THE MORNING OKEGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER IS, 1918.
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a mighty cross an enlarged replica,
perhaps, of the iron cross.
Everything had been arranged tn the
most orderly and systematic style. No
room was wasted. All the spaces were
taken. Down In a corner were some
French graves, surmounted by the In
evitable tricolor and disclosing that It
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had been probably a French cemetery
which had been taken over by the Ger
mans. The graveyard gave a curious In
sight Into the German idea. It was
French soil, but it had been selected
for interment of their dead not for
the soldier of humble birth and sta
tion, but for Germans of consequence
and wealth. Else how account for the
vast expenditure in marble? Clearly,
the men who caused this strange viola
tion of a French sanctuary had reason
to believe that the German occupation
was permanent, and that Germany in
tended to add French Lorraine to its
territories. It is to be supposed that
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here; and they were expelled or cap
tured in precisely 27 hours. Not only
that, but the Americans "mopped" up
after the Bocbe in such a finished way
that one sees far less of the desola
tion and debris of war than on the
British front. Except for the ugly In
trusion of occasional trenches and wire
entanglements and leveled homes, the
St. Mihiel Valley is a placid vale, with
green fields (not cultivated), many
stretches of wood (the French call
them forests) and rolling hills. It is
all very peaceful and very lovely.
Tet there are signs of the German
stay. In a little wood somewhere
about Nonsard the editorial party saw
once more how the German took life
easily, even in war. There was a
group of some five or six small rustic
dwellings, encompassed round with
shade, tastefully and evn elegantly
built, and artistically arranged. The
houses were shingled, and on the in
side there were wallpaper and pictures
and mirrors and basins and all the com
forts of a home. There were walks with
railings from one cottage to another,
and there was a particularly wide and
well-marked lane pointing the way to
a large hole in the ground with ce
ment walls and a handy ladder, and a
top of earth, strongly barricaded, to
which the prudent Boche might quick
ly retreat in case of an air raid or ar
tillery fire.
There was a separate building for
dining-room and kitchen, and here the
occupants doubtless assembled for three
square meals a day. It was all most
domestic and quiet. It must have given
the German a pang of regret when
he had to leave a retreat so comfortable
for the discomforts of trench life, or
wherever he had to go. Or perhaps,
when the Americans came, he was glad
to get away on any terms,-so long as
he had a whole skin. When the Ameri
can excursionists arrived, it was to find
a party of engineers refitting the place
for American tenancy.
About this time there was the sound
of distant firing with the occasional
thunder of a great gun. But it was ail
most desultory. It seemed somewhat
like practice on a target range, With
an occasional interruption by a more
impressive and convincing roll of the
heavy artillery. The party was told
that they were not within reach of the
Boche, and not in sight of the ad
vancing Americans, and nobody need
have any worry about a chance shell
coming his way not at present, at
least. But later we should go to the
top of an observation hill, at Hatton
chatel, overlooking the entire center of
the salient and easily reachable from
the German lines. It might be well to
have steel helmets and the gas masks
at hand, and perhaps a little practice
In getting them in place quickly would
be advisable. The day, however, was
inclined to clouds and rain, and very
likely we should escape the watchful
eyes of the Boche lookout. He had a
nasty way, however, of paying hia dis
respects to Hattonchatel, and he might
take a chance at it, even when he
couldn't tell just what he was likely
to hit. Notwithstanding such distinct
discouragement, the party made its
fearless way to the crest of the MIL
Chapel Torn to Pieces.
Here was an ancient chapel pretty
thoroughly torn to pieces, and heie was
a small village which had suffered
somewhat severely from enemy fire.
'ut there were protecting trees yet
and among them, down the
;.. !; m. !i:t'e. was a fine lookout sta-
U : T..aOe cement, and here it was
.: to ai . j a feeling of compara
tive security. Once there was a loud
.-hr:?'. i'rom tT.e su-rounding atmos
iGfif. ."rid sn African officer ven
l i--u tr obv-ftrvat!on tbat a 12-inch
,-!iell .i lieufieO t'.'.r way. but he
(i. 'ti1 iau- Tn.rc p.vi ifi it was the.
trf-: - ; ' " K st'vtni :' rP.rie.tQ locomotive
whist.;' , or. if ir ivac't. iu- didn't know
what it w.n.
