PORTLAND, 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
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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
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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.