VOL. LYIII. NO. 18,1H.
POItTLAXD, OREGON, TUESDAY,'. DECE31BER 10, 1918.
rRICE FIVE CENTS.
NEW NATIONS RISE
S
5
Remaking of Europe Pro
ceeds at Swift Rate.
60,000,000 FREED IN MONTH
Roumania, Serbia, Czecho
slovakia, Jugo-Slavia Grow.
CONFERENCE NOT AWAITED
Little Peoples Seise Territory Has
tily to Be Able to Make Big
Claims at Peace Table.
BT rRANK H. SIMONPP.
Copyright. 19H. by tho New Yor Tribune.
Inc. Published by Arrangement.
NEW YORK. Dec . (Special.) Si
lently, almost secretly, one of the great
est transformations In the map of Eu
rop in all history is taking- place while
the attention of the world audience Is
fixed upon allied armies along; the
Rhine and peace preparations on the
Seine.
New nations are arising; and old na
tions are acquiring a slxe and import
ance which will have a marked effect
upon future European combinations.
In many quarters the smaller na
tionalities are endeavorng to create
the situation which they desire to see
indorsed at Versailles.
Reamaala Crows Fast.
To take a single example of the great
changes now in progress, the announce
ment was made in the dispatches of
Sunday that the Hungarian province of
Transylvania had by vote of Its local
, assembly proclaimed Its anion or re
union with the Roumanian kingdom.
A few days before, by way of Vienna,
came the news of the occupation of the
Bukowina by Roumanian troops.
Thus In less than a week the state
of Roumania has added to its territories
an area five times as great as that of
Alsace-Lorraine, with a population at
. least twice as great as that of France's
newly redeemed provinces. f Nor is this
all.
-Before Roumania was freed from the
German yoke her Berlin masters had as
a sop to a plundered people accepted
the decision of the council of the Rus
sian province of Bessarabia, uniting
Bessarabia to Roumania. This affected
an area three times ss great as that f
Alsace-Lorraine and a population al
most twice as large.
Popalatioa Nearly Doablrs.
Since the Germans retired the Rou
manians have reaffirmed this act and
Bessarabia remains In their possession.
There then Is a great state rising on
the modest foundations of a small one.
In 1914 Roumania had an area of 63.000
square miles and a population of 7.500,-
000. The area was just short of that of
England and Wales. The new acces
sions give Roumania an area of 95,000
square miles and a population of 13,
iOO.000. That means that Roumania is
today larger than the mainland of
Italy; that is, the Italian kingdom with
out Sardinia and Corsica.
But this does not exhaust Roumanian
possibilities. There remains the Hun
garian province of the Banat, with an
area of 10,000 square miles, in which
the Roumanians are the largest single
race. . There also are regions on the
frontiers of Transylvania which are
Latin in language. Certainly some of
these adjoining districts wilt ultimately
oome to Roumania. and we shall see
recognised at -Versailles a new Rou
mania with an area substantially equal
to that of Italy, with a population of
more than 15,000,000, containing within
its frontiers some of the richest mines
and most fertile lands in the world.
Roamaala as Large as Italy.
Thus between the Danube and the
Black ea. commanding the mouth of
the great river, an advanced sentinel of
the Latin world, a permanent barrier
airatnst a new German onrush and an
equally formidable obstacle to any new
Russian drive to the Balkans, 'a con
Bldcrable nation has arisen as a result
of this war, a state as large as Italy
and containing more people than did
Italy two generations a bo. Moreover,
I hit, thins will be accomplished before,
not at Versailles.
In quite the same way the Juge-Slav
state is taking form. We had the news
the other day that the Montenegrin
king had been deposed. This was only
in part due to dislike of Nicholas be
cause of his conduct during this war.
It was mainly, the expression of the de;
sire of the Serbs of the Black Mountain
to remove every possible obstacle to
union with theterbs of the larger state
and also with the southern Slavs.
In the same direction have been the
movements in Sarajevo, In Agram
(Zagreb), in Kaibach. The preliminary
steps have been taken to bring about a
federation of the Slovenians, the Croats,
the Serbs of Bosnia, Herzegovina, Dal
aiatia and the Serbian kingdom.
