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Newspaper Page TextPORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 31, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. LVIII. NO. 18,093. YANKEES LONG HELD STEVENS LINE TRADING WITH ENEMY HAND OF HUN SEEN HUNS BEAR WATCHING, SAYS LORD READING BY HUNS RETURNING PRISONERS, RELEASED, MAKE STILL IS FORBIDDEN FOR HEAD WAR YET OX, ALIEN PROPERTY JCSTICE, NOT REVEXGK, SOUGHT WAV ACROSS LINE. CCSTODIAN REMINDS PUBLIC BY ALLIED XATIONS. VICTOR MINE, IN AUTO. DROWNS SELF BRITONS UNEASY OVER WILSON VISIT PRISON N BREWERS 1 President Will Outrank Other Delegates. ANOTHER QUESTION IS RAISE "Freedom of Seas" Policy Somewhat - Disturbing. FEARS HELD GROUNDLESS :xrotlTe Will In No Way Compro mise With Germans, Declares Xorthclitte Correspondent. BT ARTHUR- S. DRAPER. liCopyright by the New York Tribune.) LONDON. Nov. 20. (Special.) Al- IthouKh the probability of Presiden rilson visiting Europe already h IHeen discounted by repeated rumors. he official announcement of the Pres- dent's probable early arrival Is caus ng some commotion. Personally, all -lasses, both high and low, will be de lighted to see the President, but his l oming raises the question of the status -f the meetings of the peace confer ences. The President, as the ruling head of I America, will outrank other delegates. whose sovereigns and presidents re- l-naln in the background. No doubt Is expressed, however, that these diffl -ultles can be overcome, especially for such an unprecedented occasion. The Renter's Washington dispatch I announcing the President's visit to iu rope "for the purpose of taking part the discussion of the main features if the treaty of peace" again brought Into prominence Wilson's "freedom !of-tbe-seaa" policy, about which the great mass of Britishers feel suspicious. Fear Declared Gmadleaa. The President's "freedom-of-the-seas" point, taken In conjunction with the llscusslon of this question by the Dem ocratic World, made certain sections I t opinion here fearful lest President Wilson is coming to urge an Inter pretation which might be unpalatable to England. The diplomatic correspondent of IVorthcliffe's Evening News reassures the doubters by repudiating the Ger- man suggestion that President Wilson I would, be found to be Germany's friend on two points wherein she was most interested, vis: "Freedom of the seas' Und "no economic war after the war." le says: "If the Huns imagine President Wil- Ison will be a German advocate at Ver Iseilles, they are Indulging in the most grotesque of all miscalculations where lot they have been guilty since 1914. Km . Ctasmb Poaalble. "Mr. Wilson brought America into the war to combat Germany's idea of freedom of the seas, which was, of ourse. to convert the ocean highways nto a playground for pirates. He will not compromise with the German I wrongdoers at Versailles in any way. chape or manner. As indicative of a section of British opinion which will admit no com Ipromlse on the question of British sea aower. the conservative Globe repro luces an extract which was circulated n the United States, concerning which t says: "We need not believe that It repre tents any considerable body of Ameri can opinion until the contrary Is proved I though we can understand that, with such views In circulation. Germany con fidently counts on making mischief be- Itween the allied and associated govern Intents. HUNS SEEK JAPAN'S HELP Irokio Chamber Head Says Japanese Are True to America. ST. LOUIS, Nov. 20. S. Shiba, secre tary of the Tokio Chamber of Com- Imerce, and a member of the Japanese Trade Commission now in this country Ion its way to Europe, said today that I no one in America knows the extent of I Germany's efforts through the war to attain Japanese support. He added that the fact that Japan had remained stead fast should be proof of the desire of Japan for the friendship of America. "We now want to enlist, as a reward of that proof of friendship, the In- I Tenuity of American business and its lability to organise for the development lot Asia, particularly China. Japan alone I cannot do it- She does not want to do it." LADYBUGS TOJAVE CROPS I Great Caches to Be Distributed to Eat Plant Lice. Plans are being completed for the I collection of lady bugs to be scattered I in grain and dairy lands of Oregon and Washington Infected by plant lice. Great caches have been located from I the Crater National Forest to the Olym pic Mountains. One lady bug will eat I about 200 plant lice a day. One of the greatest problems which confronts entomologists Is the distribu tion of lady bugs so that districts now sufficiently supplied will not be in- ljured by oversupply and others need ifl Importation of the bugs. County I agriculture agents will make the dis tribution, - Men's Physical Condition Varies. Red. Cross Is Establishing Stations for Relief. AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE, Nov. 20. (By the Associated Press.) American prisoners released by the Germans are making their"way singly and in pairs across the line at various points. The American Army has passed sta tions at various