There was a C iijruP too
firnon the expert s to v-;ptfc-r it
was machine guiiK ?T oi anti-iir-craft
weapons that wer making
of the inconsiderable noio r t1 iir
ing line. Happily everybody 5 he real
danger zone was too '..v.xy with his im
mediate concerns to tive nny though;
to the suspicious appen i Knee of dis
tinguished strangers in Hat tonclip.tel.
From Hattonchr: t 1 ttere aa an er.sy
view of many n-iies of wim and val
ley, with the sln of a s:.jrklir.g lake,
nil a little obsooreJ by thu mit of a
light rain. I'owii to vne riht was a
railroad track, r. jwly luilt, Aith a
puffins enir,c, crrryiS sup'lies to
the front. There vi'-t a ftw moving
soldiers on the vo.,dt'. There were
many little vi'.i.ires, points in
the lir.- tr.at i-a-d been taken
up after Fritz !! Jot the St. Mihiel
salient, tilt r.o-v a sain the Germans
were p.-'.?ig pi'ia'd bark toward Metz.
The avarest P nt of real contact be
twf i the for ;cs was about four miles
aw.- .-. Smol" Jes "i powder made it dif
fKi'it to dect the -exact locality of
f t f i; lei y i or e -her weapons, but it
. s c.isy ti'.-traot, under the direction
i-i nin who l.:.ev, the line of for
v i.itf tnoicoi'i:'. It did not look great-
l.v. wV. though it sounded some
thir a? U 6 It. But there was a fine
pur. r.v.-ar. u hills and vales and small
for' t a.;),.j scattered fields.
German System In Cemetery.
The journey was, after an hour of
futile -.attempt to get the war into
more distinct perspective Metz was
only 20 miles away resumed, with the
city of St. Mihiel as the first objective.
It had been under German rule for
four years and had not yet forgotten
the joyous fact of its deliverance. There
was, on the way, a series of German
riots that served as graveyards and on
one commanding hill was the image of
a great winged lion, with one paw
raiseed as if to strike. It was the
central figure in a group of German
graves and it was an astonishing spec
tacle, after the thousands of modest
and orderly squares where the German
dead had been buried, each grave sur
mounted by a simple wooden cross.
with the name and age of the occupant.
But if the lion, in its setting of marble
headstones, was a novelty, there was
more in store to excite wonderment as
to the German way of disposing of
their dead.
Just outside St. Mihiel on a hillside,
'With a beautiful prospect and in a
lovely environment, was a great cem
ctery wherein reposed several thou
sand German soldiers. Every grave had
its stone, except that in some in
stances there was an ornamental and
very costly statue over a dozen or
more members of some German regi
ment, with their names, and with a
tribute to their deeds. A stately head
piece marked the last resting place of
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John H. Xlchelsen, Senator, Hood
River and Wanco.
John II. Nichelsen, elected as
an Independent for Joint Senator
for Hood ijver and Wasco, was
born on the Isle of Fohr, of the
Northern Friesian group, after
that territory was acquired by
Germany. When 7 years old the
Senator-elect arrived in the
United States with his father and
two years later moved to The
Dalles and later to Hood River.
As a youth he was employed in
the machine shop and blacksmith
business and owned a large im
plement store in Hood River un
til ten years ago, when he re
tired to his farm west of Hood
River City. For 13 years he was
City Recorder of Hood River and
for four years he was Justice of
the Peace. He has been chair
man of the Good Roads Associa
tion of his county. Although Mr.
Nrckelsen was elected as an In
dependent, he has been chairman
of the Republican county central
committee. Captain George R.
Wilbur, whom Mr. Nichelsen suc
ceeds, did not resign in time to
permit of a party nomination.
Germany will be required to remove
these lifeless tenants elsewhere, and it
is to be supposed also that Germany
will want to do It.
St. Mihiel offered no special novelty
and showed no marked signs of the
Boche occupation. The next point of
interest was Domremy. near- Neuf
chateau, where Joan of Arc was born.
