VOL,. IVIII NO. 18,118. PORTLAND. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1918. PRICE FIVE- CENTS. FRENCH LIKE PLAIN TASTES OF WILSON Simple Life Led by Presi dent Makes "Hit. FORMALITIES ARE ABSENT People Regard U. S. Executive t as "Good Bourgeois." i WEALS NOT ELABORATE Sun flay Tjuncli Mean Consists of Hors d'Oeuvres, Egjs, Lamb, 4Eelery, Frnlt and Cheese. BT .LINCOLN J5TRE. ' "(Copyright by the Press Publishing' Com pany, the New York World. Published by arraneement) PARIS, Dec 17. (Special.) President Wilson's preference for simple living Is endearing hlra to the French pub lic They like to read of his rigid adherence to the food .restrictions, of his quiet luncheons and dinners en famllie, of his drives to Versailles and in the Bois de Boulogne alone with Mrs. Wilson. They even applaud his strict observance of Sunday, al though their own fashion of spending Sunday Is very different. Presidential simplicity pleases the Parisians because they deem it as con- I '; vlncing evidence of the sincerity of the President's democracy. Simple Tastes Approved. My concierge says of him: ' "He Is Just a good bourgeois who knows what is In the minds and hearts of the plain people all over the world." The French are well aware of the President's desire to get down to busi ness and, eager as they are to see him in public, they fully appreciate the necessity of his losing no time in be- ginning the conversations for which he has come here. The Informality that prevails In and about the Murat palace Is a source of great satisfaction to the President's hosts. There Is no elaborate cordon of a-oldlers. two doughboy sentries being the only guards at the entrance. In addition to the President's household there never has been more than two or three guests at the table, and these were old friends. Heals Are Not Elaborate. Meals are prepared by Prince Murat's chef. The Sunday luncheon consisted of hors d'oeuvres, eggs, white sauce, saddle of lamb, celery, fruit and cheese, and for dinner there were thick soup, filet of sole, hare cutlets, stewed chic ory. Ices, fruit and cheese. DINNER. IS GIVEN WILSON .Ambassador Sharp Acts as Host to President and Wife. PARIS, Dec 17. The American Am bassador, William Q. sharp, gave s dinner this evening In honor of Presi dent and Madame Poincare and Presi dent and Mrs. Wilson. The guests in cluded the Ambassadors to France, the Presidents of the Senate and Chamber of Deputies, the Ministers of Marine and Foreign Affairs, Marshals Joffre and Foch and the Prefect of the Seine and their wives, the American dele gates to the peace conference and Gen- erals Pershing, Bliss and Harts. A reception followed the dinner, at which many notable men of France and the United States were present. A great crowd massed in front of the Embassy acclaimed both Presidents. President Wilson's official visit to Paris came to a close last night. The Paris edition of the London Daily Mail. In discussing the President's reception, says: "He has had one of the most re markable receptions ever accorded a guest of the French nation, although 'the President has been careful to give I his view that in him Paris has seen the representative of the American Nation. ine ceremony in tne City Hall was no formal function given in honor of a distinguished visitor, but a grateful tribute to a sister republic whose aid, arriving 'so opportunely, assured the victory of the allied arms." President Wilson has been deeply Impressed by the magnificent recep tion given him in Paris, the more so that assurances are declared to have come to him that the French people, as a- whole, are sincere in their accept ance of his principles and will uphold them. That the people are supported in this by the government seems to be indicated by the first interview be- ;tween President Wilson and Premier i.cnicnuMu. inert was no iacK oi .warmth in the French statesman's ap- "rKWUU" ol lnB American position, it I was declared, it being Indicated, on the (other hand, that his attitude was (thoroughly sympathetic i. ATTACHES WANT CLERKS '.Preparation Made for Expansion of Foreign Commerce. WASHINGTON. Dec 17 Examina tion for clerks. to commercial attaches under civil service rules will be held in various parts of the country January 14. This Is In preparation for proposed expansion of the commercial service of the Nation In foreign countries. Candidates are required to have a knowledge of foreign trade and to be able to translate at least one foreign language. U: S.