5mad Barrier smte Forsas.
This new state.-lhus formed, also will
be as large a Italy. It will have a
population of above 14.000,000 and it
will be bounded by the Drave. theDan
ube. Greece anj tho Adriatic Sea. with
a frontier marching with Italy in Istria
r.d conceivably in a portion of Dalma
tta. This Jugo-Slav state will be the
second barrier to German march south
,ward. both to the Adriatic and the
Aegean, in company and alliance with
Roumania and Greece, reviving the al
liance of 1913.
Treacherously abandoned by Ccnstan-
FflOM WAR
RUN
tConciad.d en Pace X, Column a.)
MARSHAL FOCH MAY
PAY AMERICA VISIT
MAYOR IIYLAXD. OF XEW YORK,
GETS REPLY TO INVITATION.
Text of Cablegram Indicates Inters
lion to Cross Ocean When
Duties Will Permit.
NEW YORK. Dec. 9 That Marshal
Foch may visit the United States when
his duties permit was Indicated from a
cablegram received here toaay o
Mavor Hyian.
The Marshal's message was In re
sponse to a recent message in which
the Mayor Invited him to visit New
York and offered him the -freedom of
the city."
The Mayor's Invitation read:
"May the people of the City of New
York have the privilege and pleasure
if expressing to you in person how
highly they esteem you. and will you
not accept an Invitation to be their
uest so that they may pay you the
tribute for the' marvelous results at
tained by you as Commander-in-Chief
of the allied forces.
"We owe you a debt for your part in
the triumph of democracy over autoc
racy. On behalf of the municipality
I offer you the freedom of the city,
which Is but a feeble manifestation of
our deep regard and admiration."
Marshal Koch's reply follows:
"I am profoundly touched by the sen
timent which has inspired your message
and I thank you for your invitation.
I appreciate highly the honor of the
freedom of the city" which thel people
t. th i-itv of New Y'ork offer me.
Please transmit to them, with my ac
ati a ncfl expression of my warmest
gratitude."
HUNS GET PORTLAND MAN
McMinnTlIle Soldier Also Among
Those Who Have Been Prisoners.
WASHINGTON. D. C, Dec. 8.
The War Department today made
public the names of four officers and
150 enlisted men who have oeen pris
oners of war In Germany. The list
contains the names of the following
enlisted men:
Camp unknown Christ Cadonon,
Portland. Or.;, John H. Cookerham, Mc
Minnvllle, Or.; Bruce V. Millam, Menlo,
Wash.
The name of George D. Witt, of Har
rington, Wash.. Is contained among; the
"died of wounds" in a Marine Corps
casualty list made public tonight.
CONTRACTS LAW WANTED
House Military Committee Asked to
Legalize War Orders.
WASHINGTON. Dee. 9. Legislation
legalizing Informal Government war
contracts was urged today, as neces
sary to prevent bankruptcy of many In
dustries, by Major-General Goethals of
the general staff, and Assistant Secre
tary of War Crowell, before the House
military comilttee. 1
"Without Oie legislation there will
be many cases of bankruptcy," declared
Mr. Crowell. "and the Government will
be liable for hundreds of millions of
dollars, with court litigation probably
pending for years."
BELGIANS SCORE DUT.CH
Feeling Caused by Attitude or Hol
land Toward Germany.
PARIS. Dec 9. There Is much feel
ing against Holland fh Belgium be
cause of the attitude of the Dutch gov
ernment in permitting armed German
soldiers to pass through the Dutch
province of Llmburg, sccordlng to a
dispatch from Brussels.
The Belgians are said to be Indig
nant that Belgian automobiles interned
in Holland were used by the Dutch au
thorities in carrying the former Ger
man Crown Prince and his suite when
he fled 'to Holland.
LABOR CONDITIONS GOOD
Demand In Industrial Centers Ex
ceeds Supply.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. Generally
pood health In most of the .large In
dustrial centers of the country, with
demand for labor equaling or exceed
ing -the supply sre reported in tele
grams to the United States Employ
ment Service from community labor
boards In 31 states.
The situation in the Far West Is re
ported generally good, with the excep
tion of California.- Washington and
Oregon report - conditions generally
food.
