PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25. 1918.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
VOL. LVIII. NO. 18,093.
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VOTE FAVORS STRIKE
PROTEST AGAINST MOOXEY'S
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1 MAY YOHE JANITRESS
IN SEATTLE SHIPYARD
FOR FINAL BATTLE
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Penalty for War.
CLAIMS WILL BE ENORMOUS
FranCe EXPeCtS tO Demand!
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340,000,000,000 Francs.
ECONOMIC PROBLEMS RISE
Freedom of Seas and Other Ques
tions Now Knjrace Thought of
Allied StatCMncn.
PARIS. Saturday, Nov. 13. (By the
Associated Press.) rremier Clemen-
tnu s Intended visit to urnaon cany
in December doubtless will give him
an opportunity to discuss a number of
important issues to come before the
inter-allied conference and the peace
congress with Premier Lloyd George, A.
J. Balfour, the British Foreign Secre
tary, and other British leaders who are
detained in England by the election
campaign.
The economic questions are assuming
a marked prominence since the an
nouncement that an American party. In
cluding a large staff of economic and
hipping experts, was coming to Paris,
and the presence on this side of the
Atlantic of Edward N. Hurley and other
American economic and shipping au
thorities. Economic Barriers Problem.
The main discussions appear to cen
ter around President Wilson's third
point, which waa accepted without res
ervation by the allies, providing for the
removal, so far as possible, of all eco
nomic barriers. Previous to this the
allied economic congress held in Paris
two years ago provided for an econom
ic boycott against the Central Powers
for five years after the conclusion of
the war and for special trade facili
ties between the allied countries, their
colonies and neutrals.
This preceded America's entry Into
the war, and the United States did not
subscribe to the proposed restrictions.
Little baa been heard since that time
about putting into effect the decision
of the economic congress, and the ac
ceptance of President Wilson's third
point by the allies appears to substi
tute the principle of the removal of
economic barriers for the previous one
of exclusion.
Shlpplag Qneatlon Rlaca.
The growth of American shipping
durina- the war is another economic
question which Is being discussed
widely. Some newspapers take the view
that it will present questions of adopt
ing America's higher standard of wages
to seamen and of giving America its
proportion of the world's carrying
trade. How far such questions will
come before the Congress Is not clear,
but Premier Clemenceau's - attitude
toward the labor delegates who visited
him yesterday concerning a labor meet
ing simultaneously with the peace con
gress leads to the belief that they will
have as much prominence in the con
ference as political and territorial
questions.
Freedom of the seas and compensa
tion by Germany for all damages suf
fered by the allies are two questions
for further, discussion and determina
tion.
Sea Freedom Discused.
Concerning freedom of the seas, the
tendency In American quarters is to
obtain a change in the present Inter
national practice by which belligerents
have virtually taken control' of sea
going traffic on the outbreak of war,
as it Is maintained that neutrals would
be the ones to profit by keeping out
of war and leaving their ocean ship
ping to move without interference from
belligerents.
But. as this neutral shipping might
be used to carry ammunition and other
war supplies. It la aaid that some vol
untary agreement would also be neces
tiary, pledging all nations not to fur
nish war supplies to countries going to
war. This, in tun. would require an
international aea patrol and the right
of search at aea. While these phases
are being discussed, they are so com
plex that no decisions are likely for
some time.
Water Ways to Be Free.
Other points Involved under the gen
eral head of freedom of the seas are
the removal of all restrictions from
free passage through such waterways
as the Cattegat between the North and
Baltic seas: the Dardanelles and Bos
phorus between the Mediterranean and
the Black Seas and all straits exceed
ing one marine league which connect
with the high seas. The restriction
against planting mine fields such as
those across the North Sea between
Norway and Scotland and barrages in
the Dover channel are further points of
discussion under this general topic.
The aecond reserved point of the al
liesGermany to give compensation
for all damages appears generally to
be accepted In principle, leaving only
the question of the amount of claims
by the various allies to be settled. Non
official estimates place the French
damages at upward of three hundred
and forty billion francs. Including the
return of the war indemnity paid to
Germany in 1S70 with interest and ex
penses and property losa during the
present war.