-BRITAIN SAID TO AGREE ON SEA POWER LONDON TIMES SEES NO REA SON FOR ANTAGONISM. ' Conntries Should Work Out Settle ment of Maritime Questions, Says English Newspaper. LONDON, Dec 17. In the course of an article analyzing the American views on the freedom of the seas, the legal correspondent of the Times, after referring to modifications In these views which he says have resulted from the war, continues: "Far from there being any necessary antagonism between the British and American views of the so-called free dom of the seas, there Is revealed the possibility of .n Anglb - American agreement respecting the main lines of the declaration of maritime rights and duties to be worked out, not at the peace conference, but at future con ferences." Enumerating the points on which he assumes agreement can even be reached, the correspondent goes on: "Both countries would doubtless in sist 'upon restrictions being imposed upon submarine war, while the prac tice of strewing mines In the open sea is condemned both by Great Britain and the United States. They both sought in 1907 to prevent abuses of the practice, but were opposed by Germany. Many questions affecting neutrals may be reviewed with the hope of a reason able settlement if Great Britain and America take the initiative." ,The Times, in an editorial emphasizes Its conclusion that there is no antag onism between the British and Amer ican views and it sees no reason why an agreement should not be concluded. In one form or another. It argues, the doctrine of continuous voyagefas de veloped by England in this war, "lat terly with the full consent of the United States," is sure to become a part of recognized international law. LIQUOR RUSH IS STOPPED 600 Persons in Denver Stand in Snowstorm to Receive Packages. DENVER, Dec 17. Six hundred 'per sons were standing In line in a heavy snow storm this morning when the American Railway Express 'Company opened Its doors to deliver liquor pack ages received before midnight last night, at which hour the "bone-dry" law went into effect. Attorneys for the company asserted It has the right to deliver the packages accepted by it before the law became operative. The arrest of an employe of the express company and Carl S. Heinrich, who had just received a pack- I age- of wine, brought to a stop the ex press company's delivering of liquor. MoreNthan 800 persons were waiting for their packages when the deputy sher iffs appeared with warrants. RENO, Nev., Dec. 17. The initiative prohibition law will become effective at 12:01 o'clock tomorrow morning. PRISONER LIST NOW PUBLIC Camp Rastatt Evacuated, Men Being Returned to France. WASHINGTON, Dec. . 17. The War Department made public tonight the names of one officer and two enlisted men who have died in France, pre sumably after returning from German prison camps, of two officers and six enlisted men reported to have died in Germany, and of 75 enlisted men re ported as prisoners of war In Germany. Fifty-nine of the 75 men were at Camp Rastatt, which has been reported to have been evacuated, all prisoners be ing, transferred to France.' Among the men reported In prison camps was Henry S. Kollenborn, of Grand View, Ida, at Camp Limburg. Perter Burnatto, Mlddleville, Mont., was also listed as a prisoner, camp un known. BERLIN IS SHORT OF FOOD Five .Weeks' Supply Available in Germany. BT ARNO DOSCH -FLEUROT. (Copyrieht. 1918. by the Press Publishing- Co. The ?ew lora world. ruDiuata py r rangement). . BERLIN (Via Copenhagen). Dec 17. (Special.) The specter of hunger is visitable to every eye. Inquiry in the factory districts, which are" most im portant politically for the maintenance of tranquillity, shows them to be able to keep going on the old war rations for three to five weeks only, on account of the destruction of the old system. If no food comes f rom ' the outside into Germany by that time, a practical ly insurmountable crisis is inevitable s 120 MILES FLOWN IN HOUR Long-Distance Air Trip Made by Two Planes. ST. LOUIS, Dec 17. Two of the three Ai-mv alrnlanes which left Houston. ! Texaa for Detroit, Mich., Saturday, '.r- rve( at Scott Field, Belleville. 