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TIIE 3I0RXIXG OREGONIAX, 3IOXDAY, FEBRUARY 1C, 1020 2 BEAUTIFUL WIFE GIVEN UP BY HUSBAND TO "OTHER MAN." 1 FREELY OIS TO EVADE ENTENTE "That's the kind I Congress Expected to Act on Lansing Affair. . German Optimism Obviously Is Being Forced. of music I LEGISLATION TALK HEARD CIRCULAR SENT OFFICERS Cloak Room Talk Centers 'on. What Men Listed' for Vandalism Given Constitutes Disability of Presi dent; Bills Are Likely. Advice on Decorum if Tried and. How to Escape. 'CRISIS' IN CABINET I I t - ' i Y t , 'i . - f - - rm. - , : n ft' -r-A . tk t : 3 KkeF WASHINGTON. Feb. 13. Secretary i ...i' m forced resignation con- ' tinues to hold the attention of offi- ; cial Washington ana an " among politicians, members of con- ' Kress and government officials con- linim in center about It. Gossip as to the probable successor is even subordinated to discussion of r the sensational climax to the strained relations between President wwson . ih ex-secretary of state, which are now known to have been in exist . enr more than a year. ' Such terms as "a crisis" In the cab- lnt are freelv used and in a sense ' find color in the frank acknowledg ment of Secretary Lane that he was I equally responsible for the meetings - to which the president objected, but : the best information available inai- - nici that there is no crisis in the sense that more secretaries are likely ; to resign. Bills oa 'Crisis" Discussed Opinion In congress continues divld . ed. with opponents of the peace treaty supporting llr. Lansing's position and talking of some action to determine hov the executive business 01 me government is being conducted dur ine- President Wilson's illness. There is even cloakroom talk of some sort of legislation to define specifically what constitutes the dis ability of a president more clearly than is provided in the constitution So far it is all in the realm of talk; no member of congress has brought forward any proposal for legislation. The chief discussion seems to range about whether President Wilson knew of the cabinet meetings which have . been going on for three months until he wrote his letter asking lor Mr. Lansing's resignation. Talk Ceatrrs Wilson. Probably no one but the president himself and three or four persons ' most closely around him can answer ; such a question specifically, but it is pointed out that reports of the cabinet '. meetings have been printed regularly ' in the newspapers; that it has been stated at the White House that the president reads the papers every day, and that in some instances at least of ficial action which the president took , on some subjects was after those subjects had been discussed at the cabinet conferences. Persons who are well informed of what has been going on in the inside of the administration hold to their belief that the cabinet meetings were only an incident and that President ; AVilson himself, in one of his letters to llr. Lansing, referred to other and 'more important reasons when he FORMER. HAREM IXMATES ARE wrote that the cabinet meeting inci- I -.,,. , ,-. dnt onlv strengthened a Oelinir he I A5IO.G TllOSt, ILtLPLD had had for some time and that for some months he had found the secre- i ' w jmgg l Photo from Underwood.. BRADSHAW. , 111., 23-ye. r-old bride of George L. , MRS. GEORGE L. Mrs. George L. Bradshaw of Chicago, Bradshaw, about 50 years old, was given up by her husband to the "other man," Ray Kerwin, a younger suitor. Mr. Bradshaw, in the belief that his wife would be happier with the younger man, it is reported, will get a divorce, so that his beautiful wife may marry the man he thinks she will be happier with. Ray Kerwin, the younger suitor, was Mrs. Bradshaw s regular beau be fore her marriage to Bradshaw. T. W. C. A. REPORT tary of state yielding to his- decisions 348 Young Women Workers Over- with more and more reluctance. The affair is expected to come up In congress again, probably tomor row. Mr. Lansing1 has denied himself to all callers. It is understood that he may spend a short vacation in Florida before going to his home in Water town, N. Y. WIFE SEEKS MRS. C. A. MeGIXXIS LOSES ADDRESS MAILED HER. Appeals to Police and "Want Ads" Fail to Locate Worker Re cently of Spokane. seas, of Whom 265 Are Sta tioned in France. NEW YORK, Feb. 15. The promo tion of international friendship by hundreds of American girls, who are assisting their sisters in ten Euro Dean countries, is described in the re port of the. war work council of the Young Women's Christian association to the American people, made public today. Recreation, education, good cheer and housing facilities were made available for hundreds of girls en gaged in work for the allied troops in France and girl workers in French factories. Classes have been opened for girls In Russia and for former inmates of Turkish harems. Assist ance has been given 3071 war brides of American soldiers, representing six nationalities. 