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- "V ... 62 Pages Five Sections Section One Pages 1 to20 VOL.. XXXVII NO. 52. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, DKCESlBElt 29, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS. LLOYD GEORGE AMD COALITION STSWN Elections' Give'519 Seats . .in New Parliament. TRIUMPH IS OVERWHELMING Arthur Henderson, Labor t, Leader, Meets Defeat. EX-PREMIER ASQUITH OUT Xiberal Xcader Loses to Colonel Sprot, Scottish Laird, Veteran of Campaign In France. ' LONDON, Dec. 2S. (By the Asso ciated Press.) The broad features of the election results announced today are the sweeping triumph of the Lloyd George coarlitlon, the complete rout of the Asquithlans. the pacifists and the omen candidates, and, perhaps most significant of all, the victory of the Einn Feiners all along the line. That the coalition government would be victorious had been a foregone con clusion, despite the rumbling of rumor between the polling and the counting of the votes that labor would make an unexpected showing. But that David Lloyd George would command com pletely an overwhelming majority in the new house in the proportion of almost five to one had never been con templated, even by the most sanguine coalitionists. Premier Far in Lead. And since coalition, as it now oper ates, is distinctly more conservative than liberal in its composition and ten dencies, this result of the first election under the extended franchise and with the participation of millions of women voters is most suggestive. Premier Lloyd George, with only four results yet to be announced, has 619 seats for his cealition, out of a membership of 707. The Sinn-Feiners have elected 70 members and labor ap proximately 75. Only One Woman Wins. Of 14 women candidates only one will be entitled to sit in the Ho"use "of Commons, namely, Countess Markie- vica, a Sinn Feiner, who was elected for St. Patrick's division of Dublin City. But, as the Sinn Feiners refuse to eit at Westminster, the House of Commons, will, as hitherto, be com posed entirely of males. All the other women candidates, in eluding , many of the foremost in the. women's movement, were defeated. Christabel Pankhurst came the nearest of these to being elected, losing by a narrow majority to a laborite. The Sinn Feiners, as expected, not only swept Ireland, but gained their seats with enormous majorities, leav ing the Nationalist representation in the new Parliament to a bare seven members. John Dillon, the Nationalist leader, was defeated by E. De Valera, Sinn Feiner, for East Mayo, by a ma jority of ever 4000. Joseph Devlin, however, defeated De Valera for the West Belfast seat. De Valera also was a candidate in the South Down con stituency. Many Votes Split. A prominent feature of the election la the comparative smalln'ess of the polls compared with the number of reg istered elactors. No figures are avail able yet as to what extent the Army nd Navy have voted. The defeat of the A'squithians, especially the former min isters, in most cases, can be attributed In part to split votes in three-cornered constituencies. Not only has no coalition minister been defeated, but most of them were (Concluded on Page 3, Column 1.) "".'' s . , fe,,:jJ?ii , :u-3r5" " GRjIllte'efi 1::t"Si'T" li I' - ' o tqj u J I At fbe r.rtt 1m the First Eiclnslve Fhotoarraph of President Wilson LutIsr the TT. S. S. Ceorxe Washing-ton In the Harbor of Brest. The I'h olograph Skons the f l he Center Picture Shovra the Arrival In the Harbor at Brest. From L,eft to Right In the President's Party Aret Commodore F. M. -erkln. Executive Officer! f.eoree W aahtngton. The Photograph Shows Tfaem About to Disembark, oat the Steamer's Arrival at Brest. The Photograph on the Hight Shown President Wllm I Gleaned of the Plaudits Given by the Krcnch Populace. .... FRENCH NEED SHIPS, FARMS, FACTORIES I ; OUTSIDE AID MUST BE HAD TO OVERCOME HANDICAP. Deputy High Commissioner -Tells of Conditions and Denies "Blcd-AVlilte" Story. BALTIMORE, Dec. 28 With' 2,600.