111., this j aftern00n. The other machine, piloted , h. Lieutenant E. H. H11L flicht com mander, was forcedVto remain at Dex ter. Mo., where the planes landed earlier in the day because of motor trouble. A machine piloted by Lieutenant Law son Henry made the 120-mile trip from Dexter to Belleville in exactly one hour. 'FLU' KILLS 2000 NAV A JOES Malady Reaps Fearful Harvest of Death Among Indians. PHOENIX, Ariz., Dec. 17. Two thou sand Navajo Indians, residing on that part of the reservation v in Apache County under the jurisdiction of Fort Defiance, have died from influenza, ac cording to F. Robins, chief clerk of the Navajo agency at Fort Defiance. AMERICAN TROOPS EMOLATE HEROINE Mission of Doughboys Not Unlike Joan of Arc's. HUNS ROUTED IN 27 HOURS St. Mihiel Valley Presents Finished Appearance. GERMAN SIGNS REMAIN France's Enemies Take Life Easily, Even In War Time, trntil Yanks Arrive. SIETEEYTH LETTER. ' . BY EDGAR B. PIPER PARIS, France. Nv. 22. (Editorial Correspondence.) Nearly 500 years ago Joan of Arc heard voices from the air divine, she thought and the world believed and went forth and wrought her miracle, saving France for the French. Now, in the region where she was born, and where her memory Is stiy vivid with a rare and unquestion ing reverence, the American doughboy, with a mission not less sacred, has done his full part in saving France for the French. The story has it that the voices (va riously from St. Michael. St. Cather ine and St. Margaret) told Joan that the "King of Heaven had summoned her to restore happiness to France and to restore King Charles," and that she was to "arm herself" and "put on men's clothes," and that she would be "chief in war." Somehow she managed to persuade the King (Dauphin) of the validity of her Inspiration and she put on her ar mor and was placed in command of an army, and went to raise the siege of Orleans, which by her valor and her remarkable Instinct for strategy she achieved. There are skeptics now who deny the fact of the voices and' the reality of her high inspiration, but they do not deny that she gave life to the fainting heart of France, defeated the English Invader and .set up Kl;.g Charles on his throne. The American soldier, too. has heard the voices of duty and humanity and justice, and he has gone to the rescue of an enchained people of the St. Mihiel region, and he has delivered them from their captors. "Mopping I p" Follows 27-Hoor Job. Such reflections seize the thought ful traveler who follows the Ameri can Army over the scenes of his ad vance through the St. Mihiel salient. He cannot escape anywhere in this his toric environment reminders of the mystic virgin ' who recreated France; nor can he fail to marvel at the rapid ity and thoroughness with which the practical-minded American soldier shoved along the fleeing German armies. For four years they had stuck (Concluded on Page 6, Column 1.) Official Casualty Report. WASHINGTON, Dec 17. Casualties reported today aggregate 4744. clasified as follows: Killed in action. 239; died of wounds,66;' died of acci dent and other -causes. 9; died of air plane accidents. 1; died of disease, 158; wounded severely, 2067: wounded (de gree undetermined), 674; wounded slightly, 1240; missing in action. 300. Following is the taublated summary: Deaths Reported. Today. Total. Killed in action ..... 2.I3s 238 So.STT Lost at 396 .... S96 Died of wounds ... 10.OR3 l 10.K.9 Died of disease 14.5H8 K.8 14.748 Died of accident .... 2.016 10 2.02 Total deaths 53.131 473 63.704 Wounded . Sl.2l S.971 8.Y232 Missing and prisoners 15,372 800 li.ttTJ Total casualties ...149.804 4. 744 154. 608 OREGON. Killed la action Gls.olt. L. j. coquUIe, Or. Died of -wotiodft Bauer, Max K. (Set.), Rosebnrg. Or. W ounded Brvrrljr Boyd. Thomas H- LO. Montgomery Drive, Portland, or. Curtlsa. Harold B.. Rosebnrg. Or. Cotton. Jesse R.. Gravelford, Or. Clark. G. W 1700 South Princeton St., Port land. Or. Flngleton. John, Eagle Point. Or. Campbell. Arthur K.. Baker, Or. Hounded silently Partin. w. E.. New Pine Creek. Or. Kraft. J. A.. Fherwood. Or. Kinney. Alfred E. L,t-). Astoria, Or. Wilkinson. Oral- (Cpl.). Hood River, Or.. Bellmer. Henry B.. xa Grande. Or. Lewis. A. C, Rleth, Or. Pare, W. A. (Cpl.), Fort Caraeth. Or. Balrd. W. A.STU). Corvallis. Or. MlMflnr In action Taylor. R. F-. Richland. Or. WASHINGTON. Killed In sx-tlnn Hodse. w. G. Lt), Centralis. Wash. Arnold. B. B.. Grasmere. Wash. Smith. Ernest