moun tains has been thoroughly studied by them during the past seven or eight years. NO DOCKS jrc BE BUILT Plans of War Department for Pacific Northwest Are Propped. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Nov. 14. The 'War Department today announced that plana for the construction of extensive docks for the quartermaster's department somewhere In the Pacific Northwest had been dropped. The location of these docks at Seattle had been recommended, but approval of this recommendation was deferred at the request of Senator Mc Nary, who desired to submit facta re garding the advantages of the Colum bia River as a shipping center. At a conference with the Quartermaster-General today Senator McNary was informed of the decision not to build any docks at alL PORTO RICANS SENT HOME Men Recruited for Service Arrive at . Camp Bragg. WILMINGTON. N. C. Nov. 14 Twenty-one hundred Porto Rican laborers who arrived here Tuesday and who were to be sent to Camp Bragg, Fayette ville. N". C, to do construction work, were or dered returned to Torto Rico today by the United States Government. The men were recruited by the United States employment service to alleviate the labor shortage. NORWAY SHIP LOSSES BIG War Cons Country 831 Vc-seln and 1120 Lives, It Is Announced. LONDON. Nov. 14 (British wire less.) Norway lost during the war $31 ver '-. -trgregating close on to one and a quarter million tons, according to official statistics. In addition 13 vessels of approximately C9.000 tons were damaged by German submarines. One thousand one hundred and twentv lives were lost In these disasters. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Hmher. VESTF.RDAT -Maximum temperature. uesra-s; minimum. 4, decrees. TODAY'S Rain; strong southerly winds. Mar. toward Men and Strasaburg. Tanks start fat 2. Casualty liat. Pace s. P-'oreiara. to ba kind French told to beaten foe. r.xa 1. Kurope swake to Bolahevlk menare. Pace S. (erinany menaced by anarchy. Paso 1. Peaca cor.sreaa may contene within month. J'aca 4. Former Austrian Kmperor starts for Switz erland. Pas X Americana quit ' German prlsoa caoipa. German f rightfulness In Belgium rasumad. Pas 2. American editors welcome In London. Pag 4. Hun women appeal for lighter arml.tlc 'terms. Page 1. National. McAdoo declares for revenue revision. Pace 1. Director Ryan decline to make definite statement regarding apruco production. Pag 7. Republicans claah ever seniority rule. lome4lr. rushed to starving Europe. Food to be Pare tV Electrification of Fomhern Pacific lines rec ommended. Paso 1. Hporta. Major and minor leagues may declare war. Paga 14. Oreson and Arslea ready for Saturday's bat. tie. Pag 1. PaHfte Northweat. Ban on highway construction removed. Page . oen mi 1 1 la I and Marlae. Grain dealers' associations watch Con- ireuiousl lecrlslatlon. Pag 19. Chlcaso corn depresse-f" by elimination of substitutes. Pago 11. Cancelling of war contracts weakens stocks at New York. Paga 21. Shipbuilding pmrrsnm to be continued en taais of needa. Pa"Ve IT. Portland Bad Vkrtaitr. KdltoVal witer of Journal testifies la behalf cf lr. Kqul. Pag 1. Flour and augar restrictions modified. Paso li Business men and Con gresaraea discuss Ore son industries. Pas 1J. Work on t'lob Company's new saiil to bo Sin at on.-. l'aa -O. Worker brmv ram In war work drlv. Pas :. Lumtwr manufacturer to consider aircraft order. Pas Six I'ommlMlonfri hear city business. Pas 16. H,.,w precautions aaainst tnf'uenx. warns 4'lty Hea'.lh Officer. Tss . Weather rtpcrt, data ax 4 furecuu rac li. Appeal Sent to Mrs. son and Jane Addams LACK OF FOOO IS ALLEGED Huns Cite How Long-Suffering They Have Been. DISASTER AHEAD SCARES Teuton Women Now Ask Pity and Food and Try to Use President's Wife to Modify Punishment. WASHINGTON. Nov. 14. Appeals ad dressed to Mrs. Woodrow Wilson and Miss Jane Addams. of Chicago, on be half of the women of Germany, asking that the armistice terms be modified to prevent "unspeakable disaster" have been sent from the German wireless station at Nauen. They were picked up by the military intelligence radio at Houlton. Me., and were made public tonight by the War Department. The appeal to Mrs. Wilson said the women and children of Germany "have been starving for years." and that they will die from hunger by the millions unless the terms of the armistice are changed to that sufficient rolling stock will be available for moving food from the farms. It was dated at Berlin and signed by Geftrude Baeumer and Alice Salomon for the "National Council of Women of Germany." Bocae Woanea Ssjaeal for PKy. The appeal to Miss Addams was from Anita Augsburg at Poz under date of yesterday. It said that the German women "foreseeing entire famishment and mutiny for their country urged their American sisters to Intercede to have the armistice terms modified. "W are til free vou .s of a free re publio now. greeting you heartily." the appeal said. The message to Mrs. Wilson follows: "Berlin. Nov. 12. To i!rs. Woodrow Wilson. White House. Washington Madame: According to the terms of the armistice, Germany has to sur render a very large part of the rolling stock ot her railways. At the same time she has to feed the troops of her former enemies in the occupied prov inces of Germany. "The German women and children have been starving for years. They will die from hunger by the millions if the terms of the armistice are not changed. We need the rolling stock of the rail ways to bring the food from the farms to the cities. It will be Impossible to feed the soldiers of the occupying armies if we cannot get large amounts of food from overseas. Old Crlaaes Are Dcaled. "The women and children all the world over have been the innocent suf ferers of this terrible war. but no where more than in Germany. Let it be through you, Madame, to Implore our sisters in the United States of America, who are mothers like our- I selves, to i ik their Government and I the allied governments to change the term of the armietlce aa that the lonr. I suffering of the women and children of B4 j Germany nay not end In unspeakable i disaster. "For the National Council of Women of Germsny, (Signed.) "GERTRUDE BAEUMER. -A..ICE SALOMON." The messsge to Miss Addams follows: "Pox. Nov. 13. 191. To Jana Addams. Hull House. Chicago: "German women, foreseeing entire famishment and mutiny for their coun try, urge their American sisters to In tercede relief of truce conditions re garding terms of demobilization, block ade, wagons, locomotives. We are all free voters of a free republic now. greeting you heartl'y. (Signed) "ANITA AUGSBURG." CHICAGO. Nov. 14. Miss Jint Ad dams had not received a message of appeal from the women of Germany up to a late hour tonight. She said that she had no intimation regarding the Identity of Anita Augsburg, who was reported to have signed the plea. RAIL SERVICE TO RESUME Parliament May Re Able to Meet at Brussels This Month. HAVRE. Nov. 14. Arrangements are being made for a resumption of train service between Havre and points in Belgium. Trains will begin running next Tuesday, when the government departments and members of the diplomat!-" corps will return. It Is expected that parliament will be able to meet In Brussels by the end of tne month. AMERICAN CITIZEN NAMED President of New Republic Clioor.es Temporary Representative. WASHINGTON". Nov. 14. Dr. Thomas G. Marsaryk. who will leave tomorrow for 1'rague to take up his duties as president of the new Cserho-Slovak Re public, has appointed Chsrles Pergler, sn American citlsen. to represent Bo hemia until a minister ia appointed.