- 000 of her youngest, ablest and most spirited men killed or maimed, and up ward of hair her industry and ship ping destroyed by the war, France's appeal to her allies during the period of rehabilitatior. will be for help in rebuilding the factories and farms which the Germans wrecked, and for assistance in constructing or purchas ing ships. Edouard De Billy. Deputy High Commissioner of the French Re public, declared here today ir an ad dress before the American Association for the Advancement of Science.' He denied that France is "bled white." but. sai.the handicap imposed as a result of her sacrifices In resist ing the invader could not be overcome except with outside aid. He declared that 26,000 factories in the French districts occupied by the Germans were destroyed or stripped of their machinery; that almost 12, 000,000 head of cattle were Beixed;'that thousands of miles of farm lands, devastated by shells, was made unfit for cultivation; .that the net loss in ship tonnage, through sinkings and enforced curtailment in production was 670,000 tons and that the money cost of the conflict, in appropriations and pub lic debt. aggregated 138.000,000,000 francs. ' " SOCIETY AIDS MILK FUND Carnival de Victolre xGlvn by New "York's Smart Set. NEW YORK, Dec 28. New York so ciety celebrated the return of pre-war conditions tonight with a great carnival de victoire costume ball at the Ritz Carlton, the proceeds of which are to be given to the free milk for France fund. The entire first floor of the hotel had been taken over and partly recon structed for the event, which brought together the most fashionable assembly New York has witnessed since the coun try went to war. 1 In one of the halls, decorated to rep resent the hanging gardens of Babylon, Metropolitan Opera-house favorites vied with those of the comic opera stage in the presentation of brilliant dances. Motion pictures were taken under the direction of a Signal Corps officer. DRAFT BOARDS GET PRAISE Legislation to Authorize Medals Is Urged by Baker. WASHINGTON. Dec 28. Legisla tion authorizing medals for members of Army draft boards and state offi cials who helped administer the se lective service law was urged today by Secretary Baker in a letter to Chair man Dent, of the House military com mittee. " "Comparisons among citizens of the country who performed each in his own place service in the National cause would be invidious," Mr. Baker wrote, "yet I venture to doubt whether there has been a more In spiring picture of fidelity than was given by members of these boards. SKIP STOPS ONLY ONE WAY Beginning With New Year's Inbound Passengers to Be Favored. Effective January 1 there will be no more skip-stops on inbound streetcars of the Portland Railway, Light and Power Company. - The skipstops will continue on the outbound cars, as it is found to benefit running time to make only half as many stops when deliver ing travel homeward. For picking up passengers, the inconvenience of com pelling passengers, to assemble at cer tain alternate streets has been found more of an annoyance than an ad vantage. The plan was put into effect Sep tember 29, and was accepted by the public with little complaint. LONDON APPROVES W ON ORATORY High Expectations Said to Have Been Fulfilled. NO JARRING NOTE ON VISIT Police Suppress Attempt to Wave Red Flags on Streets. PRESIDENT LEAVES CITY American" Executive Departs for Carlisle, Where Ho Will See Birthplace of Mother. LONDON. Dec 28. President Wilson made his last public appearances in London today. Officials of the city of London presented him with an address of welcome in the ancient Guild Hall, where other famous 'Americans, includ ing General Grant and ex-Preeident Roosevelt, have been received. After ward he was th guest at a luncheon in the Egyptian Hall of Mansion House where hover the ghosts of decades of civic oratory and where many Ameri cans have partaken of the famed Alder manic turtle soup. Big Crowds See Wllaon. The drive from Buckinghom Palace and return was witnessed by immense crowds. There was plenty of enthusi asm abroad but it hardly reached the volume as that which attended the President's entry into London on Thurs day. Announcement of the results of the general election was somewhat of a counter-attraction today. Beneath the surface of the formali ties at the Mansion House an unusual episode of human interest was rippling part happy, part tragic. Premier Lloyd George, who sat near the Presi dent, was learning that the voters had renewed his lease of power by heavier majorities than political auguries had foretold. H. H. Asquith. his one-time chief and rival of today, was seated nearby and heard that his political ca reer of more than ?0 ycrs had been halted. .. . : Wilson Premier Cit The day's official events were not limited to the two functions in the city. The President received and spoke to various delegations which presented addresses at. the American Embassy, and tonight he dined at the Premier's residence in Downing street -with the members of the Cabinet, After dinner he entrained for Car lisle, where' tomorrow he will visit his mother's birthplace. On Monday he will be in Manchester, the great mid land commercial center. The Presi dent will make an oration in the. Free Trade Hall at Manchester, which