points along the Amer ican sector of occupation where pris oners can be received. Eventually they will be concentrated at four main camps at Chaudeney, Revigny, Chelles and Saleux. ' The returned men give varying ac counts of their treatment by the Ger mans. The physical condition of the returned men also varies. The American Red Cross is establish ing relief stations at the four concen tration camps. BERNE. Switzerland, Saturday, Nov. 16. There are in Switzerland 16.000 In terned prisoners of French, British and Belgian nationality who now will be repatriated, while 14,000 Germans still remain on Swiss soil. The Swiss government has been in formed that greater number per haps 50,000 of German and Austrian soldiers who before the war were res idents of Switzerland Intend to return. The government, however, has ordered the frontier closed to troops of the central powers because of the danger of admitting men infected with Bol shevism or anarchism. BERNE, Nov. 20. Arrangements have been mado for the transportation of 100,000 Italian prisoners of war from Austria and Germany to Italy by the way of Switzerland. The first of the special trains, each carrying 800 men, passed on Saturday. AIRPLANE FIRE IS FATAL Aviator Burns to Death While Aid ing War Work Cause. TRENTON, N. J.. Nov. 20. An Army aviator was burned to death and his companion seriously injured when their airplane burst into flames and plunged to earth on the outskirts of this city today. The injured aviator Is Hobso-n Tup- per, of an aero squadron at Mineoia, N. T. Lieutenant Ellsworth Gaskell, of New York City, was killed. The aviators, assisting in the united war work campaign here, had been drop ping pamphlets when the machine was seen to dive, suddenly toward the ground and burst into flames. PASSPORTS ARE IN DEMAND Thousands Seek Permission to Go to Europe. NEW YORK, Nov. 20. More than 100,000 persons have applied since the armistice was signed for permission to go abroad. Customs officials here an nounced that no passports for foreign travel would be issued except in neces- Ity. Applicants who can show that their proposed trips are to visit dying rela tives pr friends, to conduct business which cannot be handled except by per sonal contact, or who have Government missions, would be permitted to sail, it was said. $14,000,000 BONFIRE PLAN mmense Stores or Opium to Be Burned at Shanghai. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. Fourteen million dollars' worth of opium pur- hased by the Chinese government from foreign opium merchants at Shanghai is to be destroyed, according to a cable gram received today from Pekin by the Chinese legation. The opium, which is packed in 1200 chests, will be burned at Shanghai un der a mandate soon to be Issued by the President of China, the dispatch said. Foreign and Chinese residents of Shang hai will be Invited to witness the event ARMERS' PROBLEMS AIRED Secretary Houston Confers With Agricultural Journal Editors. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. Farm prob- eros, especially as tney relate to the Department of Agriculture's programme for next year, were discussed by Sec retary Houston today at a conference with the editors of . 30 agricultural journals from' various sections of the country.' Secretary Houston will meet the edi tors again tomorrow. EAGLE BOATS ARE USEFUL Big Submarine Chasers to Be Used in Coast Patrol. WASHINGTON. Nov. 20. Eagle boats, the big submarine chasers being turned out by the Ford plant at De troit, will be used to make up the Navy's deficiency in gunboats for coast patrol work. Secretary Daniels said today that they had been found admirably adapted for use about insular coasts. BESELER "BEATS" WAY OUT Hun Governor-General Leaves Rus- . bia In Vnheroic Manner". ZURICH, Nov. 20. General Hans von Beseler, the German Governor-General of occupied territories In Russia, a Munich newspaper says, left Warsaw In an unheroic manner. He escaped from the Polish capital by concealing himself on a Vistula Kiver brg, . , - Warden Murphy to Resign at Early Date. EX-SHERIFF IS WELL KNOWN Governor Refuses to Confirm or Deny Reported Change.' PRISON COSTS HELD HIGH Formal Announcement Probably Will Be Withheld Fending Re port of Marion. Grand Jury. SALEM. Or., Nov. 20. (Special.) In formation obtained from a reliable source Is to the effect that Warden Charles A- Murphy, of the State Pent tentiary, will be asked by Governor Withycombe to resign before the first of the coming year. His successor will be ex-Sheriff Robert L. Stevens, of Multnomah County, now in New York, where he is conected with a manufac turing concern. The change, it Is understood, will not come until the Marion County grand jury makes its final report. This re port will come within the next few weeks at the latest, it is expected, and shortly thereafter It is believed an nouncement of the appointment will be made. The suggestion to Warden Murphy that ffe resign will be predicated upon the fact that the costs at the State Penitentiary have been increasing at a rate which the Chief Executive deems unwarranted. Change Reirarded Certain. Governor Withycombe