The British claims will concern large-
iConcluUed ou Pace 4. Saiuma L)
South Germany Dissatisfied With
Conditions in Berlin and May
Leave Capital to'Its Fate.
BERLIN". Nov. 23. via Copenhagen
(By the Associated Press.) The move
ment to withdraw from Germany and
create a separate republic is gaining
ground- rapidly in the Rhineland, ac
cording to reports from Cologne to the
.Socialist Vorwaerts. The movement
I finds strong support on the part of the
Clericals as a result of the Prussian
government's announcement of its in
tention to disestablish the church'
Herr Theodore Wolff declares in the
Tagblatt that all south Germany is dis
satisfied with conditions in Berlin, and
is beginning ato consider the question of
leaving the capital to its fate. He
points out that the reported aggression
against the eastern border of Germany
may have fatal consequences in regard
to the provisioning of Berlin.
Count Renventlow in the Tages Zel
tung. takes the same standpoint, de
claring that only a speedy preliminary
peace can prevent a catastrophe.
COLD CAUSE FOR ARREST
Coughing or Sneezing on Street Held
-Menace to Public Health.
Appearing on the streets with a cold
will be a misdemeanor as long as there
is Influenza in the city, according to
announcement by City Physician Par
rish yesterday. Dr. Parrisb says per
sons convicted of leaving their homes
while coughing or 'sneezing will b
prosecuted as a menace to public
health.
The influenza situation was better
yesterday. One death was reported Sat
urday night, and one yesterday. There
are only 62 cases of the disease In the
Auditorium Hospital, two of which
were sent in yesterday.
Dr. Parrish expressed conviction tha
the crest of the epidemic was well past.
and issued a warning to the public not
to be unduly affected by fluctuations
in the number of cases reported from
day to day.
FOOD PLENTIFUL AT KIEL
We Are Belter Off This Year Than
in 1917," Says Letter.
LONDON. Nov. 24. (British wireless
service.) A neutral correspondent
writes to the Morning Post that he has
received a letter from Kiel in which
this occurs: "We uYe bettor -off for
food this year .than in 1917. There Is
plenty of grain and potatoes, so there
will be no shortage."
The Post comments:
"This only confirms the belief held
in authoritative quarters here (hat con
ditions of scarcity in Germany's daily
whine about the armistice conditions
do not exist. Out of their own mouths.
or those of their rulers and newspapers
before the collapse, the Germans can be
shown .to have confessed to have suf
ficient supplies to carry them through
the Winter."
FICKERT AND OLDER CLASH
Attorney, Who Condncted Bomb Case
Prosecution, Knocks Down Critic.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 14. Fremont
Older, editor of the Call and Post, an
afternoon paper, and chief critic of
District Attorney Charles M. Fickert,
who conducted the prosecution of the
preparedness day bomb defendants,
clashed tonight with Fickert fh the
buffet of a downtown hotel. Older
was knocked down by Fickert, accord
ing to witnesses, by a blow in the face.
Assistant District Attorney Fred Barry
and other bystanders separated the two
men.
Older later issued a statement in
which he said Fickert was the ag
gressor and attacked him without
warning.
LEMBERG TAKEN BY POLES
Heavy Fighting Results in Great
Damage to Galician Capital.
COPENHAGEN. Nov. 24. Polish
troops yesterday captured Lemberg. the
capital of Galicia. and its environs, ac
cording to the Polish Telegraph Bureau
at Cracow.
There has been heavy fighting In and
about Lemberg since early in Novem
ber, when Ukrainian troops entered Ga
licia and captured the city by surprise.
Polish forces Immediately began
siege, and in the fighting it has been
reported that much damage was done
to Important buildings in Lemberg.
CHRISTMAS BAN NOW OFF
Buy Liberally, Advice of National
Defense Council.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 24. Requests
that Christmas buying be curtailed
this year, made by the Council of Na
tional Defense, In agreement with rep
resentatives of leading industries and
retail interests, have been withdrawn.