KEYS OF METZ PRESERVED
Premier' Clemenceau Restores' Sym
bols of City's Freedom.
METZ. Dec. 9. (Havas.) During the
ceremony in the City Hall Sunday in
connection with the official entry of
President Poincare, Premier Clemen
ceau handed to the Mayor of Met, the
keys of the city, which the Germans
failed to get when they captured Metz
in 1S70. ,
The keys had been preserved by a
descendant of General F. A. Lapasset.
one of the defenders of Metz.
REQUESTS TO BE GRANTED
.
Officers Dcsirins to Leave Service
May Do So In Short Time.
WASHINGTON. Dec 9. Discharge
from the Army as soon as practicable
of officers who have signified their de
sire to leave the service has been au
thorised by the War Department.
Vacancies caused by such resignations
will be filled temporarily by .officers
who want to hqld their positions per
manently, or by those who have asked
for commissions in the reserves. '
T
AMERICAN EFFORT
itary Critic Praises
Skill of Yank Army.
FIGHTING QUALITY ADMIRED
Pershing's Ability as Organ
izer and Leader Shines.
DETRACTORS ARE SILENCED
Llcutcnnnt-Colonel Repington Ad
mits That L". S. Army Accom
plished Big Feat at Meuse.
BT LIECT.-COL. P.EPINGTOX.
Of the British Army.
(Copyright. 1918. by the Press Publishing
Company, The New York World Publish
ing Company, Arrangement.)
LONDON, Dec. 9. (Special.) A mili
tary critic in time of war is necessarily
barred from mentioning numbers and
units of the armies fighting on theside
of one's country, while active opera
tions are in progress. For this reason
I have been unable heretofore to rfffer,
in more than outline, to the remarkable
military effort the United States has
made in France this year.
I now gladly take the opportunity
afforded by the publication in the
United States of General Pershing's
dispatch and by the withdrawal of pre
vious restrictions to do justice to that
very splendid achievement. ,
Mease Sector Vital.
It has been my opinion since 1914
that, viewing the position in which the
belligerent armies stood in France, an
advance down the Meuse would be the
right and decisive strategy whenever
our forces might be strong enough to
strike and at the same time guard
themselves from the Metz side. It was
to be the matador thrust in the bull
fight. Prolongation of the Argonne-
Meuse offensive westward indicated
that the French were responsive to this
idea.
When I learned that the leading role
in the movement had been assigned to
the Americans, I -was well pleaded, for
trusted In the movement. and in the
men.
American Advance Swift,
The initial attack by the 10 leading
American divisions on September 26,
was most successful. It ran over "the
enemy and gained 10 miles in depth in
two days. During October, the Amer
icans delivered concerted and general
attacks and were continuously engaged
against a total of 33 German divisions
in some of the fiercest and most bitter
fighting of the war.
The Gsrmans could not afford to give
ground there and they fought like lions.
The Argonne, with its deep gullies
and tangled thickets, had been the
scene of the most sanguinary fighting
early in the war. It was the same
ground and the same kind of fighting
tnat the young American Army had to
confront.
In that terrible month of combats
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' IT MUST BE HOT.
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Daily Casualty Report..
ASHINGTON, Dec. 9. Lists re
leased by the War- Department
for publication today aggregate 3278
names, 336 killed, 97 died of wounds, 3
In airplane accidents, 20 in other acci
dents, 79 of disease, 1063 are wounded
severely, 1139 degree undetermined, 165
slightly and 376 are missing. Following
is the tabulated summary:
Deaths
Killed in action..
Reported. Today. Total.
23,o:i.- 3a 23.371
Lost at sea :ttt
Died of wounds n mil
396
97
7
23
035
2.H17
9.1 SS
l:i.072
l.Ull
Died of disease li,!K':i
Died of accident 1.SS8
Total deaths 47-40.1
47.9.18
du.i:;i
13.032
Wounded 58.714
Missing and prisoners. 12.ti.Mi
Total casualties 116.823
3278 120,101
OKKGON.
Wounded severely
Koonn. Hprbpr R. (Sp( V T.akeview,
Or.