holds 4000 persons, and another speech at a luncheon, where other delegations will be presented. The visit to London has passed with out any. Jarring note or discussion of precedents and rank, like that which attended General Grant's visit in 1877. Fine Incidents Kept From Wilson. The President has not heard that, the police took away red flags from a few women of foreign appearance in the crowds in the streets of London. The President's two speeches that at Guild Hall a formal oration having as its text that the world is eager for a lasting peace of Justice and right, and that at the Mansion House, of mellower tone were not disappointing to Londoners. That is saying much, as the President's prestige as an orator had awakened high expectations. It was clear that his auditors, em bracing the world's officialdom, finan cial and business, whatever their po. (Concluded on Pa ge 4. Column 1.) SCENES CAUGHT BY THE CAMERA Official Casualty Report. rTT ASHINGTON, Dec. 28. Casualty VV lists today contain 920 names, of which 80 were killed in action. 89 died of wounds. 32 of accident, 79 of disease, 375 were wounded severely,- 43 degree undetermined, 37 slightly, and 176 miss ing. Following is the' tabulated sum mary: Ieatha Rep't'd. Today. Total. Killed in action Jit.&:i 10 27,983 Lost at sea ... :i".wt tl.-d of wounds 11.1.;.", 89 11.UJ4 Uied of disease 16.570 ,7! l.tW Died of accident 2.1'.U . J J 2.22 Total deaths ....... ss.iuo 200 68,40 Wounded 121.41:1 vd5 121.868 Mining and prisoners. .. ls.Jbtf 170 1S.76L Total casualties 188,139 S2U 18U.1O0 OREGON. Kilted In action Knecht. William; Mrs. Bertha Rlenecker, . B131 Ninetieth street S. E.. Portland. Or. WaSUUiCTON. Killed In Action- Frees. Frank W., Edmonds, Wash. Dunuque, Kudore L., Yakima, Wash. Kramer, A. R. Cpl.), Opportunity, Wash. lled of voocdit Jamer Wm. A. Cpl.), Caatls Rock. Wash. Halsvy. A. M., Jerry, Waah. Henson, V. C. Bellevue, Wash. Wilkens. E. K., Seattle, Wash. tiled of Accident Castro, J. a.. Morton. Wash. IMed of iIIhim Chnelder. Henry. Bremerton, Wash. Wounded severely Recchia. Leonard 1. (Cpt.), Seattle. Wash. . Miller lMuta C, Chehalts. Wash. Miller. Ray ., Seattle, Wash. Missing in art ion Cain. Vern J., Colbert. Wash. Ohllda, Enrlchard C. White Salmon. "Wash. Kaber, Nicholas, Everett, Wash. IDAHO. Wounded severely Bryant, William J. Coeur d'Alene. Idaho. Sun.lbertr. Harry. N.. Pollatch. Idaho. Mlsslas; In action Woodall. John W.. Rods Springs, Idaho. Ciale, James L... Sawyer, Idaho. ALABAMA. Killed In action Ay era. Joseph I.. Heflln. Ala. Burk, Ira 1, Oaylesvilie, Ala. lied of srountts Self, c. o.. East Lake, Ala. IHed of diaease Kelly, James L. (Cpl.). Headland, Ala. McCall. Prank R. tLc). Troy, Ala. ARKANSAS. Tled of disease Maya, C. C. Amity. Ark. CALIFORNIA. Killed In action Munson. Emanuel A.. Berkeley, CsL liied of uounut Waterman, Nelson C. Cpi.).' Cambria. Csl. Longfellow. Harold B. tLt), Oakland, CaL Died of arrMcnt Hart. L A. (Cpl.). Los Angeles, Cal. I lied of Disease Adimi. Lot), Jrvlne. Cal. Hunt, W. U. (Cpl.). Oakland. CaL Dletrlck, G. A. Cpl.). llorubrook. CaL COLORADO. Died of Accident Loftus, P. J.. Pueblo. Colo. Died of disease Cross. C. B., Denver, Colo. Walker, John M. (Sgt.). Denver, Cola. CONNECTICUT. Died of wounds. Levine. tsamuel. South Korwalk. Cons. Streibig-, Gustave.' Danbury, Conn. Iiet of sccllent Barnes. K. J. (Cpl.), West Havn. Conn. . died of disease) Carlson, H, (Cpl.), New Britain, Conn. FLORIDA. Died of accident Taylor. W. s., Jr., Tampa, Fla. (Concluded on Page IS.) YEAR-END REVIEW WEDNESDAY. -. Next Wednesday, January 1, The Oregonian will print a re view of industrial progress in Portland and ; Oregon during 1918, together with a summary of the state's part in war activi ties at Home and abroad. Al though in condensed form, this survey will cover a wide field and will contain much informa tion of interest and value. Of particular importance will be detailed statistics on Oregon's share in building America's great fleet of freight carriers. - - This review will take the place of The Oregonian Annual, which for many years has been pub lished on January 1. . The An nual is omitted this year in com pliance with the Government's 4s request for the conservation of white paper, a request that has not been withdrawn, even though the actual limitation on the use of pnnt paper was cancelled on December 15. OF PRESIDENT WILSON AND PARTY ARRIVING IN FRANCE. EDITORS HALT AT HISTORIC TOMBS Paris, Gay and Beautiful, Appeals to Yankees. ANCIENT CHURCH IS EXPLORED London Impresses Visitors as ' Metropolitan Jumble. DINNER IS GAY AFFAIR Waiting Over Faces of Illustrious" l)cad, as at Westminster, Gives