Christmaa buying on the pre-war
scale. Governor B. Clarkson, acting di
rector of the council, said last night,
"is essential to the rapid establishment
of normal after-war conditions."
FORMER PRISONERS COLD
Repatriated Italian Soldiers Suffer
From Exposure.
TRIEST. Nov. 24. The cold Is In
tense and Italians returning from pris
on camps are suffering greatly from
exposure.
The American Red Cross has con
structed 250,000 garments here, and
these are being distributed to the sufferers.
Issge Now Democracy o
Soviet Rule.
TREND SEEMS UNFAVORABLE
Present Government Leans
Toward Bolshevik System.
SOLDIERS WANT ASSEMBLY
Majority Socialists Appear Less In
terested Than Formerly In
Representative System.
BT ARNO DOSCH-FLEUROT.
Copyright. 191 . by the Press Publishing
Company. IThe New York World.) Pub'
llslied by Arrangement.
BERLIN, via Copenhagen, Nov. 24.
(Special cable.) I arrived in Berlin at
the moment when the great unsettled
political questions were crying for so
lution. namely. National Assembly or
no National Assembly; democracy or
rule by organizations of workers; rule
by the majority or a dictatorship ac
cording to the methods of Lenine.
The issue is in no way camouflaged.
The democratic government of Ger
many, notwithstanding the demand
through the nation for action, has to
date taken no definite stand and to the
mind of its opponents is leaning to
ward the establishment of a purely
Soviet government.
Soldiers Demand Assembly.
The issue Is so widely understood
that the soldiers, despite the precipita
tion of. their movement out of France,
are stopping to send wires to serun
demanding a constituent assembly.
Nevertheless, the government this
morning publishes a welcome to the
returning soldiers in which the ques
tion of a constituent assembly is not
mentioned, but which emphasizes to the
soldier and the workman the character
of the government.
The majority Socialists who have
been leaders in the fight for a con
stituent assembly are not showing the
same activity In this cause as formerly
and they are, sufficiently strong in Ber
lin to prevent the government from
taking a definite stand.
Absence of Rifles Noted. .
Still, each day's delay Is increasing
the demand from outside of Berlin.
Coming here from Copenhagen, I was
struck by the absence of rifles in favor
able comparison with Russia, where
rifles were under one's nose continually.
Obviously the soldiers wish to finish
with rifles fprever. I have not seen
a dozen since I arrived in Berlin. These
were in the hands of guardo.
Freedom Slightly Lessened.
Complete freedom is slightly lessened
by the struggle, of the workmen for
control of the 'Government. This Is
very little noticeable now but to me.
after my experience in Russia, it is ap
parent as a potential rather than an
actual menace to freedom.
Meanwhile I saw that six French
soldiers, walking abreast in Unter den
Linden, were hardly noticed. The
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Labor Leaders Predict ' Action of
Boilermakers Will Be Followed
by Other Unions in Ciiy.
In the first big referendum vote by a
Portland labor union on the proposal
to strike if Mooney goes to the gallows,
the boilermakers yesterday balloted
almost unanimously in favor of such
action. . ,
"You can say that we voted unan
imously to strike if Mooney is to hang,"
reported one of the officials at the
close of the session.
Unofficially, however, it was learned
that 505 voted for the strike and 41
against it. The balloting took place at
Arbor Garden dancehall, corner Second
and Morrison streets.
While it is usually charged against
the boilermakers that they are more
radical than most of the unions, labor
leaders expect that the vote in other
locals will be not much different. They
predict an overwhelming majority In
favor of the protest strike.
Members of the streetcar men's
union will conduct th,eir referendum
on the question today, with polling
places at the carbarns. Other locals
have nearly all arranged to take the
vote not later than Wednesday night,
when the Central Labor Council will
receive reports on the matter.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 24. Machin
ists' unions of San Francisco and Oak
land and the Boilermakers' and Iron
Shipbuilders' Union of the latter city
voted today to strike' December 9 as a
protest against the execution of Thom
as J. Mooney, sentenced to die Decem
ber 13. on a charge of murder in con
nection with the preparedness day ex
plosion which occurred here July 22,
1916.