It was reached about dark. The town
la dedicated practically to commemo
rate the life, service and tragic death
of the village's great daughter. There
is a church or two filled with relics
of her time and with paintings of her
deeds. There are Ehrines everywhere
for her. The home is as it was 600
years ago. For tbat matter, so are
many other French country homes. The
peasant lives about as he did then. The
rooms are dark and cold and forbid
ding. Two old women have charge,
and they sell picture cards and small
mementoes by candlelight. There was
not much to see, except. a heroic statue
of Joan in the court. It was worth
seeing.
Back, then, to Neufchateau and then
to Base Hospital 46 for the night, and
to Chaumont by automobile and to
Paris the next day and the trip to
the American front was done.
UNIVERSITY ENROLLS 560
Total Registration for Second Sem
ster Is Expected to Be 1000.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene
Pec 17. (Special.) Registration for
tiiti " iiter term in the university be
p in toflay. The enrollment was 560 at
5 o'clock. This figure leads Registrar
V. t. Tiffany to estimate a probable
eirciilment of 100O at the opening of
lae. winter term, January 6.
More than 150 students in the school
of commerce did not register today.
These, with students In other depart
ments who did not sign up, are ex
pected to bring the total past 900. The
entrants from the high school make
up the remainder of the expected total.
The first day's enrollment is somewhat
heavier than that of the second term
of last year. The rule for the entrance
of high school graduates provides that
students who had 13 credits at the
opening of the Fall term, and would
have earned a total of IS credits at the
end of that semester in February, may
enter the university at the beginning of
the new term. January 6.
Bellingham Bans Meeting.
BELLINGHAM. Wash., Dec 17. By
order of the City Board of Health this
morning .all public assemblages will be
prohibited after today for an indefinite
period in the hope of stamping out the
Spanish influenza epidemic This is
the second closing order promulgated
this year. v
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WASHINGTON. Dec 17. More than
25 wireless stations In Mexico' were
under German control during the war.
Edward Nally, vice-president of the
Marconi Wireless Company of America,
told the House merchant marine com
mittee today while testifying in oppo
sition to the bill proposing Govern-
ent monopoly of radio stations in
the United States.
"The Germans were In full control
of the wireless stations in Mexico." said
Mr. Nally, telling of an Investigation
made last year of the Mexican wireless
situation by an agent of his company.
Although the Mexican government
claims title to all the wireless stations,'
he said, "the apparatus Is strictly Ger
man and there have been German op
erators in every one of the 20-odd sta
tlons. Moreover, there has sprung up
government electrical shops with Ger
man superintendents and the whole sys
tem has been supervised by German
radio experts, who were formerly am
ployed at Sayvillev and Tuckerton and
on the German liners, which were in
terned in this country at the beginning
of the war."
'Mr. Nally argued that trans-oceanic
and trans-continental stations should
be operated by private interests. Ho
conceded that shlp-to-sbore wireless
could be best operated as a Govern
ment monopoly.
"There is no reason why the Gov
ernment cannot regulate rates and
practices of wireless companies, Mr.
Nally said.
The Marconi sale of S3 shore sta
tions and 300 ship sets to the Navy De
partment, was not very voluntary.
P. A. S. Franklin, until recently chair
man of the Government ship control
committee, in a telegram to the com
mittee nrged the passage of the bill.
Mr. Nally, who also is presidents of
the Pan-American Wireless Telegraph
& Telephone- Company, said he went to
South America to arrange for wireless
service between that continent and the
United States. When he left, he de
clared his plan was indorsed by Gov
eminent departments, including the
Navy, but upon his return last April
after getting a concession for building
a station in Argentina he found Secre
tary Daniels then favored Government
ownersmp.
Mr. Nally explained the German con
trol of Mexican wireless by saying that
the Mexican constitution of 1916 pro
vided for government ownership, and
he added:
"Carranza had little money and less
credit when be started to make im
provements, and it was therefore the
most natural thing in the world that
the Carranza government should fall
an easy victim to the wiles of the Ger
man Telefunken Company when it of
fered to repair the old stations and to
finance and man them with competent
operators.
$250,000 PORT BONDS SOLD
Authorized Expenditures fop Im
provement Total $2,500,000.
ASTORIA. Or.. Dec. 17. (Special.)
The Port of -Astoria Commission today
sold $250,000 of its bonds to P. W,
Chapman & Company, of Seattle, at
$99.17 per $100. This money is to be
used for work on several Improvement
projects, among which are an extension
to the main warehouse on the Port
dock, new administration quarters, a
belt line railroad around Smith's Point
to the McEachern shipyard and the As
toria Paper Mill.
