VOL. LVJIJ. NO. 18.134.
PORTLAND, OREGON, 3IONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1919.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
91ST DIVISION MAY
GO TO CAMP MERRITT
FLANS FOR HOME-COMING OF
WESTERN MEN BEING MADE.
HEAD OFMUHDERED
FAMILY ARRESTED
SIX VESSELS ARRP
-
WESTERN SOLDIERS'
INTELLIGENCE LEADS
WITH 9000 VETF i.iS
UNDER YANK FIRE
MARINES WHO FOC . 5 AT
UNIVERSITY" PROFESSOR TELLS
OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS.
CHATEAU TUIERY . 5 E,
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REDS DRIVEN BACK
WILSDN'SWAYMDT
ASGLEMENCEAU'S
T LING
1
CHANCELLOR
Americans Push Ahead in
Snow Up to Waists.
KADISH TAKEN FROM ENEMY
Bolshevists Fight Savagely to
Hold AH Positions.
ALLIED BODIES MUTILATED
Strong Ariillrrjr Fire Continues on
Vologda Railroad. With Little
Damage to Americans.
fBy the Associated Press.)
WITH THE ALLIED ARMT OF THE
IVINA. Jan. 4. American troops fight
inr desperately near Kadiah have
driven back Bolshevist troops whic
made an advance there. The Bolahe
vista also launched attacks on- th
Oneca sector and bombarded the allied
front. The Americans came into battle
alone; the Petrograd road and in th
frozen swampa that border it. Th
battle was fought in snow from tw
to four feet in depth.
American forces captured Kadish last
Monday, after a display of gallantry
that evoked the admiration of the al
lied commanders. Special care has been
taken of the American wounded, an
the body of an American officer was
taken back 100 miles by sled and the
shipped to Archangel for burial- There
were some casualties on Monday, bu
they were small In comparison to thos
Inflicted upon the enemy.
laakeea llraaia bnaad.
Tuesday, the Bolshevists opened
terrific fire from three and six-lnc
tcuns and launched a counter-attack
against the buildings held by Ameri
-ans in. Kadish. So hot was the artil
lery fire that the Americans were with
drawn temporarily from the village.
The line, however, was not taken back
very far and the new positions were
f.rmly held.
The enemy did not occupy Kadish be
rause the barrage fire from the Amer
ican guns made the place untenable.
Shells falling on the frosen ground
spread their sones of destruction twice
as far aa they would under normal cod
ditions. '
Later, under the protection of artil
lery fire, American detachments again
swept forward and reoccupied the town.
T.ie men engaged in the advance were
from infantry and trench mortar units.
This morning word came( from head
quarters thjfttt the American positions
are now 0 meters south of the village
hirb is the line marking the furthest
advance made by the Americans late
in October before they retired to the
north of Kadish.
ftrda Fight Savagely.
Here and there are graves where are
buried Americans who fell in the Strug
gle that went on during the first ad
vance. They are not many In number.
hut for the troops involved they give
evidence that the Americans have been
in the hardest fighting that has been
Koing on here. The Bolshevists are
fighting more savagely here than else
where to hold their positions.
The Petrograd road leads southward
to Plcsetskaya. a large village on the
Vologda railroad, which U the enefny's
base of operations at the Kadish and
' Oneca fronts.
Allied positions on the Onega front
near the village of Pechura Were at
tacked by the enemy yesterday. This
attack was centered on a Huxsian na
val brigade, which held its positions,
inflicting heavy losses without appar
ently losing man.
Kaenay Itarrarka Damaged.
On the Vologda Hallway the Bolshe
vists have for the past three or four
days kept up a strong artillery fire
and have brought an armored train
into action. Little damage apparently
was done to the allied positions. On
the other hand an allied shell struck
an enemy barracks, doing great dam
age.
In this sector allied forces advanced
on snowshocs over soft snow a few
days ago. eeneatn the snow was an
unfrozen swamp, and the men often
sank Into the mud up to their waists,
in spite of their Arctic footgear. The
battle with the elements makes the
fighting here very difficult.