The boilermakers and Iron shipbuild
ers representatives also voted to call
a strike tomorrow unless alleged vio
lations of the 44-hour week schedule
were adjusted. It is estimated approx
imately 3300 workers would be af
fected.
MAIL TRANSFER IS MADE
Patrons of General Delivery Coun
seled to Call at New Postofflce.
Patrons of the Portland , general de
livery are counseled to seek their mail
today at the new Postoffice building.
Broadway and Glisan streets. Removal
of the general delivery section took
place yesterday, -and genera.! delivery
service In the new quarters begins this
morning.
Other departments are being installed
n the new Federal structure as rapidly
as removal may be accomplished with
out interfering with service, said Post
master Myers last night. The executive
offices and finance division will not be
moved until the first of next week.
MERCY WORKERS GO NORTH
Alaska Influenza Victims Await Ar
rival of Physicians.
JUNEAU, Nov. 24. With natives re
ported to be dying by the hundreds in
various parts of the Alaska coast, ar
rival of a corps of doctors and nurses
from Seattle to fight the Spanish in
fluenza epidemic has been hailed with
relief by the territory. The mission is
in charge of Dr. Emil Krulish, of the
public health service.
Towns on the west coast of Prince
of Wales Island and Kodiak Island
have suffered heavily in deaths result
ing from influenza.
HIS THANKSGIVING DINNER, HE CAN'T AFFORD TURKEY.
Acquisition and Operation
of Wireless Proposed.
PUBLIC TO BE SERVED
Government Ownership Pro
vided in Congressional Bill.
REASONS ARE SET FORTH
Eighteen Years' Experience in Man
agement of This Partrcular Pub
He Utility Said to Be rroof. .
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24. Permanent
government control of all radio com
munication through acquisition and op
eration by the Navy Department of all
shore wireless stations in the United
States used for commercial purposes is
planned by the administration under
bill now before Congress.
Representative Alexander, chairman
of the House merchant marine com
mittee, who introduced the measure i
the House, announced today that hear
ings on the bill will begin before h
committee December 12 and continue
until all interests have been given an
opportunity to be heard. A similar bill
introduced in the Senate by Chairman
Fletcher of the committee on commerce
has been approved by President Wil
son.
Public to Be Served.
Besides providing for the acquisition
and operation of the stations by the
Navy, the bill directs that the Secre
tary of the Navy shall so far as may
be consistent with the transaction of
Government business, open radio sta
tions to general public business under
regulations prescribed by him and shall
fix the rates for such service. He also
shall establish special rates for the
handling of press despatches by trans
oceanic or other special stations.
Keaeons why the Government re
gards It as necessary for the Navy to
operate or control radio stations in this
country are given in 'a statement pre
pared by officials of the Navy Depart
ment and made public today by Repre
sentatlve Alexander. The statement in
part says: i
Utility Not Profitable.
"In general the bill provides for th
acquisition and operation by the Navy
Department of all radio stations on
ehre uses for commercial purposes
Irrespective of the general subject of
Government ownership, this principle is
clearly Indicated as necessary in the
case of this particular public utility.
Since the early days of the use of radio
telegraphy many companies have tried
to operate radio stations as a commer
cial enterprise in the United States
generally, or in certain localities
"Except in certain circumstances.
these enterprises have failed to make
an adequate return and in most cases
no profit has been made except through
the sale of stock. The reason for this
is that a complete monopoly is neces
sary.
"Experience of 18 years has clearly
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'Mll) --
Wife of British Captain Works While
Husband Suffers With the
Spanish Influenza.
SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 24. (Special.)
Virtually penniless, but happier than
she has ever been, she says. May Tohe,
once queen of musical comedy and a
favorite in London and New York, once
Lady Frances Hope, wearer of the fa
mous Hope blue diamond, once wife of
Captain Putnam Bradlee Strong, son
of a former Mayor of New York, has
just quit her job as janitress in a Se
attle shipyard. Her third husband, for
whom she went to work because of his
illness and whose life she saved when
he was stricken with. Spanish influenza,
is Captain John Andy Smuts, first cou
sin of General Van Smuts, former Boer
commander.