The construction of a 16.000-ton
floating drydock and the erection of
a third pier at the port property with
a modernly equipped warehouse for
handling Import and export traffic
also have been authorized. These
projects will represent an expenditure
of approximately $2,500,000.
NORTH BEND QUARANTINES
Spread of Influenza Results In, New
Health Measure.
NORTH BEND. Or, Dec 17. (Spe
cial.) A rigid quarantine of houses, in
addition to the present health regula
tions, was decided upon at a meeting of
the City Council and health depart
ment last night as a necessary measure
to combat and check the spread of the
second wave of influenza here.
Six deaths have resulted from the
disease in the city during the last 48
hours. The cases have overtaxed the
facilities of the local hospital and
greatly overworked the trained nurses
of the communities and an urgent need
.exists for more nurses to properly care
for the families that will be placed
under quarantine.
ITmatilla Districts Answer Call.
PENDLETON, Or.. Dec 17. (Spe
cial.) While in some of the country
. districts the influenza is Interfering
i with the Red Cross rollcall. in Pendle-
ton the work is progressing rapidly,
j Three precincts in the city have com
pleted their work.
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"Workers of the World" Would
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Abolish Watt System.
SACRAMENTO, Cal.. Dec 17. Right
to Introduce evidence, a mass of Gov
ernment exhibits tor the purpose of
proving the existence of a revolution
ary I. W. W. war-time plot, was won
here today by the Government at the
trial of 46 alleged I. W. W. The de
fendants are charged, with conspiracy
to hinder the Government's war work.
Immediate reading; of documents, ac
cepted temporarily by the court during
the first few days of the trial, was
begun, and, according to Robert Dun
can, special attorney for the Depart
ment of Justice, will not be completed
for at least two days.
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lawfully circulating the pamphlets.
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The documents read Into the record
included the "I. W. W. Preamble." de
claring for a class struggle until "the
workers of the world take possession
of the earth and machinery of produc
tion and abolish the wage system.
The reading from the "L W. W. Song
Book," wherein verses were set to the
tunes of well-known hymns caused
laughter among the 43 "silent defend
ants, particularly references to "Chin
Whiskered Farmers" and "Pulpiteers
Spouting effervescent Swill."
Cabotage where strikes fail was ad
vocated In excerpts read from "The L
W. W.. by Vincent St. John. 6imllar
statements were read from "The Ad
vancing Proletariat" and "Songs to
Fan the Flames of Disconteat."
Nathan C. Coghlan, attorney for three
defendants, entered a plea against tha
Introduction of the documents con
tending they were not relevant to tha
charges In the Indictment.
Kellaher-Perklns Case Pcnds.
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today In the quo warranto proceedings
between Dan Kellaher and Dr. T. L.
Perkins. Involving a seat on the Port
land City Commission. The case was
given its regular place on the calen
dar end probably will not receive at
tention until after the holidays.
FINNS FAVOR PRO -ALLY
General Manncrhelm to Be Chosen
as Premier.
(Copyrlsht. 1919, by the PrtM Publlihln
Company. The New Torn World. Pub
lished by arrangement.)
HELSIN'GFORS, Dec. 17. (Special.)
Premier Svinhufvud, of Finland, has
handed the Finnish Diet at Wutten a
statement renouncing his rights as head
of the state, thus enabling the Diet to
elect General Mannerheim. of well
known pro-ally sympathies, to this post.
The ex-RuFStan Bolshevik Ambassa
dor to Berlin. Joffe. has wired the Ger
man government that he had used the
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literature and had iiiven money for the
purchase of arms, but that such activ
ity had been in full accord with the
new members of the German govern
ment of Richard ttarth, Hugo Haaoe
and others.
Joffe also states that he gave Barth
several hundred thousands of marks
of Russian slate money with whlh to
buy arms? Today both Barth and Haase
officially deny Joffe's statements.
Butte Lifts Influenza Ban.
BUTTE. Mont, Dec. 17. The Board
of Health today removed all restric
tions that have been in effect here due
to the epidemic of influenza. The dis
ease has practically disappeared after
running since early in September.
Church and schools and amusement
places have been closed much of this
time and since November 30 the city
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