S., Washington. Ikied of wound Miller, Grover L.. Omsk. Wash. Schmltx. Philip, Cherallo, Wash. Iied of ui-tffte Young. Fiord R. Sgt-. Polok, Wash. Wright. Fred 8.. Everett, Wash. Wounded severely Molaro. P.. Spokane. Wash. Gardner, C. T.. Loon Lake. Waao. Hipsley. W. B- Tacorna. Wash. (Concluded on Page S. Column S. GtVERSTMENT FRIXTIXG .OF VICE ERROR IX LIST CORRECTED. In today's list are the names of 303 officers and privates who apparently were incorrectly re ported in The Oregonlan Tues day as having "died of disease." Although the list printed Tues day faithfully followed the Gov ernment copy supplied by the committee on public Information. The Oregonlan Is satisfied that a -grievous error was committed by the Government and that the 303 who appear in today's list as "wounded, degree undeter mined," axe now correctly classi fied. The copy of the casualty list that comes to The Oregonlan from the Government puts cas ualties under sub-heads indicat ing their degree? The vital sub head showing that certain of the names were . of sthose wounded was omitted and the last preced ing sub-head indicated names of those who had died of disease, thus grouping two classes under the one head.. The error was first revealed by inquiries coming to The Oregonlan from relatives of men enlisted aa dead who had received no official notification other than that the men had been ' wounded. Inspection of the copy reveals technical evidences of the error that would be noticed only by one searching for them. ; GERMAN TROOPS RAILED WITH JOY Soldiers Arrive in Berlin 10,000 Every Day. BANDS PLAY, CROWDS CHEER "Deutschland Ueber Alles" Played Continuously. PEOPLE ARE DANCING MAD I Festivities Go On All Afternoon and trntil Closing Hour- Wine at $10 a Bottle Flows Freely. LONDON. Dec 17. (British Wireless Service.) The correspondent In Berlin of the Daily Express, dealing with the return of the German army, says the scenes of enthusiasm marking the homecoming of the troops are ending. "Men have been coming home at the rate of 10,000 a day," says the corre spondent. "Every day Herr Ebert. the Chancellor, takes his place on a ros trum opposite the French Embassy. He addresses the homecoming men and the bands play, martial music, while the crowds cheer and wave their handker chiefs. Old Tame Played Contiatnoaal y. 'Deutschland Ueber Alles, brought men into the street this morning. To ray amarement and to the apparent amazement of the French officers grouped In the window of the em bassy a regiment was passing the Brandenburg gate to the old tune. Lat er I heard it played continuously as cavalry. infantry and artillery swept by. "What particularly struck me-was thi attitude of the homecoming officera Those I have seen In the Berlin garri son vera quiet men, many of whom had removed their marks of rank. They seldom were saluted by their men. On the other hand, the troops Just return ing from the front are well disci plined and salute as of old. The offi cers themselves are unchanged. .. They exhibit themselves, monocled and tignt waisted, to the populace, who cheer them loudly. Berlin Daiflng M ad. - "Berlin Is dancing mad. There are about 50 cabarets in the city and dan cing goes on all the afternoon and until 9 o'clock at night. In a week's time the edict closing dancing halls at 9 o'clock will be removed and dancing then will continue all night. Berlin ers are looking forward to this. "It Is a remarkable eight to see cab arets packed to suffocation with wom en in expensive toilettes and both sol diers arid civilians dancing and drink ing wine costing two pounds a bottle. Seats at the theaters can only be booked two days ahead. " We are trying to forget. said a Berliner to me today." LADY BUGS MOBILIZED FOR WAR ON APHIDES FORESTER CECIL TO DIRECT GREAT SPRING DRIVE. Xlnety-flve Million - Hippodamia maculatae to Ilurl Aphid Forces From Northwest Grain Fields. An army of 95.000,000 lady bugs Is being mobilised now for a great offen sive next Spring against the aphides. which have invaded the grain fields of Oregon and Washington, soreadlng de struction In Hunlike manner. Announcement of the coming offen sive was made yesterday by District Forester Cecil, who will act as the Foch of the ladybug army. Already Generalissimo Cecil has concentrated 25.000,000 ladybugs In Winter quarters J unco, witn