Further evidence that the Bolshevists
are mutilating allied wounded and dead
came to headquarters today in a re
port from Lieutenant-Colonel Corber
ley. who is In command of American
forces in the vicinity of Shenkursk on
November J. Americans were the vic
tims, according to the report.
Asaerleaa Badlea Mutilate.
A patrol of CO American soldiers and
two officers was surprised early on
September 29 by a force of about TOO
BolshevikL Seven Americans were
killed and seven others were missing
after the fight. Following is the report
of Lieutenant-Colonel Corberley aa to
the condition of the bodies found after
the engagement, the names of the men
being omitted:
"No. 1. Lieutenant, head smashed
with ax.
"So. 2. corporal, head so smashed
w ith ax that only parts of 'the face re
mained. "No. 3. corporal, head smashed In
with ax and arms and legs broken byjby
tCoatluld on rag . Column 3.)
Trip to Camp Lewis to Be Made In
Comfortable Sleepers; First
Move I" Ordered. "
ORECOXIAS NEWS BUREAU, Wash,
ingtop. D. C, Jan. 6 The 91st Divi
sion, composed of selected men from
Oregon. Washington and other North
western states, which has been hon
ored by being selected as one of
the first combatant divisions to
return from France, probably will
disembark at New York City, and from
there will be sent to Camp Merritt,
N. J., near New York, where commo
dious and well-heated barracks will be
ready for the troopers, according to in
formation obtained at the War De
partment.
At Camp Merritt the soldiers will be
put through the delouslng treatment
to rid them of any cooties they may
have acquired In Belgium and France.
The division may remain in Camp
Merritt a week or two, depending on
transportation arrangements, but it Is
not expected to stay there long. The
trip from Camp Merritt to Camp Lewis,
Taeoma, will be in tourist sleepers,
which will be a welcome change from
the box cars wttich had to .be used on
the European continent.
The division will be demobilized at
Camp Lewis. As the first step home
ward, it has been ordered to proceed
from Belgium, where It was when the
armistice was signed, to Lemans,
France, a concentration point for divi
sions awaiting transports to come
home. ,
In a letter to Senator Jones, Adjutant-General
Harris expresses regret
that no definite date can be fixed for
the demobilization of the organisations
of the Eighth Division, now at Camp
Lee. Virginia. He adds:
This division, which is made up to
a great extent of Pacific Coast men, and
the other divisions in the United States
to include Hie 10th Division are laet on
the order of demobilization.
TEUTON PRINCE KIDNAPED
Monarchies Said to Have Hidden
Young Ifolicnzollcrn.
(Copyright. 1!19.
by the New York
World.
Published
by Arrangement.!
LONDON, Jan. 5. (Special Cable.)
The Daily Chronicle's Geneva corre
spondent sends the following:
"I am infor.ned by a Berlin cor
respondent that Prince Wilhelm, oldest
son or the oertnan ex-crown i-rince,
wns kidnaped by Prussian monarchist
officers at Potsdam soon after the re
turn of the Guard regiments to Berlin.
He has been kept bidden by them ever
since and all efforts of the Berlin gov
ernment to discover his place of con
cealment have proved unavailing.
The "hopes and intrigues of the
Prussian junkers are centered in this
young prince, now a boy or 13.. .x-
Crown Princess Cecille. who is said to
have given tsclt consent to her son's
abduction. Is still In Potsdam with her
younger children."
DRAFT EVADER IS WOMAN
'John Baner. Arrested, Refuses to
GJve'Her Real Name.
SAN BERNARDINO. Cal.. Jan. 5.
After passing as a man for eight years
and fleeing to the desert near here to
evade the physical examination inci
dent to the military draft, "John
Bauer." age 24, was found to be a wom-
n today when she refused to submit to
the ministrations of a male nurse at
the State Hospital at Paton.-
'Bauer." who refused to give any
other name, was apprehended in Death
Valley, where she had lived In a cave
for the past year and was believed to
have become unbalanced from solitude.
It was said today that she would be
given another mental test.
The woman told the hospital authori
ties she had lived in the Imperial Val-
ey for seven years, working aa a man
and wearing men's clothing before sbe
fled, according to her statement, to
evade the draft. ,
0RMER EDITOR TQ TOUR
Scott Hone "ill Meet Republican
Newspapermen of Nation.