today declined to discuss the situation when asked as to the developments which are pend ing, but the source from which the in formation' came is unimpeachable and there is no question that Sheriff Ste vens will be given the place and that he will be given it before the first of the- year. , The prospective appointee was for three terms Sheriff of Multnomah County. .He originally came- to Port land from the East to accept a po sition with the Ladd A Tilton Bank and was teller of that Institution for several years. He also has accumu lated considerable property in Port land and for many years was con sidered among the more substantial citizens of the state. v At one time his name was prominent ly mentioned as possible candidate for Governor. He seriously considered tak ing the step but withdrew his name for business reasons. Governor Withycombe and ex-Sheriff Stevens have been friends for years and the appointment comes as a na tural one. The former Sheriff had an excellent record in office, his friends say, and he attained quite a wide repu tation throughout the United States in his official capacity. The State Penitentiary has been a (Concluded on Pass 2, Column 4.) JOHN BULL DEMONSTRATES THE POWER OF 1 1" ' 5 A. Mitchell Palmer Says That He Is Busy Taking Over Foe Prop erty Despite Armistice. WASHINGTON. Nov. 20. A, Mitchell Palmer, alien property custodian. In a statement tonight said the signing of the armistice does not change his func tions or affect his policies in any way, ' "The' United " States and Germany, said Mr. Palmer,' "are still at war and the trading-with-the-enemy act is still in force.. The alien property custodian therefore will continue to perform the duties which that act lays upon him and will' carry out' the evident intent of Congress- with relation to enemy property, .until final peace shall come. "As long as. the trading with, the enemy act is in force, it remains tne duty of all 'persons having the custody or control of enemy property in this country to make- report thereof to the alien property, custodian.. "Speaking generally only two classes of property have been or will be sold. These are: ' First,' the' enemy interests In partnerships, branches or agencies to which licenses to do business have been refused, or to which licenses have been granted for the purpose of liqui dation. ' In these cases. In order to liquidate, we have been compelled to sell property of various kinds. 'Second The enemy owned shares of stock or other interest in American corporations where the enemy holding large enough to influence or con trol the management of American in dustrial and commercial concerns. RIVER BOAT NEARLY SINKS Josenh X. Tfcal Strikes Driftwood and Hull Is Punctured. The river steamer Joseph N. Teal, ar riving In Portland from The Dalles last night, struck a heavy piece or drut- wood near Swan Island in tne lower harbor and stove a hole in her bows. She arrived at the Ash-street dock in a sinking condition, with her siphons un able to handle the water pouring into her hull. Th fireboat David Campbell was sent to her assistance after she docked and early this morning the steamer was pretty well pumped out The crew was rapidly unloading the cargo. PRESIDENT MASARYK SAILS Chief ot Xew Czecho-SIovak Repub lic on Way Home. NEW YORK. Nov. 20. Dr. Thomas G. Masaryk, nrst presiaens oi me newly created republic of Czecho slovakia, sailed for Liverpool today on the British steamship Carmania, He was accompanied by his daughter. Miss Olga. He expects to go, to Prague "to as sume office ana later to atieno. me peace conference. SLIGHT TREMOR AGAIN FELT Eagle Rock, Xorth of Los Angeles, in Center of Quake Belt. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Nov. 20. A slight earthquake shock centering ap parently at Eagle Rock, a suburban town north of here, was experienced to day. It was much less pronounced than the shock felt yesterday southwest of the lty. Evidence of Alleged Boy cott Plot Adduced. PROPAGANDA . EFFORT NOTED Senators Told How Organiza tion Listed Candidates. TWO WITNESSES EXAMINED Major Humes Undertakes to Show Brewers AVere Connected With German-American Alliance. WASHINGTON. Nov. 20. Evidence relating to political activities of brew ers and their alleged efforts to boycott firms and Individuals antagonistic to the liquor business was adduced today before the Senate committee Investi gating brewers' propaganda and the purchase of the Washington Times by Arthur Brisbane. Major E. Lowry Humes, who is con ducting the inquiry for the committee, also undertook to show from docu ments produced by officers of the United States Brewers' Association a connection between that organization and the German-American Alliance. The charter of the allianceiwas revoked recently by Congress after a Senate committee had investigated its activi ties. Candidates' List Given. Major Humes put into the record lists of candidates for public offices who, he said, were to be supported by the brewers' association and the alliance and also a statement which he asserted was prepared for C. J. Hexamer, Philadelphia, ex-president of the alll ance, at