One Queer Sensation. TWENTY-KOCRTH (AND FTXAL) LETTER BY EDGAR B. PIPER. tONDON, N'ovomber 13. (Editorial Correspondence.) The American edi torial pilgrims are back in London and are making their plans to tT" Lome. They were brought to England to aee the English, and not En g-land, and the Scotch and the Irish, and were taken to France to see the French, and not France, and down to the American front to see what the American Army had done and was doing. And, of course, they were to learn all about the war. They leave with com fortable reflections about their share in the adventure. They have seen many English, and some Scotch, and a few Irish, both at war and at peace; and they have had a great experience In France, wtilch Includes Paris. Historic Scenes I'Mvlslted. Ecwne of tho Journalists had an op portunity for a little sightseeing, but not much. To the lew" who had not before been abroad, it -i7as something of a disappointment that a hundred his torlc scenes, focal points of modern progress, must remain unvisited. For example, the editorial procession bisected the battle front of Agincourt at a speed of 35 miles an hour. There was a wave of the hand by the mili tary escort in the direction of a wide expanse of rolling country and of a monument obscured by trees; and that was enough for Agincourt. The mem orable past was blithely ignored; only the terrible present was of'moraent. Pari Is City Beautiful. One visitor had a chance of an aft ernoon to take a run about the French capital. He compassed in two or three short hours the stately Tuileries, the Champs Elysses, the Place de la Con corde, Notre Dame Cathedral, the Arch of Triumph, the River Seine and the tomb of Napoleon. He has only an observation or two to make about bis rapid-fire glimpse of Paris from the window of a taxi cab The Paris of parks and boulevards and buildings and bridges and palaces is a city of meticulous order and orthodox loveliness, ust as some other cities are; but the Paris of art and history and literature and music and imagination. interpreted through its monuments and cathedrals and opera houses and public memorials and festal centers ,is the Paris of one's dreams. The arch in various forms was the product of primitive artistry, at times beautiful and even noble; and the archi tects of Greece and Rome vied with one another in their conception of sym metrical monuments to be erected for the pride and glory of statesmen and conquerera. I.oqdon Metropolitan Jumble. But If there was a grandeur that was Rome and a glory that was Greece, there is a magnificence that Is Paris and it is expressed in the Arch of Triumph and the tomb of Napoleon. Magnificence Is the right word. None other will do; no other Is needed. London is a conglomeration, a metro- (Concluded on 1'age E. Column 1.) President and Pnrly Hoard Ins the French Shin From the l.rorsr Waxhlnuton to Minn Benhnm. Secretary to Mrs. WIImii Mm. t II son. President W llaon and and Kayniond Polnenre Driving to the lionae of Prince Mnrat, ta I 'aria, the White . ELECTION IN IRELAND IS WON BY SINN FEIN SEVENTY PARLIAMENT SEATS TAKEN TO BE UNOCCUPIED. Irish Republic Will Be Proclaimed, It Is Said, and Parliament Es tablished In Dublin. LONDON, Dec. 2S. The Sinn Feiners have secured 70 Beats in Parliament, thus sweeping the whole of Ireland ex cept the Unionist section. All the Sinn Feiners elected, will refrain from at tending Westminister. The Laborites have only 74 seats In stead of the expected 100. John Dillon, the Irish Nationalist leader, was defeated In East Mayo by E, De Valera (Sinn Fein), by a vote of 8842 to 4451. He has represented East Mayo since 1885- Posters will appear In every parish in Ireland today announcing that the Irish Republic lias come Into being, says the Express. It was stated by the Express that a central Sinn Fein council will be es tablished In Dublin almost Immediately and will call itself the Irish Parlia ment. WAR'S DEAD IS 5,936;504 Total Casualties Suffered by Ger many "Exceed Six Million. LONDON. Dec. 28. (British Wireless Service.) With the issue of the offi cial figures of the French losses in the war it Is possible to arrive at the approximate estimate of the appalling toll of life. The dead, so far, number 5.936.504. The individual national losses in dead thus far announced are: British, 706.726: French. 1.071.300; American. 58.478: Russian. 1.700.000; Austrian. 800.000; German. 