26S Workers 1st I Vance. The association has had 34S over seas workers, of whom 265 were in. France. Some .of the workers in France have been transferred to oth Mrs. C. A. MrGinnls has a husband but can't find him. ADDeals to the police and insertion of newspaper "want ads" not In the er countries since ttie return of Amer "lost" colnran. however have failed I lean troops and the work among to locate the husband. French girls is being taken over by It isn't a case of "lost, straved or 1 French leadership. stolen" at all. Mr. McGmnis said yes- In 19 towns or cities of France terday. but merely a matter of a lost .address. Two weeks ago Mr. McGinnis came to Portland from Spokane, hoping to find work as a blacksmith, shop worker or lumber scaler. While he American girls conducted foyers for girls in war industries. Warmth and cheer, comfortable chairs in which to read and rest and a cafeteria were provided for French women who took their places in industry while their had not obtained work, when he last menfolk were fighting. Recently this wrote his wife, he advised her to come and join him here, and gave the ad dress at which he was staying. Mrs. McGinnis and son Charles Jr., aged 9. accordingly journeyed down from Spokane, arriving 'here Thurs day. But alas! It was -only to find that she had lost the husband's ad dress. Ever since Thursday she has been looking for him and awaiting an answer to her advertisements. She is now etaing with new-found friends at 5!4 Everett street, west side, from where she will continue the quest for the husband. Spotless City-' Salem's Aim. SALEM. Or.. Feb. 15. (Special.) All wooden bridges in the city of Sa lem are to be painted white in fur therance of the civic pride movement here, according to announcement made today by the cityl officials. Or ders also have gone forth notifying all property owners to cut their weeds and otherwise improve the appearance of their premises. It Is the intention of the city council to make Salem the spotless city" of Oregon, and lack of co-operation on the part of the citl sens will result in arests wherever I denois and Belleau Wood to provide the negligence of porperty owners is j information and care for women who covered by city ordinance. I visit the graves of brothers, fathers. husbands, sons or sweethearts. J part of the service has been bringing new courage to girls returning to their homes in the liberated and dev astated regions. Thirty-seven clubs Were opened for armv nurses to help relieve the strain of emotional and physical fatigue and the dullness of routine. The Kea Cross provided the room and the Young Women's Christian association the worker, the equipment and the programme. Foreisnt Girls Help. Eighteen recreation centers were conducted for signal corps girls, French army clerks and English waacs," opportunities for fun and physical comfort being provided by vacation camps and recreation parks. Three hotels were maintained in Paris for comfort of American women war workers on leave or on their ar rival in France. Seventeen hostess' houses, with similar functions, were maintained at embarkation points. pave areas and in the devastated re gions. At present hostess nouses are be ing conducted at four cemeteries where American soldiers are buried Romagne. St. Quentin, Fere-en-Tar- A. Churchill Goes East. , SALEM. Or, Feb. 15 (Special.)- RAI LWAY MEN FIGHT H.C.L j. .-. i nurcnin. siaie superinienaeni of public instruction, left here last night for Chicago and Cleveland where he wit attend national edu cational conventions scheduled at those cities. He expects to be absent for about three weeks. On his way home from the east Mr. Churchill will pass a few days in Wisconsin where he will make a personal i vestigation of the part-time schools which have been in operation in that state for several years. Wife Granted Divorce. SALEM. Or, Feb. 15. (Special.) Bessie K. Caldwell yesterday whs granted" a decree of divorce from P. J. Caldwell by Judge G. G. Bingham In the local circuit court. Mrs. Caldwell alleged desertion which followed 11 years after their marriage. The plaintiff was allowed to resume her maiden name, Bessie E. Hull. Continued From Flret Page.) members who have relentlessly de manded "action and relief." Some of 'the conservative leaders seemed to feel that the president's proposition to create a wage commission of wage experts and then to constitute a wage tribunal for dealing with the union claims, might not entirely meet the approval of the membership. The pro gramme they have taken up, there fore, would fortify the union beads against the pressing of demands which some declared would be unwise at this time. B. M. Jewell, acting president of tba railway employes department. Amer ican Federation of Labor, today ex pressed satisfaction with the progress made, thus far. lie said he believed the union's membership would acqui esce in the request of the representa tives here to await developments. Reference was made today to the statement of the union heads supple menting their reply to Mr. Wilson, In that it had set forth an indication of what the unions would accept as a minimum. This statement, taken with the reply to- the president, was inter preted by leaders themselves as por tending the exertion of union power more than has hitherto been known in its demands for "a final and def inite" solution, of the problems arising from the wage claims. Officials stressed the importance of the section of the reply to the president declaring that whatever decision is reached must include a revision of the presen relationship of railroad labor wage to that of other industries. Without that change which means an increaS' in pay, they said railroad