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THE MORNING OREGON" IAN, 3IONDAY, DECE3IBER 23, 19l PUUiE EXPEDITION TO SURVEY ARCTIC REGION Valuable Results Expected by Nation's Scientists. ADMIRAL PEARY IN. PARTY Expedition W ill Leave TTnited States in June, With Captain Robert A. Bartlett in Charge,, NEW TORK, Dec. 22. An expedition, to bo led by Captain Robert A. Bartlett, noted explorer, will be sent to the Polar regions next June, to survey the North Pole by airplane, according to an nouncement here tonight by the Aero Club of America. The plan, it was sard, waa conceived by Hear-Admiral Robert K. Peary, discoverer of the Pole. The purpose of this expedition which. It was said, would be the most com pletely equipped tver sent out, will be to "explore, survey and photograph the unexplored parts of the Arctic regions fitablish the existence or non-existenc6 of land or lands in that region." It is also intended, according to the an nouncement, "to explore the upper air and the bottom, of the Polar basin." Valuable Results Are Seen. Results of Inestimable value to the United States and to science surely will be obtained from this expedition, said the announcement, which added that the club would raise 1250,000 to finance the trip. "The North Pole has been discovered, but the major part of the work still re mains to be done," the announcement says. "Both Admiral Peary and Captain Bartlett want to do a great deal of scientific research in the Polar basin, of which more than 1,000,000 square miles remain unexplored and they would want to have a laboratory on the ship 'where the flora and fauna from the ocean bottom will be kept until the return of the expedition. Little or no data have been obtained from the bottom of the Polar basin and no meteorological surveys have been made in the Polar region." Expedition Leaves In Jane. Asserting that "with the co-operation of the leading geographical and scien tific bodies assured," it is -planned to have the expedition leave the United States next June, the announcement continued: "There are six weeks of fair weather In July and August when, even In the Polar regions, it is seldom lower than 60 degrees above zero. The plans are to have a ship go to Etah. about 600 miles from the North Pole, In June, when the ice is sufficiently broken to permit the ship to cross Melville Bay. The ship would carry a large seaplane or land airplane for the final flight across the top of the earth and for ex- ploratlon of the unexplored Polar re gions, as well as smaller planes for the scouting flights. Plane to Expedite AVorlt. "Immediately upon arrival at Etah a 'base would be established and while waiting for the ice to break up further north to permit the ship toigo as far as Cape Columbia, the small airplanes would fly to Columbia and establish a base there for the large plane which is to be used for the flight across the top 'of the world, from Cape Columbia on the American side over the Pole to Cape Chelyuskin on the Siberian side, - 'and for exploration over long distances. "For the six weeks after the middle of July, when the weather conditions are best for flying in the Polar regions, the large plane as well as the small planes will be put into service, and important work of the expedition will ' te done. " Admiral Peary In Party. Asserting that only one-seventh of the earth's surface has been accurately mapped, and two-thirds only mapped from rough sketches, officials of the club stated that by use of airplanes It would be possible to do in 20 years what would require 200 years by usual methods. The committee, which, after two years of study, recommended that the ' club finance the expedition, comprises: Ad miral PearyAlan R. Hawley, Henry A. Wisewood, Henry Woodhouse, Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske, John Hays Hammond, Jr., -Rear-Admiral William N. Little. Professor Charles L. Poor, Colonel E. Lester Jones, Charles Jerome Edwards, Major Cushman A. Rice and Augustus Post. Captain Bartlett Commanded. Captain Bartlett, who will lead the next expedition, commanded the Roose velt on the Peary expeditions. While captain of the Kailuk, which was crushed in the ice in January, 1914, he led the 17 members of the expedition to Wrangel Island, then crossed over la, Siberia with one Eskimo and re turned with a relief party. He was also commander of the Mac Millan relief expedition and last Win ter was commended by Secretarj Daniels for his extraordinary achieve, ment In raking the ship Favorite out of the ice at Halifax. RESIGN ATI0NJS EXPECTED James Harlan May Retire From Interstate Commerce Commisison. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, D. C, Dec. 22. Although there has been no public comment to that effect, it is quite generally believed in railroad and official circles that the re cent appointment of Joseph B. Eastman as a member of the Interstate Com merce Cofnmission Indicates the re tirffuent bf Commissioner James S. Harlan -When his term expires in Jan uary and the appointment of a Demo crat in his stead. There, are nine members of the com mission and five of them are now Re publicans, or will be, when Eastman is confirmed. These five are Clark, Harlan, Meyer, Aitchison and Eastman. Commissioner George W. Anderson, whom Eastman will succeed, is a Democrat. The mem bers who will -remain members of the commission, and wHo are Democrats, are Daniels, Hall, McChord and Wooley. Commissioner Harlan is a Chicago man and has been a member of the In terstate Commerce Commission since 1906. Since the retirement of Franklin K. Lane, in 1913, Harlan has been con sidered one of the ablest members of the commission. RUSSIAN SITUATION IS UP (Continued From First Pare.) i with which they are In close agreaffoent. In Ukraine the situation is very compli cated. Tyranny Is Repudiated. There is reason to hope that the policy fallowed by the allies will pro mote unity between these various gov ernments in Southern Russia, all of which repudiate tyranny and Bol shevism and whose one object Is the restoration of order In the country. Prince Lvoff, with Baron Korff, vice governor of Finland, left London today for Paris. Count Kokovtzoff, another widely known Russian, leaves for France tomorrow. " LEADER OF EXPEDITION NOW PLANNING TRIP TO POLAR REGIONS TO SURVEY NORTH POLE BY AIRPLANE. i f """'V Jr- . - .y .. j I - "1 . i 4 1 ..Mi.., CAFTAI5 ROBERT BELGIUM FAGES HUGE TASK AMERICANS URGED TO EXTEND HAND OF FRIENDSHIP. Minister Declares Stricken Nation Will Meet Future in Same v Spirit It Faced Huns. ST. LOUIS, Dec. 22. E." de Cartier de Marchienne, Belgian Minister to the United States, speaking here before the Commercial Club, declared that with Belgium despoiled by the Germans and their factories ruined. Belgium faced the future and reconstruction with the same spirit that It faced the German hordes and that .Belgium did not intend to become a public charge upon the charity, of the world. He de clared Belgium looked to America, not for acts of charity, but a brotherly help in industry and trade. "Germany has deliberately put our factories out ot commission," said the Minister, "and by declining to fight further has maintained her own plants intact. She has been forced to give up her dream of a German military em pire of the world, but still hopes to dominate the trade of the universe and endeavors to obtain that domination by maiming her commercial rivals in Bel gium and Northern France. "Belgium stands broken and mu tilated, but full of courage. We know the sympathy of America and we look to you with confidence to work hand in hand with us in the future, as we have fought shoulder to shoulder in the past. "We do not wish to be a public charge upon the charity of the world. We want to "work and to stand upon our own feet and we look to you Americans to give us a helping hand, not in acts of charity, but brotherly help in industry and trade." YANKEE CASUALTIES BIG Continued From First Pr. bers of his own family explains per haps why he is willing to indulge In the luxury of an occasional row with them. French Are Thrifty Lot. You will hear at home and you will learn in France that the French are a thrifty lot, and they have not atall abandoned their frugal ways In war time. There are some stories that they are given to the vice of overcharging. Prices are very high In Paris, and througnout the republic If the Amer ican buys, ne must pay the ruling rate, and sometimes a little more. Much de pend on how easy or liberal he Is. Yet it Is also true that the French, par ticularly the country people, are most hospitable and generous to the Amer icans. There are countless tales of their remarkable t rlemdliness. They have taken the American boys into their homes and fed them In health and nursed them in sickness. They give them wine, too. ard- the doughboy takes it and drinks it. . The vin ordinaire is part ofthe' Na tional habit; it is mild afid is is re freshing; moreover It is better than the water, which is uniformly bad through out France. Wine is the emblem of hospitality; it Is never, or rarely, a way to get drunk. Nor do the American boys get drunk on French wine or spirits, not often at least. They accommodate themselves to the French idea, and drink a little, and quit, and that is all there is to it. Wine French Inetlrntlon. Every French home in the country has a wine closet or cellar. It is just as much a French institution as the manure pile at the front door, placed there doubtless as a visible s(gn of the exact measure of frugality