Greene, Jos. horseshoer). Klamath Falls. Or.
btockmann, Leslie H.. SpringorooK, or. ,
McFerrin, Guy H., Hoppner. Or.
Rcimann. Elmer K. Thomas H. Vaughn,
1130 Kit Salmon street. Portland, Or.
Wpnnrieri itiiilrfimwlit,il
Wldener, Jamn-K. .cigt.), Oregon City, Or.
ievinson, Bernard, Mrs. Emma ievinson,
7034 Hoyt street. Portland.
Brant, John Jr.. North Powder, Or. .
Clark. Henry E.. Dufur, Or.
WASHINGTON.
Killed In action
Doan. Eben. Alger. Wash.
Sherln. Steven. Enumclaw, Wash.
Lalblom. G. B Koseburar. Wash.
Caualand. Harry L.. Anacortes, Wash.
Died of wounds " -
Smith, Arthur G. (Sgt.). Vancouver, Wash.
Betfreund, Adolph F., Valley, Wash.
Wounded severely
Tuill. Julius O. f.Srt. . So&D Lake. Wash.
Armington, A. K. (Sgt.). Spokane. Wash.
Barr. William M. (Cpl.). Grays Kiver, Wash.
Steelsmith, 8. R. (Cpl ). South Prairie, vvaan
Stoehr. William P. Cpl . Sultan. Wash.
Ide. Roy M.. Outlook, Wash.
Edsberg. Sigard (Cpl.), K. Stanwood. Wash
Mrr.ouirh T J I Mrh ) Seattle. Wash.
Dayton, Trevor (Bug.), Port Angeles. Waih.
MlnnicK, H. w. (Bug.). Cheney, wasn.
Kneeland. Robert 1.. Shelton. Wash.
Hughes, Thomas, Seattle. Wash.
McCarthy. Stanley A., Seattle. Wash.
Clemonts, Bertie A.. Wenatchee. Wash.
Perry, Paul D., Bremerton, wasn.
Pierce. Algle J., Chehaiis, Wash.
Mercer, F. B., North Seattle, Wash.
Tucker, Perry F., Nooksack, Wrsh.
Brown. W. J., Bellingham, Wash.
Boyer. G. M.. Farmlngton. Wash.
Sundstrom, D. A., Friday Harbor. Wash.
Prest, E. H., Dayton, Wash.
Hoyt, L W. (Cpl.). Blaine, Wash.
Wounded aliirhtlT
Cutler, Morland G (Lt.). Walla Walla, Wash.
U'mi n ,1 .H ii fi Hot eriT, i ned
Williams. Edward. Marysvllle, Wash.
Armor, Clarence P., Seattle, Wash.
Ritchie, Ernest A., Seattle, Wash.
Gravel, Joe. Vancouver, Wash.
Brown, Harry I., Tacoma, Wash.
Underwood, i.ee Glenn. Spokane, Wash.
I,egoe. Hubert S. (Cpl.), Ferndale, Wash.
Minting in action-
Vaughn. Raymond, Seattle, Wash.
Klrby. William J.. Seattle. Wash.
Sarfr, Harry C, Everett. Wash.
Patterson, Lester, Seattle, Wash.
IDAHO.
Killed in action
Cramblet, Frank (Cpl.), Gooding, Idaho.
Died of wounus
Fox, Clark G. (Lt), Buhl, Idaho.
Wounded severely
Humble. Scott, Victor, Idaho.
Roadman. George P., Welser, Idaho. y
Tippets, John II., Georgetown, Idaho.
Burgon, G. R., Holbrook, Idaho.
Wounded undetermined
Stratford. J. A. (Cpl.), Mountain Home, Ida.
Ellis, Rollo W.. Humphrey, Idaho.
Sullivan. Gerald, Pocatello, Idaho.
ALABAMA.
Killed in action
MoCollum. A. A. (Cpl.), Double Springs. Ala.
Kornegay, R. C. (Cpl.), Centerville. Ala.
Lackey, H. J, Cordova, Ala.
Ealum. G. K., McKenzie. Ala.
Soothers. John A. Annlston, Ala.
Childress. J. A. Point Rock. Ala.