SEATTLE. Jan. 5. Scott C. Bone
former editor of the Seattle Post-In
telligencer, will devote the next few
months to a tour of the country, ex-
ept the "solid South," meeting Repub
lican editors. In behalf of the National
Republican organization. Announce
ment of Mr. Bones selection and ac
ceptance of the task has been made by
Chairman Will H. Hays, of the Repub
lican National Committee, according to
letter received here.
It is understood 'here that Mr. Bone
Iso wilt supervise in large measure
the publicity work of the Republican
committee. Mr. Bone left here this
week for San Francisco to begin his
work.
PHILIPPINE CROPS SUFFER
Typhoon Christmas Day and, Night
Causes Loss to Hemp Growers. '
MANILA. Jan. 6. Heavy crop losses
ere sustained In the Philippine Islands
a result of a typhoon that raged In
the archipelago on Christmas day and
ight. The loss to hemp growers alone.
was estimated, would total S2.000,-
000.
The Shipping Board steamer Quantico,
hich was driven ashore on Tablas Is-
Iid. 25 miles east of Mindoro, is 'a
total loss. Many . smaller craft also
ere lost-
Cable advices received from Manila
December 30 said that 16 persons
ere believed to nave lost their lives
the stranding of the Quantico, which
was engaged in Inter-island traffic
Victims of Slaughter Iden
tified by Neighbors.
CONFLICTING STORIES ARE TOLD
N. E. Burnett Denies Recog
nition of Tell-tale Evidence.
MANY QUARRELS RECALLED
Caulker Declares Wife and Children
Left Him Following Alterca
tion Several Months Ago.
OLYMFIA, Wash., Jan. 8. (8pecial.)
Although arrested after : midnight
last night and subjected to Intervals
of close examination, N. E. Burnett still
denies any recognition or knowledge
of the hats and clothing found with
skeletons in the graves on Hawks
Prairie and since identified as belong
ing to Burnett's wife and children. In
accounting for their absence he has
given several conflicting versions, and
evidence is accumulating that convinces
the officers they are close to a solution
of the crime.
Burnett was arrested here as he was
leaving the home of a schoolteacher
upon whom he was making a late call
last night and with whom he has been
keeping company for some time. He
displayed no particular nervousness at
the time and has remained stolid since.
. Victims Are Identified.
The woman and children were iden
tified as his family by several persons
who knew Mrs. Burnett as soon as they
heard the description and saw the wo
man's hat found in the grave of the
youngest child. . These neighbors also
identified the clothing of the litt.'e boys
and what remained of the woman's
clothing.
When confronted with the hats and
scraps of clothing at the Police station
Burnett declared he never saw his wife
and children wear them. In later ex
planations he said his wife took the
children and left the room they occu
pied in an apartment-house one Bunday
after a quarrel and he had never heard
from them since.
'Conflicting Stories Told.
Again he said that she took the chil
dren and left him. on Hawks Prairie
after a quarrel out there. He said she
stopped one of the stages that run be
tween Olympia and Tacoma and went
away in it.. Following this he asserted
that she left the house a day and a half
after they had come home from a
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Secretary of War Baker: "7 .s Half
an Hour Chatting W roops
on Transport Agamemnon.
NEWYORK, Jan. S. Five transports
and the battleship North Carolina
steamed Into New York harbor today,
bringing a total of nearly 9000 officers
and men of the Army and Navy from
France.
The North Carolina, ' which is the
first battleship to arrive here ' with
troops from overseas, had among her
1389 passengers, a detachment of ma
rines who had seen service at Chateau
Thierry, Belleau Wood and the Argonne
Forest, and 19 officers and 994 men of
the 113th ammunition train.
The giant transport Agamemnon,
which formerly was the Kaiser Wil
helm II, of the North German Lloyd
line, brought the biggest contingent of
any of the ships urriving today, hav
ing on her passenger list 175 officers
and J711 men.' The list included 330
wounded and more than 2000 officers
and men of the 345th Infantry, as well
as a- number of casuals.
feecretary of war Baker, who was
on his way to Washington from Buf
falo, where he spoke last night, visited
the Agamemnon and spent a half hour
chatting with the troops on board.
