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BEAUTIFUL WIFE GIVEN UP BY HUSBAND TO "OTHER MAN."
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FREELY OIS
TO EVADE ENTENTE
"That's the kind
I Congress Expected to Act on
Lansing Affair. .
German Optimism Obviously
Is Being Forced.
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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
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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-
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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-
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'as we produce. 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
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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.
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sible people together, burying differ
ences OI P"J V niuipio. u llnm hnn
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.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.
"Germany is blind."
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Aberdeen, Wash., Woman Dies.
ABERDBE.V, Wash., Feb. 15. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. Clifford P. Woodland,
wife of the secretary and general
manager of the Johston Transfer
Winiock Legion Elects Ofrioers.
CENTRALIA, Wash.. Feb. 15.
(Special.) The following permanent
officers have been elected by the
Buford Rockafellow post, American
Legion, at Winlock: Walter Toy,
commander; Theodore Leonard, vice
commander; V. O. Harkins, adjutant;
Dale Whisler, finance officer; H. L.
Fechtner, historian; J. H. Mlnton,
chaplain: Wilbur Warns, sergeant.
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