Kirby, Jim, Madison, Ala.
Walters, John F., Auburn, Ala.
Morris. G. W., Ensley. Ala.
Bevels. Willis. Hope. Ala.
Died of wounds
Totherow. Charlie, Albertville, Ala.
Died of accidents
Thomas, Joe (Col.), Epps. Ala.
Wounded aeverel
Brown, C. H. (Capt.), Birmingham, Ala.
Wadsworlh, Lee A. (Sgt.), Mulberry. Ala.
Long, Fred (Cpl.), Opellka, Ala.
Cox, Linnie (Cpl.), Clio. Ala.
Johnson, Ernest (Cpl.), Enterprise, Ala.
Hysmlth, Ernest, Victoria, Ala.
Blake. Thomas C, Newell, Ala.
Johnston. Thomas D;, Montgomery, Ala.
Tyler, Robert, Eufala. AlA.
Davis. Joe A.. Montgomery. Ala.
Tucker, Charles. Upelika, Ala.
Ardls, John, Local. Ala.
Daniels. Gussle, Eutala, Ala.
Hargrove. Buford. Chapel Hill, Ala.
IS
AS TROOPS
E
Government Will Delay
Demobilization Plan.
SPARTADUS GROUP FEARED
Leaders Hope to Pass Crisis
Within Short Time.
RECENT SHOOTING PROBED
Inquiry Is Instituted to See Who
Was Responsible for Firing on
Spartacns Demonstrators.
BY ARNO OSCH-FLEUROT.
(Copyright, by the Press Pub., Co., The.w
York World. Published by arrangement.)
BERLIN (Via Copenhagen), Dec. 9.
(Special.) Several regiments from
the western front arrived In Berlin last
night. The government, learning of
the efforts of the Spartacus group to
force a government crisis, decided to
delay any further demobilization until
the danger . to the government should
be passed.
The fresh force, added to the loyal
regiments, already in Berlin, gave to
the government a sense of security
today, which the Spartacus mass meet
ings have been unable to disturb. Many
meetings, both for and against the gov
ernment, are being held but the great
est success was Herr Ebert's at the
Schloss Freihein, where a crowd made
ringing demonstrations for the Ebert
Haase government.
Inquiry Is Under Way.
Meanwhile the government is mak
ing a complete investigation of the
reactionary movement which caused
the shooting of the Spartacus people
Friday, which is convincing the troops
of its sincerity. Several divisions of the
demobilized troops, all reported solid
behind the government, are expected
here tomorrow when a glad reception
will be held. It looks as if the critical
period, which was real enough, would
pass away quicklj.
The German government is in the
mi. : of a crisis caused by provocatory
attacks between the extreme right and
the extreme left.
It is. the open wish of the extreme
right to bring on euch disorder as will
bring the entente troops to Berlin,
hoping thereby to cause a reaction that
will lead to a dictatorship and . end the
prospect of socialization of the coun
try.
The extreme left, Liebknecht's Spar
tacus group, is openly Bolshevik, and
wishes to bring about a dictatorship of
the Proletariat and terror.
Troops Kiow Situation.
It is a dangerous situation but the
point of safety is that the troops un
derstand the danger and are firmly be
hind the government. Whether they
can inform and steady tne masses of
returning soldiers from the front fast
enough to prevent them from being
BERLIN
CALMER
ARHIV
SPANISH INFLUENZA
TO BE QUARANTINED
NEW PLAN DECIDED TJPOX IX
EFFORT TO CHECK DISEASE.
Mayor Baker Will Present Emer
gency Ordinance to Council to
Provide Authority.
Mayor George L. Baker has decided
upon strict quarantine of Spanish in
fluenza cases' wherever they are found
in Portland, as a means of checking
the spread of the epidemic, which has
again become somewhat marked. The
necessary ordinance to mako the plan
effective will be presented to the Coun
cil Wednesday, and its enactment as
an emergency measure will be asked.
"The existing plan of isolating per
sons suffering from Spanish influenza
has proved unsuccessful because of the
lack of co-operation on the part of
many of those afflicted and also on the
part of some' of the physicians," 6aid
the Mayor last night. "For this rea
son I have concluded that enactment
of a law to enforce isolation by means
of strict quarantine is necessary, and
I will present snch a measure to the
Council for enactment Wednesday.