labor will not be entirely satisfied, it was de clared. The leaders hope to make the gen eral discussion brief at the February 23 conference and lay their case be fore the country before the roads are restored to the owners March 1. ITALY SEES SETTLEMENT STAXD REMAIXS FIRM OX AD RIATIC QCESTIOX. Inference of "Passing Buck" War Prisoner List to Lloyd George Is Resented. (Copyright by the Xew York World. Pub- usnea by Arrangement) PARIS, Feb. 15. (Special cable.) With the approacn of tha conference of the premiers in London, the Ital ians are renewing their hopes that the Adriatic question will finally be settled. However, they Insist thev will not budge further, regardless of the American attitude on the accent ance of the Lloyd George compromise or compliance with the pact of Lon don. The report of possible change In the Belgrade government increases Italian optimism that Lloyd George's plan will be approved. This would be more satisfying to the Italians, as they do not appear over-enthusi astio over the pact of London, simply reverting to it as the last resort The text has been officially com municated to Belgrade, despite re ports to the contrary. It is said to be substantially the same as the bol neviK version already given out. Erzberger'a statement to the effect that he offered' "sacrifices" to one of the allies if it would use its in fluence on the side of the war crim inals and that the treaty actually wouia oe negotiated caused a mild sensation in conference circles. Italians are quick to resent the finger pointing toward them as hav ing "passed the buck" to Llovd ueorge, ana n is said semi-officially that If there has been anything of tne son going on they were unaware of it. so It must be with Britain, in asmuch as Lloyd George has been pussyfooting on the question. Other sources, however, which it should be said in justice to the Italians are op posed to Italian aspirations, intimate that it waa with difficulty that th allies persuaded the Italians to ap prove the list forwarded to Berlin. Hospital Inmate Escapes. SALEM. Or., Feb. 15. (Special.) William S. Scarbury. who was com mitted to the state hospital from Lin Qoln oounty on July 10, 1919, walked away from the laundry of the institu tion early today. Scarbury is 52 years of age and is cansidered harm less. He has a wife and other rela tives residing in Newport. Fr Colds, Grip or Influenza and as a Preventative, tak LAXATIVB BROMO QUININE Tmbleu. Look tor K W GHOVJC'S signature, on th. box. IOC S. tk H. Green olman Fuel Co. -Adv. Stamps tor cash. Main 353. S60-I1. BY CYRIL BROWN. (Copyright by the New York World. Pub lished by Arrangement.) BERLIN, Feb. 15. The government affects to read the possibility of fur ther negotiations into the surrender note transmitted by, the. French charge d'affaires to Chancellor Bauer. The official show of optimism is on viously forced:- the government is eagerly grabbing at straws of forlorn hopes, but the tension of the crisis is undeniably temporarily relieved thereby, and interest In the situation accordingly Is sagging. Such listed leaders as Ludendorff and Von Kluck still decline to discuss the surrender question for publics' tion. but the Saxon Oeneral Baron von Hausen, the leader of the German 3d army at the beginning of the war, who retired after the Marne battle, has come out with the statement that "he and his officers and men strictly regarded all rules of international law, and for the rest only acted ac cording to orders given them." Counter . measures," he goes on, 'were necessary in Belgium owing to the franc-tireur war. Such measures were not. necessary in France because similar excesses on the part of the populace were not manifested. If here or there were any who were really guilty, they should be placed before a Germam court" Surrender In Deliberated. Baron von Hausen adds that for i moment he had deliberated about giv ing himself up voluntarily when it appeared that the return of German prisoners would be conected with the surrender question, but that since the sole purpose of demanding the army leaders was to make eternal the mem ory of tire alleged wrongdoings of the uerman army, and since the demand for the surrender signified nothin; more than hate and cowardly greed for revenge, he had dropped the idea of giving himself up, nor should any other German do so. He concludes that he thoroughly shares the stand point of Field Marshal von Buelow. According to a report from Darm stadt, the grand duke of Hesse wrote to the chairman of the German peo ple's party thanking all loyal Hes sians for their determination to rally round tneir xormer prince. "This fills my heart with gratitude,' he said. "For the rest, calmly and with a clean conscience I face every thing which can be undertaken against my person by the enemy." Advice Given Officer. Some interesting guiding princi pies, agreed upon by the conference of old generals and admirals and sent out to high officers of the old army and navy in a circular letter signed by tne recommending committee, in eluding Generals von Kluck, Falken hayn, Hecringen, Eberhard and Boehm, make the fallowing recom mendations to army and navy off! cers on the list: First It is not against the honor of an officer to avoid attempted seiz ure by the German government for the entente. Second Under the circumstances