and pros perity of the tenant within. The other signs are the chickens and the cow or two which are probably quartered at night in the same -domicile with the family. Paris Medley of Colors. It is a mere aside, but it may as well be said here as anywhere, that I did not see a pig In Ireland, though I looked diligently for one from the car window in the ride from Dublin to Bel fast and return. There were cattle and sheep, a-plenty, but no pigs. I have reached the conclusion a,bout the French or an opinion rather that if he sells it to you, it is contrary to his nature to sell it cheap, or to refrain from making a fat profit if he can; but he is just as likely to give it to you outright, if you are an American and therefore his friend and ally. You see In Paris Tnore Americans, and particularly more American sol diers, than in London. There you en counter Canadians and Australians and other colonials by the thousands, not to mention the British. When the -Tommy gets his furloug' he goes home, when the colonial gets it he goes to London and hangs out on the Strand or other public places, ar . he Is much in evi dence. In Paris themoving crowds are colored with the uniforms of French, Italians, Portuguese ana the others The French soldier is partial to red. His Idea of gr at personal magnlflcenoe is to wear red trousers and high pol ished boots, and he does, when on leave, but -he learned long ago that the boslhe has a ready eye for red, and the French changed their service uniform to more somber colors. The American with his tight-fitting and quite sober suit of khaki is all over Paris. It Is said that there Is a definite rule in the American Army i X , s .i . . -.'.1 I -I JL BARTLETT. that there shall be no vacations In Paris. A great resort for rest has been prepared by the Ar. ericans at Aix-les-' Bains, a watering place, and the con valescent soldier sent often to the south of France, but not to Paris, ex cept to the hospitals tnere. It seems to be the notion of the American com mand that Paris is a little too gay for the young American. It doesn't look' v-y gay. Maxim's Altogether Orderly. There is a celebrated place called Maxim's, and a party which went there one night for dinner quite early found that the atmosphere was not at all different from that of the average metropolitan restaurant. There was no music, no dancing, and no drunken ness. About all there was to do was to eat and to wait for something to happen, which did not. The reason, perhaps, was that the doors were to be closed at 9 o'clock. The law re quires it. You have trouble, even at Maxim's, getting what a good, healthy American appetite requires. The French have rigid rules for food conservation. You have to have a bread card and a Tieat card and goodness knows how many other cards. Besides, there is no sugar, unless you bring it; and very little but ter, and there isn't, or wasn't, a glass of good, fresh milk to be had in all France, unless you chance to know somebody who owns an accommodat ing and productive cow. Besides, you are not supposed to ask for milk at Maxim's. Yu can only admit your error and htfnbly surrender to the ex pectation that V'ou ask for wine, wheth er you drink It or not. Pheasants Are Plentiful. You can get game on a meat card. In Oregon there is an idea that thire exists in that remote state a monopoly of pheasants a supposed distinction so carefully treasured that it is possible to shoot not to buy such game for only one month In a single year. In France and in England pheasants and other upland birds are sold in the open . market. I saw in one place in a pro vincial town or Ji,ngiand, offered for sale, at least 200 pheasants. It is the same In France. Doubtless they have their game seasons here. If so. I waa lucky. The pheasant at Maxim's was exceedingly good. YAKIMA MANJS PROMOTED Curtis Gilbert Wins Captatnoy for Rescuing Men In Argonne Region. YAKIMA, Wash.. Dec' 22. (Special.) Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Cllbert, of this city, have received a tetter from their son. Lieutenant Curtis Gilbert, In which he speaks of his promotion to a Cap taincy "on top of a citation in orders for my rescue of that bunch in the Argonne." Lieutenant Gilbert was with a group of -lf-0 Americans who lost their way In the Argonne forest during the fighting in the final days ot tne anted offensive. He was de tailed to find his way back to the American lines and obtain help. This he accomplished after much hardship and thrilling experience, and his com panions were rescued. "I expect to re turn to the United States with old Company F. of the 91st Division, pro viding all goes well, he writes. "After going toward the east for months, we have now turned our faces toward the west." i HONOR PLANNED FOR