excelsior, preparatory to launching his Spring drive. The re mainder of the great army of ladybugs. Mr. Cecil said, now was hibernating In the mountains of Oregon and Wash ington. These bugs have been located by forest rangers and county, state and -reaeral agricultural agents. It Is -estimated that each ladybug will eat 200 aphides daily when the vast army Is turned loose In the grain fields or the Northwest, so that. the Spring offensive ought to witness the ruthless slaughter of 19.000.00fl.000 aphides. Last year growers of the two states lost many thousands or dollars and much needed wheat. There are plenty of ladybugs, natural enemies of the aphid. In Washington and Oregon, but they were not In sections where they were most needed. Accordingly, efforts have been made to locate the ladybugs In the caches on mountain peaks, where they hlbernat-s until Spring. By packing the bugs In excelsior and keeping tbem moderately cold they may be preserved successfully until their normal time of breeding. In the Spring of the year. WOMAN DISCOVERS ?0MB Infernal Machine Addressed to San Francisco Health Officer. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 17. A rudely constructed bomb wrapped In a paste board box. addressed to Dr. William G. Hasaler, city health officer, was turned over to the police tonight by a woman who found it in the hall of a down town office building. The box containing the bomb was stamped and addressed and bore the superscription "compliments of John." Dr." Hassler has appeared before the board of supervisors several times within the past few weeks with recom mendation that the board relnvoke an ordinance " making compulsory the wearing of gause masks as a precau tionary measure against the spread of Spanish influensa. He told the police he had. received several threatening letters protesting against his stand. EXTRA TRAINS ORDERED Service-to Be Increased for Holiday Traffic. WASHINGTON. Dec 17 To provide adequate service for the anticipated heavy passenger travel during the holl-. days, Director-General McAdoo has in structed regional directors to give care ful attention to operating the neces sary extra trains. MRS. McARTHUR IMPROVES Physicians Report Patient Not Out of Danger. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Dec 17. Physicians attending Mrs. C. N. McArttvur reported her slightly better tonight, but still critic ally 11L Her mother. Mrs. C C. Smith, of Portland, arrlveu this evening. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 43 degrees; minimum temperature, SO de grees. TOU'AT'3 Pair; easterly winds. Foreign. U. S. and Britain said to agree on sea power question. Page 1. American soldiers prova modern Joan of Arc. Page 1. President Wilson takes up Russian problem. Page 2. Forty thousand Americans reach Coblenx. Pace S. Reactionaries name Cxar to replace Bol- shevlkl. Page 3. Americans slapped In face with Hun swords In prison camps. Page 9. Berlin halls with Joy returning soldiers. Page 1. Huns pay penalty for law defiance. Page 4. Aurtrlans look to Wilson for relief. Page 6. French like Wilson's plain tastes. Page 1. National. Mexican radio held by German apiea during war. eays witness. Page a Shippers plead guilty to violation of neu trality laws. Pag 13. Senate hurries consideration of revenue bilL Page 12. American heroes cited for bravery. Faga 8. Domestic. ' Bankrobber Davis captured. Page T. General fight ends meeting of radicals. Page 4. Parlfle Northwest. Soldiers may have preference In state con tracts. Page 13. e porta. Spokane may secure next Thanksgiving day game. Page 14. Eugene High claims title. Page 14. Interscholastlc basketball setiea to open Jan- ary 13. Page 14. Commercial and Marine. Winter wheat acreage In Oregon largest en record. Page 21. Short buying causes upturn in Chicago corn market. Page 20. - Wall-street tradlnr In hands of pool manip ulators. Page 21. . Contracts closed for many boilers. Page 20. Portland and Vicinity. Red Cross buttons already worn in Oregon number 44.UM. Page 1. Ladybugs mobilised for war on aphides. Page L Phone bearing not over, but adjourned. Page 16. Harry Ferrara and Lillian Beers treed. Page IS. Aspirants out for committee bertha Page 13. Weather report data and forecast. Pag 20. RED CROSS BUTTON LEAD ING ALL STYLES Christmas Roll Call Alters Fashions. MESSAGE BORNE LARGE ONE Oregon Membership in Mercy's Cause 44,995. 