"Owing to the fact that this new
disease was not quarantinable under
the law, an effort has been made to
accomplish the benefits of quarantine
by means of isolation of patients. This
system has been satisfactory in the
majority of cases, but not in all. By
means of a quarantine ordinance this
isolation can be enforced and patients,
attendants, physicians and others will
be required by law to do their part.
Quarantine flags, which up to this
time have had no legal standing, will
have the full backing of the law under
the ordinance proposed and homes
where the disease exists wnl be closed
to persons coming and going."
COURT UPHQ.LDS PRESIDENT
Granting of Exclusive Fishing
Rights In Alaska Legal.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. Federal
court decrees holding it to be within
the President's power to grant exclu
sive fishing rights in public waters
were upheld by the Supreme Court
today in making permanent injunctions
restraining tne Alaska .Pacific Visher
ies from placing nets, in the vicinity of
the Annette and adjoining islands off
me AiasKan coast.
Under Presidential proclamation these
Islands, together with adjacent waters,
were set aside for the exclusive use
of the Metlakahtlan Indians. In con
testing the proceedings which were
brought by the Government, the com
pany comenaea me president had no
authority to exclude the public from
these waters.
CONVICTS REWARD GUARD
Watch Presented in Apprccation of
Fight Against Influenza.
SALEM, Or., Dec. 9. (Special.)
Chapel Guard Lee Morelock, of the
State Penitentiary, is the recipient of a
175 gold .watch, the present of nearly
150 convicts at the State Penitentiary,
gratefully to Mr. Morelock for his
heroic efforts in the fight which he put
up against Spanish influenza at the
prison.
Air. JVioreiocK took charge of the
nursing at the prison and fought the
epidemic night and day. His nursing
at times developed almost into a con
tinual fight against the men, who in
sisted on jumping from their beds to
assist him in his work.
GAY LOMBARD DIVORCED
Wife, Charging Desertion, Grunted
Interlocutory Decree.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 9. (Special.)
Mrs. Mary Tongue Lombard, of Port
land, charging desertion, was today
granted an interlocutory decree di
vorce from Gay Lombard.
A property settlement was arranged
out of court.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
THE WEATHER.
TESTE RDAY'S Maximum temperature, 44
degrees; minimum temperature, 38 de
gree!. TODAY'S Rain; southerly winds.
War.
Official casualty list, rage 1.
1'oreign.
President Wilson may not sit at peace table.
Pago 8.
French ask Germans to name delegates.
Page 2.
Serbs, Croats and Slovenes to unite in Jueo-
Slavic state. Pago 3.
New nations riso from European wreck.
Page 1.
British critic amazed at American effort.
Page 1. '
Berlin calmer as troops arrive. Page 1.
Marshal Foch may visit America. Fuge 1.
National.
Hearst dubbed Hun's best friend. Page 5.
Trial of Victor L. Berger and eo-defend-ants
opens in Chicago. Page 4.
Six billion tax in 1919 proposed. Tage 2.
Seizure of cables protested. Page 4.
Domett 1c. t
Army inquiry may extend to General Persh
ing. Pago 3.
Maximum steel prices may. bo cut. Page 8.
Snorts.
Coast league likely to drop Salt Lake.
Pago 18.
Jefferson defeats James Johns. 1'ago 1G.
Pacific Northwest.
Governor appoints state executivo committee
to care for soldiers. Page 1.
Commercial and Marine.
Government wool stocks to bo disposed of at
auction. Page 21.
Steel shipbuilding for foreigners not .yet
authorized. Page 17.
Portland und Virtnify.
County Commissioners make appropiratlon
for Rose Festival. Page 0.
Rivalry for Legislative plums keen. Page 13.
Outlook for trade future westward, David
F. Morrison tells Chamber of Commerce.
Page 14. .
Red Cross asks all to share its glory.
Page 17.
Livestock exhibit most creditable. Pago 15.
East Side bank thief sends back papers.
Pago 12.-
Cases of Spanish influenza to bo . auar
ntined. Page 1.