Mrs. Smuts, famous throughout the
world of light opera and known as
"Madcap May," has left the stage for
ever. Fro.-i South Africa, where Cap
tain Smuts fought in the Boer War,
they drifted to Singapore and the Ori
ent. When the world war began Cap
tain Smuts was rejected from British
service because of a physical defect.
After, nearly four years he was recom
mended for a commission and hurried
to Japan last Spring to sail for Eng
land. His letttr of credit was forwarded
to England. At San Francisco, without
funds, Mrs. Smuts had to give a concert.
Then came the news that Captain Smuts
could not be taken into the British
army.
In Seattle Captain Smuts got work
in a shipyard, but an accident laid
him up. Then the influenza came. The
singer supported him until he recov
ered. And now, about to settle on a
small tract of land near Seattle, where
they will raise chickens, the former
favorite of King Edward VII says she
is not sorry for all that has happened.
1m happy now and I want to stay
happy," she said.
Mrs. Smuts had been working as
janitress at the Seattle North Pacific
shipyards for several weeks, when she
was recognized the other day by John
Considine, well-known theater magnate
of several years back, who had booked
May Yohe to open the old Coliseum The
ater here in 190S.
POPE EYES PEACE TABLE
Cardinal O'Connell Talks Before
League of Catholic Women. -
BOSTON, Nov. 24. In the gathering
of the powers of the world about the
peace table. Pope Benedict "surely will
have a rightful place," Cardinal O'Con
nell said in an address before the
League of Catholic Women at the
Academy of Notre Dame Saturday. The
cardinal said the pope's terms of peace
"are in reality practically Identical with
those which were finally proposed, at
least tentatively, by the allies."
'President Wilson's 14 articles show
little pract'eal divergence from those
which had already been formulated by
Benedict XV," he continued.
EX-CROWN PRINCE JEERED
Howls of Execration Greet Arrival at
Dutch Town.
AMSTERDAM, Thursday, Nov. 21.
(By the Associated Press.) When the
former German Crown' Prince arrived
at the Zuyder Zee fishing town of
Enkhuyzen today he received a wel
come unlike that he encountered else
where in Holland.
As he descended from the railway car
with a swaggering gait and wearing a
tur coat, nowis oi execration arose
from the thousands gathered outside the
station gates. The outburst of hostility
seemed to perturb him somewhat.
TEXAS HAS EARLIEST SNOW
San Antonio and Country Clear to
Panhandle Covered.
SAN ANTONIO, Nov. 24. Saturday,
for the first time in the history of the
city, snow fell here during the month
of November.
All the country north and northwest
of San Antonio, extending to the Pan
handle, received a covering.
NDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTERDAT'S Maximum temperature.
48
decrees: minimum, 48 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; northwesterly winds.
War.
Americaifs cross German frontier. Pare 1.
Roumania not making; advance to Invade
Hungary. Page s.
Official casualty list. Page 9.
Foreign.
German factions grip tor final political
struggle. Page 1.
Movement on for creation of separate Rhine-
land republic. Page 1. .
War has left German people stunned, ex
hausted, helpless. Page 2.
Germany's day of reckoning for war Is
drawing near. Page 1.
National.
Government seeks to control all radio sta
tions. Page 1.
McAdoo has eyes on Presidency, say some
commentators. Page 4.
Domestic.
League of Nations held guarantee against
war. Page 4..
Sports.
Vancouver football eleven defeats Bremerton
Navy-yard, 7 to 6. Page 10.
Standlfer defeated by Spruce Headquarters
eleven. Page 10.
Pacific Northwest.
May Yohe, former musical - comedy queen.
janitress in faeattle shipyard. Page 1.
Bullion missing from cargo of Admiral Wat
son. Page A.
Portland and Vicinity.
Portland boilermakers vote by large ma
jority to strike if Mooney hangs. Page 1.