The other vessels arriving here were
the Santa Teresa, with 73 officers and
1609 men of the 145th Field Artillery,
recruited In Utah; the Henderson with
28 officers and 81$ men, Including
members of the naval land battery
which operated on the western front
and nearly 400 wounded; the Nieuw
Amsterdam, with 79 officers and 1592
men, including the 301st Field Artillery
and 226 wounded, and the Heredia with
72 officers and 10 enlisted casuals.
The Heredia, which has a quantity
of munitions on board, and the North
Carolina anchored for the night in
Gravesend Bay. The other vissels pro
ceeded through cheering throngs to
Hoboken, where the men were debarked
and transferred to hospitals and de
mobilization camps.
Captain W. G. Smith, of Washington,
D. C. who was in command of the
naval land battery men returning on
the Henderson, said that his battery
had- fired 236 shells on the western
front. The . shells, weighing 1400
pounds, were fired at a 40,000-yard
range and observers reported, he said,
that the shells . had wrought much
havoc. His battery lost but one killed
and three wounded.
70 KILLED IN EXPLOSION
Bodies of 30 Men, Trapped in Mine,
Brought to Surface. -
METZ, Jan. 5. (Havae.) Seventy
persons were killed as a result of an
explosion of firedamp in a mine near
here Friday night. Thirty bodies have
thus far been brought to the surface.
Five men were killed and 21 en
tombed by a cave-in at another mine.
Cardinal Coming to America.
BRUSSELS, Jan. 4. Cardinal Mercier
m-ill go to America soon, it is an-
nounced by the newspapers.
7.7 vis- ?mAJzm?l
by
WIDE DIVERGENCE EXISTING
Balance of Power Tried and
Found Wanting.
BASIC PRINCIPLE
STANDS
British
Government
President's
Believed to
View That
Share
Jew Order Is Necessary.
BY LINCOLN EYRE.
(Copyright. 19I!. by the New York World.
fUDIlsnea oy Arrangemeui.
PARIS. Jan. 5. (Special Cable.) To
thoughtful students of the situation
here the issue Is Joined In unmlstaK
able fashion between the President of
the United States and the Prime Min
ister of France.
The speech of President Wilson in
the Roman Parliament removes tne
last vestige of doubt as to the wide
divergence existing between Tils views
and those of M. Clemenceau.
The President states specifically:
There cannot be another balance of
power," because, mat nas oeen inea
and found wanting."
Clcmenceau's Words Recalled.
M. Clemenceau told the French
Chamber of Deputies "there was that
system of alliances which I do not re
nounce." and Insisted that if equili
brium, "spontaneously produced In the.
course of war," had existed before In
the shape of a defensive alliance be
tween the United States. Grsjat Britain,
Italy and France, the war would not
have occurred." '
In interrupting the Premier's speech
the Socialist radical deputies coucnea
their denunciations of the "old system'
curiously enough . in practically the
same' terins used a few days lAter by
Mr. Wilson. '
British View With Wilson.
M. Clemenceau refrained altogether
from mentioning the League of Na
tions. Nor did he make any reference
to the necessity of establishing any sort
of atmosphere in international rela
tions the "new international' psychol
ogy whlcn .president wuson- aeems
essential.
On the other hand, it is generally
derstood in French political circles that
the British government shares with
Mr. Wilson the view that some new,
less selfish and nationalistic note must
be struck if the peace of Paris is to
Issue Clearly Joined
Words in Rome.
Northeast Ranks Second, Middle
West Third and Southeast at
Bottom of List.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene,
Jan. 5. (Special.) The level of intelli
gence of the men of the Far West is
higher than that of the men of any other
section of the United States, in the opin
ion of Captain R. H. Wheeler, who re
turned yesterday to resume his duties
as professor of psychology at the uni
versity. . Captain Wheeler has been
conducting psychological tests for 16
months at various Army training camps
nad in this time has examined thou
sands of men from all parts of the
United States. He says that the North
east ranks next to the Far West, the
Middle West follows, and the Southeast
is the lowest in the intelligence of its
men.