the office of the brewers' asso ciation. The statement. Major Humes declared, was German propaganda. Only two witnesses, Hugh Fox, secre tary of the Brewers' "National Organi zation, and John Gardiner, Philadelphia, former chairman of the organization committee, were examined today. Witness Closely Questioned. Fox. was questioned at length regard ir.g the .war aid to have been waged by brewers on antagonistic itrms and individuals. Some firms named were the John Wanamaker Company, the Cadillac, Packard, National and Reo outomobile companies, the Heinze Com pany, Goodrich Tire Company, American Rolling Mills, MIddletown, Ohio; Fox Typewriter Company, Maryland & Bal timore Casualty Company; Proctor Gamble Company, Grasselli Chemical Company, of Cleveland; some subsidiary companies of the Standard Oil Company, United States Steel Corporation, S. Kresge Company, Red Raven Water Company, American Sheet & Tin Plate Company, Republic Rubber Company and the Delaware1, Lackawanna & Western Railway. Fox denied that any of the firms named had been blacklisted, saying the association's purpose merely was to (Concluded on Page 3, Column 2.) HIS MAGIC FLUTE. Vo Go y More Lofty and More Xoble Spirit Among World Peoples to Re place Horrors of War. LONDON, Tuesday, Nov. 13. (British wireless service.) rGermany gave way not because she had changed her views, but because she knew she would be absolutely beaten, declared the Earl of Reading, who has jeen mentioned as one of British peace delegates, in a speech in London today. Lord Reading said the allied countries should con tinue to be watchful of Germany and the utterances of her statesmen. "We do not require revenge: France has not asked for revenge," said Lord Reading. "What we did wish and what we were determined to have, both In France and England, and in all the nations associated in this great cause, was that justice should be meted out to those who were responsible for the awful horrors of the last fov.r and a half years. "We must see to it that out of these terrible scenes of horror and desola tion there will arise a .nore lofty and more noble spirit among the peoples of the world who would understand each other better, who would have greater love for each other as mem bers of the same humanity and who would strive together to concentrate all that there is, in them for the pres ervation of liberty aad in particular for justice in the world of the future and for the progress of humanity." If this should come about, he con cluded, out of the war must come a benefit to all in the world. GERMANS FREE AMERICAN Former Editor of Paris Liberator Three Years in Military Prison. AMSTERDAM. Nov. 20. A Berlin dispatch dated Saturday says Edward HOlton James, an American lawyer. once editor of the Paris Liberator, nas been released from the military prison at Moabit, after more than three years' imprisonment on a charge of carrying on anti-monarchial propa ganda in connection with Dr. Karl Llebknecht. The dispatch adds that Mr. James appears to be none the worse because of his confinement and that he Is returning to the United States. Edward Holton James was born at Prairie Du Chien, Wis., and graduated from Harvard in 1896. After practic ing law In Seattle he left for Taris in 1908, and a few years later came into National prominence through his asso ciation with Edward F. Myllus, a Bel gian, in the publication of the Paris Liberator. OREGON BOYS AT HOSPITAL Soldiers Classed as Casualties Reach San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 20. Twenty five young veterans of the battles of Soissons, Chateau-Thierry and the Somme, all classed as casualties, ar rived here today for treatment In the L.etterman General Hospital at the Pre sidio. Among them were: Corporals John R. Dickson and Roger O'Mera, Portland, and Private Fred Schmidt, Salem, Or. OREGON STANDS SIXTH Record Made in Sales of War Sav ings and Thrift Stamps. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, Nov. 20. (Special.) A statement issued today by the Treasury Department shows , that in total sales of war savings and thrift stamps to November 1, Oregon stands sixth in rank in sales per capita and also sixth for the month of October. Washington ranks ninth in sales per capita to date and fourth for October. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 44 degrees; minimum, 3'J degrees. TODAY'S Fair; northeasterly winds. War. French enter Metz in triumph. Page 3. Huns surrender 20 submarines. Page 2. Official casualty liat. Page S. Foreign. American prisoners released by Germans cross line. Page 1. Capture of Kiev may open way for Allied aid to Russia. Page 3. Soldier-workmen element In control In Ger many. Page 2. Britons slightly perturbed over coming of President Wilson. page 1. Huns bear watching, says Lord Reading. page x. National. Hand of Hun seen in brewers' activities. Page 1. Trading with enemy ftilt forbidden. P&se 1. Domestic. United Press Is still explaining fake, peace report. Page 4. Pacific Northwest. National Guard upheld by Governor. Page 7. Stevens slated for warden of penitentiary. Page 1. Sports. Washington beaten