Taxpayers vote - today on teachers' salary
increase. Page 7.
War themes prevail In Portland churches.
Page 5.
regon up In arms over Burleson's discrim
ination in telephone rate matter. Page 14.
Fate of Mooney declared to be in hands ot
Governor. Page 14.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 10.
First Army of Occupation
Resting Along Border.
BOCHE RETREAT IS ORDERLY
Huns Whistle and Sing While
Marching Toward Home.
COURTESY SHOWN YANKEES
Short Trips Are Made Into lUicn
ish Prussia, Where Americans
Get Every Consideration. .
(By the Associated Tress.)
AMERICAN ARMY OP OCCUPATION.
Nov. 23. (Evening.) The German
frontier was crossed at severs! places
today by American Signal Corps units
and ambulance workers.
Short trips were made into Rhenish
Prussia, where the inhabitants are re
ported to have shown the Americans
every consideration.
Hums Whistle as They March.
The iront lines of the American Army
of occupation tonight rested along the
Luxemburg-German border on the
Sauer River and thence along the Mo
selle River to the region east of Remich.
The American Army will mark time un
til further orders. At least three or
four days are expected to pass before
the next move is made toward the Ger
man border. The Germans apparently
are withdrawing according to schedule.
Reports reaching the Third Army to
day were that the Germans everywhere
were whistling1 and singing as they
marched. The general line of the Ger
man withdrawal is along the Pcrl
Saarburg road. The southern limit of
the Fifth German army is reported to
be line Sierck-Thionville.
Courtesy Shown Americans,
Several instances are reported where
Americans encountered Germans along
the roadways, and each time the Ger
mans showed the Americans every
courtesy. While an American officer
in an automobile was riding along th
Remich-Trevers road east of the Mo
selle, he encountered German troops
marching northward.
A column of German infantry and
some German trucKS wunarew to mo
side of the road in order to clear the
way for the Amerincans. Owing to the
shortage of horses the Germans are
using oxen to haul their supplies and
some artillery.
Verdun Barriers Demolished.
American forces have completed de
molishing barriers which guarded the
old German front east of Verdun, con
sisting of reinforced concrete pillars
stretching along the old front for two
miles.
At Mars-la-Tour, Just at the edge of
the village, the Americans encountered
tank barriers, some of which were only
half completed. A few blasts of dyna
mite soon put them out of commission.
At Etain the- Germans had barriers
of logs chained together on four wheels.
the logs being movable like a gate. On
these barriers the Germans had in
stalled Ingenious devices to remove the
wheels from beneath the logs which
would then drop across the road at the
main road entrance into i,taln. This
log barrier was Just at the western en
trance, the logs acting as a check in
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DOSCH-FLEUROT IN BERLIN
HIS CABLES WILL ALL
APPEAR IN THE
OREUO.MAX.
Arno Dosch-Fleurot, known In
his home city of Portland, Or.,
as Arno Dosch, son of Colonel
Henry 12. Dosch, is one of the
ablest correspondents in war
torn Europe. At the outset of
hostilities four years ago he was
sent by the New York World to
Belgium and France and then to
Germany, whence he sent back
some highly interesting cable
grams and special articles, the
most of which were published, by
arrangement with the World, in
The Oregonjan.
When the Russian revolution
broke out Mr. Dosch-Fleurot
went to Petrograd, and from
there covered in fine style the
stirring events of the rise and
fall of Kerensky and the oncom
ing of the Bolsheviki
After the red reign had reached
its sanguinary zenith and all
Americans were forced to leave
Russia, Mr. Dosch-Fleurot went
to Stockholm and thence to Co
penhagen, whence he continued
to send news concerning the
war's developments until after
the downfall of the German and
Austrian autocracies.
Now that Berlin is again the
storm center of pending events
he has returned there, as is
shown by his two articles in The
Oregonlan today.
All of Mr. Dosch-Fleurot's ca
bles from Berlin aa the situation
develops and as he sends them
to the World will be published
in The Oregonian simultaneously
with their appearance in that
newspaper.