A good education does not necessarily
mean that a man will rank high in the
mental tests, says Dr. Wheeler, for he
has found that some men who have
not completed even grammar school
rank higher in the tests than some co),.
lege graduates.
The intelligence tests serve as an aid
in the selection of non-commissioned
officers and special duty men. They
help also in evening up the mental
strength of regiments, so that excep
tional men are not all grouped in one
regiment, but are scattered through
several, eo that the averago for the
camp is maintained and one regiment
does not too far surpass another.
Psychological tests ahso are coming
to be of great importance in business
life and the selection of suitable and
competent employes, says Dr. Wheeler.
DOVER REPORTS TROUBLE
London Sends Officials to Invest!
gate Discontent Among Troops.
LONDON, Jan. 5. It is revealed for
the first time, in a long explanation
issued by the War Office today, that
troub, similar to that with the troops
at Folkestone, occurred at Doer, but
on a small scale, and it is stated that
as the men were acting under a genu
ine misunderstanding no disciplinary
measures will be adopted.
A large staff of officials has gone to
Folkestone and Dover to investigate
individual cases of discontent and to
demobilize men who are , entitled to
their discharge from the army. The
War Office admits that the affair
seemed at first likely to lead. tovserious
consequences, but says that it is now
in the course of satisfactory arrange
ment. .
SHORTER SKIRTS IN SIGHT
Higher Shoes for Women Urged by
Shoe Travelers' Association.
CHICAGO, Jan. 5. Higher ehoes for
women in 1919, higher prices rather
than reductions, and short skirts are
the views of the National Shoe Trav
elers' Association as expressed in reso
lutions last night at the close of its
seventh annual convention.
Women's shoes of eight and one-half
Inches or higher, in brown, gray, bea
black and white, were decreed by
the shoe travelers, who added that
"long skirts are unsightly, unsanitary
and prevent free action in walking or
other pursuits." Scarcity of material
is expected to make prices even higher.
the travelers agreed.
PARIS SUBURBS FLOODED
Seine Rises So That Situation Is
Considered Dangerous.
j PARIS, Jan. 4. (Havas.) The per-
sisieui. r&ina nave causea a general
rise in all the rivers. The Seine is con-
Eianuy swelling ana nas risen to a de
gree mat is consiaerea dangerous, xne
quays and suburbs of Paris are under
water and navigation has almost
ceased.
The rainfall is continuing.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 33
degrees; minimum, 24 degrees.
TODAY'S Cloudy; southerly winds.
War.
Reds driven back under Yank firfrj' Fags 1.
Official casualty list. Page 5.
Foreign.
Count von Hertling, former German Chan.
cellor, dead. Page 1.
Irish problem confronts Great Britain.
- Page i
Irish exultant and determined to have in
dependent republic. Page
President Wilson is cordially greeted at Vat
lean. Page 3.
Issue between Wilson and Clemenceau Is
clearly Joined. Page 1.
Italians not yet wholly won over to Wilson
programing. Page o.
National.
Ninety-first Division to disembark at New
York and proceed to Camp Merritt.
Page 1.
' Domestic. .
Blind veterans to be taught trades. Page 3.
Mexicans of all factions bold big harmony
meeting. Page 5.
Battleship and transport bring 9000 veterans.
Page 1.
Railway heads oppose five-year control.
Page 11.
Sports.
Track records set anew in 1918. Page 10.
Pacific Northwest.
Head of murdered family arrested. Page 1.
Intelligence of Western soldiers declared to
be higher than others. Page 1.
Salem may try to curb Legislature. Page 8.
New state officials take charge of duties
today. Page 8.
Oregon schools rank high in patriotic work.
Page 8.
Five persons perish when freighter turns
turtle Page 4.
Tortland and Vliinity.
Rector of Trinity Church asks congregation
to withhold Judgment. Pdge 9.
Hearing In case of discharged instructor
may begin tonight. Page 9.
Commercial telegraphers to make final ap
peal. Page 4.