we must voluntarily give ourselves up. Habeas corpus proceedings are immediately to be brought in case of possible arrest. Third Personal defense before an enemy court must be desisted from. It is recommended merely to make a declaration, in the German language of course, to this effect: "I have done nothing except my duty as a German soldier. As such I do not recognize your court and therefore decline all further testi mony." Fourth 'Whether lawyers or attor neys are to be employed must be de termined by each individual. Fifth In view of enemy moving picture operators and the hostile in sults and demonstrations to be ex pected, no uniform is to be worn, but only a plain civilian street suit with out decorations. It is interesting to note that these recommendations paradoxically in clude advice for dodging arrest and trial, and at the .same time give ad vice for conduct before enemy courts. Respect la Lost. One of the most interesting expres sions of opinion is an article with the headline "What Do the French Want?" in the Kreuzzeitung by Count weoet. ie says: "It is not so much lilind hate as hysterical fear that dominates the French state of mind. Germany must be annihilated, the empire must be smashed to smithereens, the German people sent to hades so that France may be secured against 'revanche' forever. The least giving way on our part, the least conciliation, will nave tne worst results for us. There is only one chance for us. that is to remain unshakably firm and to announce Irrevocably: 'Thus far and no further. This ought to have been done last year, as Brock- aorff-Kantzau wanted to do. Giv ing way, we have spoiled our enemy. W e have always first said 'no' and then yes.' W e have lost all respect. iJut the worst consequences of our present refusal, a horrible end. is better than a horror without end ing. Yet our prospects ' are not so hopeless. The entente has not been united for a long while. Its edifice is decayed and tottering, and a gust of wind may overthrow it And our decided no may prove to be such gust Future Looks Dark. Japan' and America are against such a surrender. Italy has played along with reasons of solidarity. In England opinions are divided. If we do not succeed re do not lose any thing. Any one on the list who wants to give himself up voluntarily ought to oe placed under preventive ar rest to keep him from rendering bad service to the fatherland." The vmost pessimistic utterance from any prominent German, so far that of Dr. Walther Ratbenau. president of Germany's general elec tric company, who predicts an inevi table catastrophe in Germany unless at the last minute there comes a miracle of radical reform of economic life according to some grand syste matic plan. "Cassandra" Rathenau considers' that the prospects of a miracle are slender.' He says: "The danger has mounted so high that momentarily all talk about what shape things will take in the future must be interrupted. We stand at the bedside of a dying country. We are concerned not about future plans but catastrophe. The danger standing outside the door is called famine and disease. Democratization is in the dires-t distress. The main problem is that we con- The instrument for your home is the instrument that gives you your kind of music The Victrola does that and more. 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Under such economy our land in three years' time will not be recognizable in its deterioration and degeneration. We are filling up the deficit between production and consumption with paper money. The paper flood will continue as long as the equilibrium between production Land consumption is not restored. NO written prescriptions, Diiiion dollar loans or conferences on the rate of exchange can help. The only cure lies in harmonizing production and consumption." Rathenau' sees not the slightest signs that Germany will pull itself together for a timely basic economic reformation, firstly, because the dan ger is not fully recognised; 'secondly, because the powerful .profiteers are against it, and, thirdly, because the government is incompetent to initiate big measures which are not laid down in its party programme. "We are apprentices in civic lib erty," he says. "It will take decades before we learn how to employ methods of self-government which are not in our experience. Perhaps some day the three ablest men of the present government will form a directory. That would be better than the present rule of party factions. "In other countries the present peril would bring all thinking and respon sible people together, burying differ ences OI P"J V niuipio. u llnm hnn th i. f-rrentinsr the orofessional I "wy" .niifinan IpurnAri thftnriata nnd in- , the dividual publicists, nobody remains Vignature who has strength. Insight and the ' will to grab the spokes of, the swiftly rolling wheel. "It may come to pass that the ap proaching Russian storm will knock everything into a cocked hat. Or pos sibly our creditors will place us in the hands of a receiver. Or it may happen that a capitalistic feudal re action. In agreement with the en tente, may take over the dictator ship. "But on the part of the German people nothing will happen. We have learned nothing as a result of the war. We have no will, no judgment. 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