26,950 LIVE IN PORTLAND rifirnrea Not Considered Complete for Two Days Campaign, Espe cially From Outer Districts. Already 'Oregon's endeavor In the Christmas rollcall of the American Red Cross Is materially altering the fash ion In coat-lapel embellishments. ' Badges of previous causes have been ousted by thousands to give place to the 1919 membership emblem of the Red Cross rather a diminutive button, but with a message bigger than any one of the hospitals it typifies. With 400,000 memberships to gain, if it answers the rollcall as it should. Oregon, by the returns of the second day. had signed the Red Cross roster with approximately 44,995 names. Of these. IS. 045 were mustered In the outer-state districts, while Portland fur nished 26.950. Both state and city headquarters direct attention to the fact that these reports are far from complete and that the real showing, could It be presented, would be con siderably larger. The outer-state figures, said Cam paign Manager Wltham. represent par tial reports from but 13 chapters out of 31, and are for the most part from towns and cities, with no reports-from country districts. Tomorrow should witness the first rising of the country enrollment tide, which bears a ful third of the duty before Oregon. , Scores) of Teams Not Reported. Yesterday's city reports, according to Auditor O. C. Bortzmeyer. totaled 18.120. or a total of 26.950 for the two days' campaigning. Of the 59 teams now in the field, 21 have thus far made ne reports of progress to headquarters. To State Manager Witham and State Chairman Coman have been directed many messages from Oregon counties, evidencing the certainty of success that prevails wherever the Red Cross stand ards are lifted. Campaign Manager C F. Gilbert, of Hood River, for example, guarantees 100 per cent membership, with his dis trict thoroughly organized and at work. For Clackamas County Campaign Manager T. W. Sullivan sends word that headquarters need not worry and that the only goal acceptable Is that ol 100 per cent. - TillamooK Looks Good. "Prospects to secure memberships for every adult in Tillamook County." are reported by Mrs. C. J. Edwards, county chairman, who adds that the Tillamook staff will not be content with less. That several precincts have com pleted their enlistments is the word from Linn County, sent by Campaign Manager C H. Burggraf. "Our district Is billed like a circus." he exulted, "and It's only a question of time and good weather." Complete co-operation reigns in Co lumbia County, according to Campaign Manager L. R. Rutherford, who reports several districts completed. with bright prospects for speedy emulation by all the rest. "We are using several hundred re turned soldiers, in their uniforms, to do the soliciting," advises Campaign Manager George J. Walton, of Klamath County. "Nothing shall stop us from being among the first to finish." Mrs. Elizabeth Folger Dodge, cam paign manager for Jackson County, is positive that her district will not be content with less than the 100 per cent record, though It Is hampered by a late start through the retarding influ enza influence Doagtas to Get All Adults. "Every adiilt in Douglas County will be made a member,' Ms the unhesitating reply of W. C Harding, campaign man ager for that district, who has handled many drives and knows how to read the wind. Lane County's first lap in the cam paign was run in splendid fashion, ac cording to the message from Campaign Manager1 W. F. GUstrap, who bespeaks a place in the front rank for his dis trict. The Dalles Chapter, comprising five counties, with Manager A. B Chase in charge, has reported several districts already completed and excellent prog ress made. Campaign Manager W. H. Smith, of Willamette Chapter, Salem, advises that the first day's campaigning was fruit ful and Is but an omen of the manner in which the campaign is to be con cluded. "Dollar Bill" Ellis, of the Baker Chapter, reports: "We expect to clean up and have the drive out of the way. this week." Excellent progress for the opening phase of the campaign and the certain ty of driving through to the finish, with "the besf'organizatlon in the state." comprises the message from Sam Weil, campaign manager for East Washing ton County. But few reports have been received in (.Concluded on rase 3. Column 1.) - FT! 105.2