Harry P. Palmer dies. Page T.
Decision awaite In Commissioner case.
Page 9.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 11.
Career of Noted German
Statesman Closed. ,
END FOLLOWS BRIEF ILLNESS
Count Among Most Learned
Imperial Premiers.
TENURE OF OFFICE BRIEF
Diplomat Bitterly Assailed by So
cialists, Press and Labor Be
cause of War Policies.
COPENHAGEN, Jan. 5. (By the As
sociated Press.) Count George F. von
Hertling, the former Imperial German
Chancellor, died Saturday night at
Ruhpolding, Bavaria, He had been ill
for six days.
LONDON, Jan. S. Count George F.
von Hertling. former German Imperial
Chancellor, is dead, it was announced
in advices received here today.
Count George F. von Hertling was
considered the most learned of all the
men called to the Chancellorship ot
Germany since 1871. He had won for
himself a scholar's reputation before
he entered political life and up to 1912,
when he became Bavaria's minister-
president, he had combined educational
and literary work with his political
activities. 0
Honor F'ollows Resignation.
Von Hertling was appointed Imperial
German Chancellor in October, 191T.
succeeding Dr. 'George Michaelis. Ha
resigned in the Fall of last year anij
the then Emperor William conferred
upon him the Order o the Blacli
Eagle and his warm thanks for the
self - sacrificing faithfulness" witli
which Von Hertling had served tha
country.
Von Hertling was born in August,
1843, in Darmstadt, of a well-known
family. He passed through the gym
nasium, or high school, of his home
city, studied philosophy and history at
Munster,. Munich and Berlin and re
ceived the degree of doctor of philos
ophy jn 1864. Later he visited Italy
and studied the dogmatic history of the
Roman Catholic Church and in 1867
became teacher of philosophy in the
University of Bonn. He was well known
as a writer on iainoncism ana politi
cal sociology.
Count Resourceful Diplomat.
Count von Hertling was a member of
the Reichstag continuously from 1875
to 1912, with the exception of the
period of 1890 to 1S96. He became he
Clerical party leader in 1909, after the
death of Count Hompesuh. During the
Chancellorship of Count von Buelow he
entrusted Von Hertling. whom he con-
sidered an able and resourceful diplo
mat, with negotiations with the Vati
can. Von Hertling also was often the
semi-official intermediary between his
party and the government.
In the latter months of his occupancy
of the chancellorship Von Hertling was
assailed by the Socialists in the Reich
stag and the German newspapers, the
Socialists charging that he had entered
the chancellorship with the understand
ing that he would speak for the whole
of the German people but that he had
gone over to the Junkers and repre
sented ideas that were obsolete. The
press generally attackefl the chancel
lor as a result of the increasing fric
tion between the Berlin and Vienna
governments.
Labor Inlons Also Hostile.
The feeling of the newspapers was
intensified when the chancellor, early
in September, said the government saw
no possibility of approving a bill for
general equal suffrage as It came from
the Prussian lower house. The work
ers' unions also turned against the
chancellor; accusing the government
of being responsible for lack of food
and of putting the Interests of the pro
ducing class above those of the people.
In his last speeches before the Reich
stag, Von Hertling dwelt on the pos
sibilities of peace being brought about.
These addresses were characterized by
the newspapers of allied countries as
"peace feelers." and even were attacked
by German writers and politicians as
insincere or untruthful.
U. S. FLYERS SEEK THRILLS
Many Aviators Plan to Go lo South
America and Develop Air Route.
NEW YORK, Jan. 5. Thrilled by
their adventures in the clouds and un
willing to return to the routine ot
civilian life, hundreds of American
aviators returning from abroad are
seeking at embassies and legations in
Washington opportunity to develop the
military and mail air services of South
American countries, according to a
statement tonight by officials of tho
Aero Club of America.
These officials explained that plans
for reducing the air forces of the
United States have forced many fliers
to seek a livelihood elsewhere. While
a large proportion nave sougnt em
ployment in the aerial mail service,
others have found even this too dull
for their taste. Consequently, they
said, they have turned to Brazil, Ar
gentine and other countries where
aviation awaits development.