DEAD Ynletide Decoration to Cover Graves of American neroes. PARIS, Dec 21. More than J000 graves of American soldiers will be decorated on Christmas day by the American " committee for devastated France. In the region between Laon and Chateau Thierry, where the graves will be decorated, the committee will also provide a Christmas festival-for 6000 children. Christmas stockings, filled with candy toys and games sent from Amer ica, willbe distributed. Each child. In addition, -will be given some article of clothing, mittens or a muffler. Two hundred children who have re turned to the ruined village of Crecy will receive complete outfits of cloth ing so that they will be able to return to school. The committee Is also arranging Lnnnimn zesiiviues at jaon, bolssons Paris and other French cities. WAY TO PAY DEBTS NOVEL Issuance of 3on-Jnterest-Bearlng Bonds by Germany Suggested. (Copyright. 1919. by the New Tork Wertd. Published by arrangement.) LONDON. Dec 22. (Special Cable.) A suggestion Is made by a cor respondent of the Evening Stan dard that. as part of the in demnity to be paid by Germany, she should give non-Interest bearing bonds redeemable over a period of, . say, 20 years. The allies could hold them or sell them and "perhaps. In the case of Brit ain, it might be possible to persuade the United States to accept these bonds in whole or part payment of the debt we owe her." "It is an ingenious suggestion," re marks the Standard, "and we wish we could get rid of our debt to the United States so easily. We fear, however. It is so simple that no one at the peace conference would dare bring It for ward." A recuperative diet in Influenza, nor. lick's Malted Milk, very digestible. Adv. PARTIES COMBINE TQ FIGHT IFF JUIMCHY, Elections. to German National Assembly, Forecast Future. RADICALS ARE CRUSHED Leading Factions, for First Time in Many Tears, Join in Appeal for Sane Government. PARIS, Dec. 22. (Havaa.) The first elections to the new German National Assembly are symptomatic of what the final results will be. says a dispatch from Berne to Le Journal. In the duchy of Brunswick, where the minor ity party had assumed power, the de feat of the Bolshevlkl was crushing. In Mecklenberg and Anhalt. where the majority party was In control, the bourgeoisie also came out victorious. MUNICH. Dec. 20. (By the Associat ed Press.) So chaotic have conditions become during the, last week or two that three of he lading parties have combined, for the first time in years, t6 issue what amounts to an ultimatum to the Bavarian government. The Ba varian people's party, the German peo ple's party and the Munich branch of the Liberal party have signed the ap peal. The Socialist party did-not sign the ultimatum, which reads: "Recent occurrences, especially those of the last few days, leave no doubt that we are facing danger from an archy. The press Is threatened, free dom of assembly exists no longer and the ballot is at stake. Will the Na tional Assembly, if It is ever chosen, be able -to count on meeting? Has the government no will to rule or no powers? "Your own party, a majority of Its members being soldiers spared from death during the war, wants a rule of terror by unrestrained rowdies as little as we. But the power and strength of order Is crippled if the government's will to rule ceases. Does the govern ment want order or does It want an archy? We direct these questions openly to the provielonal government, especially to the present Minister-, President. Eisner. We expect and de mand a definite and unequivocal an swer; not only in words, but In action, with comprehensive and aggressive acts. That will brook no delay. "Should thts answer not be given we will know and all Bavaria will know that neither from the present government nor from the assembly to be elected under Us responsibility Is there anything else to be expected than steady degeneration into the Bolshe vist abyss." NEW FIRE BOMBS NOT USED Germans Feared to Begin Terrible Devastation Planned. (Coaa-rirht, 1918, by the New Tork World. Published by Arrangement.) LONDON, Deo. 22. (Special Cable.) It is now possible to speak of the small grenade fire bomb which the Germans meant to use to dev astate large., parts of London, but which they did not because they knew the British would use the same bombs with greater effect upon German cities. The World correspondent has ascer tained from authoritative sources the facts regarding this small fire bomb. The raiding Gothas were capable of carrying 400 of them. When it was first discovered that such a fire-producing bomb had been invented there was much uneasiness In London, but eventually it was seen that the Ger mans were afraid to start such an epoch of desolation. Only the ordinary fire bombs were ever used, in additabn to high explo sives, and caused only three fires big enough to require the fire brigade. EXPORT BOARD TO REMAIN Commission Will Handle Cuba's Su gar Crop for 1018 and IS 19. HAVANA, Dee. 22. A presidential decree signed yesterday provides for continuation of the sugar exportation commission created In January. 