by Hill eleven, 25 to 0. Page 14. Marines arrive for Multnomah Club clash. Page 14. Commercial and Marine. Domestic bean market in stronger position. Page 19. Chicago corn weakened by prospects of larger movement, page lu. Trend of prices in Wall street uncertain. Page 19. Officers on steamer Baxter held not re sponsible for mishap. Page lo. Portland and Vicinity. Future of Federal railroads In doubt. Page 9. Dr. Kqul's case in jury's hands. Page 12. Gray Hupmobile sought by officers. Page 8. Mayor brands phone Increase law violation. Page 12. Oregon lacks only $105,000 of full quota in War Work Campaign. Page 15. Victor McCone drowns self. Page 1. Well-known Japanese diplomat spends day here. Page 4, Britain day planned. Page 6. .Weather report, data, and forecast Pago 15. 1 Car Driven Into Willamette After Arrest. STATUTORY CHARGE MADE Ex-Secretary Socialist Party Flees From Police. BODY QUICKLY RECOVERED Widely Known Portland Man Asks Permission to Take Auto to Ga rage, Then Dashes Into River. Victor J. McCone, formerly secretary for the state Socialist party, was drowned at 7:45 o'clock last night when he drove his automobile off the ap proach to the Sellwood ferry into the Willamette River at the foot of Spo kane avenue. McCone had just been arrested on a statutory charge by R. C. Brown, a patrolman, and the police believe that he committed suicide. Patrolman Brown reported to Cap tain Inskeep that he agreed to let McCone drive his automobile to his garage after the arrest. Instead of going to the garage, the policeman says, the prisoner drove toward the river at a high rate of speed, closely pursued by the patrolman in another machine. Body In Recovered. The fugitive's car dived down the steep approach to the ferry with no check in" its speed. Brown stopped his own car with difficulty on the edge of the bank. From his own machine the police man saw McCone rise to the surface twice, and thin disappear. The body was recovered by the harbor patrol and taken to the morjue. Mr. McCone was secretary for the state Socialist party until one year ago. He .as employed as editor of a paper published by the Columbia River Ship building Company, and was on his way to work last night when he was ar rested. McCone was 30 years jld and married. He lived at 1669 East Six teenth street. The complainant was Mrs. L. Bryant, who told the police that McCone had tried to entice her 15-year-old son away In his automobile. Secretaryship la Resigned. McCone's career with the Socialist party came to an abrupt and dramatio end in September, 1917,. when he was held at Lewiston, Idaho, by Federal authorities on a charge of violating the ' espionage act. His arrest had oc curred a month previous, while ho was en route to attend the National con ference of the People's Council of Amer ica for Democracy and Peace, of which he was an organizer. Declaring that he had experienced complete change of heart, and that the Socialist party had been preempted by those inimical to its best Interests, McCone sent a message to the Oregon Socialist party, announcing his resig nation as secretary and renouncing his membership. War on Han Favored. McCone asserted that the Socialist party had been "captured by non American elements," and affirmed his belief that "German militarism must be wiped off the face of the earth if the struggle of the ages for freedom Is to continue to bear fruit." Several days later he was released on his own recognizance ty .rcaerai authorities at Lewiston, where he had previously been active in the defense of a man named Fields, secretary ot the Idaho Socialist party, sentenced to serve 12 months for failure to register under the military draft. McCone re turned to Portland to meet the fiery reproof and repudiation of his former party-mates. Residence la Rifled. He told the police, upon his arrival. that he found his residence rifled ot books and documents by local members of the Socialist party, who had entered nd made the search against the pro tests of his wife. Just a few days later, in Arion Hall, the Socialists gathered in force and formally read McCone out of the party, charging himwith "party treason," and with having "sold out." Vitupera tion was heaped upon the ex-secretary,-but he held firmly to his Ltand. During the last six months McCone had edited the Pilot, yard publication of the Columbia River Shipbuilding Corporation, having .previously worked for several months as a machinist at' that plant. CAMP PROJECTS ANNULLED Contracts for Const ruction at Nine Posts Canceled. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. Construc tion projects at nine Army camps were canceled today by the War Depart ment. They include erection of a hospital and barracks at Fort Omaha, Neb.; can tonments at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind., and Fort Leavenworth, Kan.; a liberty theater at Camp Greene, N. C. ; a storehouse at camp jayior, jvy. ; a radio school, radio buildings and steel hangars at North Camp Jackson, S. C; Installation of additions to water sup- i ply system at Camp Meade. Md., and railroad crossing improvements at Cams Funston, Kan.