Multnomah Guard to hold Armory pending
court aeciaton. rage u. t
Weather report data and forecast. Page 21. ,
FIRST STEP TAKEN
IN SOLDIERS' Gil
Governor Appoints State
Executive Committee.
ALL ARE PORTLAND RESIDENTS
State-Wide Organization Is
Anticipated.
GREAT WORK OUTLINED
Oregon's Record of Ilcroigm Rank
High, Executive Declares, and
Brave Men Deserve Much.
SALEM, Or.. Dec. 9. (Special.) The.
first important tangible step taken In
the state toward reconstruction and to
ward the caring for returning soldiers
was inaugurated by Governor Withy
combe today in the appointment of a
state executive committee which will
have charge not only of a gigantlo
celebraflon and welcome home to the
boys from overseas and from the Army
camps, but will also throw its protect
ing arms about them in returning them
to civil life.
The committee selected by Governor.
Withycombe is as follows: Mayor
Baker, chairman; R. JU Sabin, S. B.
Huston, John H. Burgard, WiUlam Mc
Murray, Mrs. Helen Ladd Corbett and
Mrs. Cyrus A. Dolph, all of Portland.
Members of the committee except the
chairman have sons in the service.
No Slight to State Intended.
Selections were made entirely from
Portland, not as a slight to the re
mainder of the state, but because the
executive deemed it desirable that the
members be in a position to get to
gether readily and to meet often.
This does not presuppose, however,
that the state will be overlooked, as
a state-wide organization of this
movement is anticipated In the ap
pointments. The state executive com
mittee will be asked to organize every
city and county completely and thor
oughly so that not a solitary man may
return from the service without some
one to be ready to extend a helping
hand to secure him employment, or
otherwise to see that he is absorbed
back into civil life again on the best
sort of a status possible.
SugsTCstlona Are Offered.
The Governor suggests that either
the old County Council of Defense or
ganizations could be used as a nucleus
for the new peace-time organization
or that the Mayors of the respective
cities could be named as local chair
men and the County Judges as county
chairmen. These, however, he states,
are offered merely as suggestions, and
the organization of the work on a
state-wide basis and as to localities
will be left entirely with the state
executive committee itself.
"The men and women I have selected
for this work all have the time anil
means to devote themselves to it and
they have the additional incentive to
do a great service becauso they them
selves have sons who have offered their
all to the Nation," said the Governor.
Iterord of Heroism Hcmarkablc.
"Oregon has been first in every war
move and when the history of the war
is written it will bo written large that
Oregon boys have had a remarkable
record of heroism on the battlefield.
In fact the last few days before the
armistice was signed will be shown
to have been replete with their deeds
of valor.
"We should do no less for them in
peace than we have done for them in
war and the quctsion of their absorp- ,
tion into civil life is the greatest of
all problems that confront our stato
today. It is my desire to seo the execu
tive committee so organize the state
that not only will every man be ac
corded the heartient and greatest ot
welcomes to his home, but so every
individual who has offered his services
to his country will be provided with
every possible means to take up a suc
cessful and useful career when ho
again dons his civilian clothes.
Sphere of Usefulness Great.
"Personally, I believe this commit
tee has marked out for it the greatest
sphere of usefulness that could be ex
tended to any set of men or women to
cover and I have confidence In the
men and women named that they will
give just that sort of usefulness to
the great cause."
The Governor said that he has no
present intention of asking the Legis
lature for funds to assist in this work
and intimated that he would leave that
matter entirely with the legislators and
the committee, to determine whether
or not it would be deemed advisable
to throw the financial aid of thetstate
into the work of assistance for the
homecoming men.
CIGAR ST0RES HEAD HELD
"Wilson! I Hope lie Drowns,"
Credited to New York Man.
' NEW YORK. Dec. 9. Raymond L.
Ramsdell, vice-president of the United
Cigar Stores Company, was arraigned
in a magistrate's court hero today, ac
cused of having exclaimed rcgardlnj
President Wilson:
"Wilson! I hope he drowns!"
A complaint charging disorderly con
duct was made against Mr. Ramsdel
and the case was adjourned until Fri
day.
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