1918, with the same duties and powers as heretofore. - The commission will handle, all mat ters relating to the shipment of sugar produced In Cuba ftom the 1918-19 crop, under, the contract signed on October 24 last, by the United" States equaliza tion board and the Cuban sugar com mission. NEW YORKMURIST HONORED Justice Gough, Retiring, Dined by Gotham Bench and Bar. NEW TORK, Dee. 22. State Supreme Court Justice John B. Gough, who. In 1894. came Into National prominence as chief counsel for the Lexow Sena torial committee In Its Investigation of Tammany, and who presided at many famous criminal trials. Including that of Police Lieutenant Becker and the four gunmen, was the guest of honor yesterday at a dinner given by mem bers of the Bench and Bar of New York on the eve of his retirement to private life. Bus Upsets, Soldier Hart.' C. J. Morrisey was injured - severely about the head early yesterday by the overturning of a St. Helen's bus driven by C. Kampe at 29th and Upshur streets. There were 14 passengers In the bus. but the rest escaped without Injury. The bus skidded into the curb and upset- Mr. Morrisey, who Is a sol dier at Vancouver Barracks, was taken to the Good Samaritan hospital, uncon scious. He was better last nlarht. EVKKY DVK.NLNG MUSIC AND DANCING From 6 ta 7:30. 0:30 to 12:30 P. JL i CORNER KHO.U HAV and , (upstulrs) Hear "Gerry" Oriental Jmzs - Hand, the bet J&za Band in the orthwMt. W. i. - Youaf Mgr. Open 1 1 A. M. to z A. M. Our laga dining- rnbm na danca floor era Jaat on ' flight upmalra. where the ventila tion la perfect. No etuffy atmoapher nltatlon our TRY om DAILY Ll.MH 11 A.M. ts P.M. SSc. 80c. 85c, 40c to 75e, loelnd Ing eoup. vegeta ble, drinks, deaaert. IMERICAW AND (HINKKK Served at all Hour. fiPKCIAT. PrN 1AY CHICKEN niNNtR 1ALJ IS Great t- Our mill -to -man direct from the maker are entirely responsible for the very important fact that men's clothing of real before -the -war quality is on sale here at practically before -the -war prices This sounds almost too good to be true, doesn't it? But you can prove the truth of our claims very easily. Sim ply come here and . inspect the six great groups selling at $14 - $17 - $23 $27 - $32 - $37 You w ill soon see that their equal will cost 25-333 more elsewhere. Brownsville Woolen Mill Store Mill- to - Man Clothiers, Third and Morrison "r.YmM- 654 HUN PLANES DOWNED MAJOK-GENERAIj makes re port TO DEPARTMENT. Americans Lose but 271 r lanes and 45 Balloons 442 Cas ualties Reported. v WASHINGTON, Dec. 22. American airmen In France brought down a total of 854 German airplanes and 82 German balloons, against an American loss of 271 planes and 45 balloons, aceordlng to a report cabled by Major-General Har bord on December 15 and made public today by the War Department. Destruc tion of 354 of the enemy planes and 5? of the balloons had been officially con firmed. The total casualties of the AmericanJ air service In action are given as Including 109 killed, 103 wounded, 200 missing and 27 prisoners and three In terned. When the armistice ended the fight ing, the report said, there were 39 American air squadrons at the front. They included 20 pursuit, six day and one night bombing squadrons and five Army, 12 corps and one night observa tion squadrons. The total personnel was 2161 officers and 22.351 men at the front with an additional 4S43 otficers and 28.353 men in the service of sup ply. Eight American flying officers were detailed with the British army and 49 officers and 525 men with the French forces. The total strength of the American air service in France was 5S.C90, of whom 6S61 were, officers. In addition to tlee. trained men. the air service had eight separate schools la France where 1323 pilots and 2013 observers were under instruction and graduations up to November 11 included 6069 pilots and 2045 observers. POLISH MOVE STIRS BERLIN Prussian Government Opposes Hold ing Elections on German Soli. BERLIN, Saturday, Dec 21. (By the AiiMolatel PrfH ) The action of the ITi 5tE SSE T37 QC 9 THOMPJIO'! p Carve Leases Are Better (Trademark Registered. THE SIGN OF PERFECT ) 9 SERVICE 9 a j y carefully examinea and properly fitted with $) glasser without the use o' a v drugs by skilled specialists.) ($ Q Complete lens grinding A factory on the premises. H f SAVE YOUR EYES J J THOMPSON (fc OPTICAL INSTITUTE ) fts Portland's Largnl, Moat Modern. if) Bent Equipped. 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