1.600.000. The total German casualties are given by the Berlin Vorwaerts as 6.330, 000, and the Austrian total was placed at 4.000,000. Serbia in killed, -wounded and prisoners lost 320.000 men. FAMOUS BIG GUN RUSTING Weapon That Shelled Paris Aban doned to Elements. COBLENZ. Dec. 27. (By the Associ ated Press.) Dismembered and with its parts already beginning to rust, the big Bertha which startled the world by its long-range fire upon Taris last Spring has been left to its fate In an old Ger man artillery yard in West Prussia. The famous big gun Is reported lying in the open air, protected from the eyes of the curious only by a board fence. RAIN EXPECTED THIS WEEK Snow in Mountains and Near Normal Temperatures Predicted. WASHINGTON. Dec -28. Weather predictions for the week beginning Monday, issued by the Weather Bureau today, are: Pacific states Rain early In the week In north portion and again, after the middle of the week, except snow In the mountains: fair over south portion. Nearly normal temperatures. BELGIUM PLANS WELCOME President May Not Visit , Brussels for Another Month. PARIS, Dec. 28. Brand Whitlock, American Minister to Belgium, has in formed the American peace delegation that elaborate preparations have been made in Brussels to receive President Wilson. Mr. Whitlock has been advised, how ever, that the President's time will be so occupied that It is not likely he will be able to go there before a month. EBERT CABINET FALLEN Liebknecht, Ledebour and Eiclihorn to Come Into Power. AMSTERDAM. Dec. 28. The Ebert Cabinet has fallen, according to the Berlin Kreux Zeitung. A Llebknecht-Ledebour-Eichorn Cabi net will be formed. BERLIN HIDES FEAR UNDER MASK OF JOY People Dance While Bol shevism Grows Apace. SPECTER OF HUNGER HAUNTS Radicals and Opponents Shiv er, Fearing Assassination. SPIES INCREASE DISTRUST Contending Elements riot Against Each Othcryand Machine Guns Kept Ready for Quick Use. Continuing Ms series of articles on con ditions In Orirnny, obtained at firm htind as soon its the armlstir-e xms slKned. Lincoln f-vre-. ,h wrll's Faris correspondent, who " stlaehed o Uenersl en.hlns:'s Armies, presents today an intimate picture or tho war-ridden capital Itself, (rained from his visits i there. In today's article, cabled to the World on hl return to Farls. Mr. J-.yre if! lis of the popular Uorgan mood since tlie war. B-Y LINCOLN ETRE. (Copyright by the New York vorid. Pub lished by arrangement.) PARIS, Dec 28. (Special cable.) Berlin is a city of fear. Externally life in the magnificent capital of federal Germany flows smoothly along the old lines. The Berliners are going about their business and pleasures as usual. restaurants, theaters and shojis are open and presumably money. making Even the more festive forms of amusement are making their appear ance. .Dancing has been resumed, the first public costume ball since the be ginning of the war having been held in Hallcn3 four days ago. Troops returning Trom the Rhine dis tricts are being feted in the most gen erous fashion, prior tp their hurried de mobilization. Yet fear is in the air. Renewal of Horrors Feared. The people there have heard the Bound of machine gun and rifle fire and have seen men shot tfbwn In the very heart of the erstwhile orderly and well-managed metropolis, and 'they dread the renewal of these horrors on' a still greater scale. They dread the too abrupt stoppage' of their meager food supplies and the shortage of coal that would paralyze the municipal lighting plants and leave the city in darkness after 4 P. M. these Winter evenings, besides depriving them of gas for their cooking. In political circles there is the fear of assassination. Dr. Karl Liebknecht. the Bolshevist leader, never sleep twice in the same place, and keeps his movements a mystery at all times. The Sparticus group, as Llebknecht's followers style themselves, never ad vertise leas than two or three meetings on any given day and never announce beforehand which of these meetings Liebknecht himself will attend. LlebUneeht Fran for Life. This prophet of destruction the Spartacus gang is one with the. Rus sian Bolshevists in advocating the smashing of every existing institution in order to build up anew is so fear ful of being himself destroyed that he emerges from his hiding places only after every precaution has been taken to safeguard him, and then only for a few minutes at a time. On the other hand. Baron von Stumm. one of the high Foreign Office officials under the old regime and for mer attache of the German Embassy at Washington, is equally preoccupied with thoughts of an attempt on his own life. A bodyguard of sailors armed to the teeth protect the Baron from anarchistic assassitis. Thus both the Bolshevists and the Conserves have a frank mutual distrust, one of the tConcluced on Page 1-. Column 1.) Me Conveyed li the Ilnrbor to Brest t nptaln Met noley, l ommaxlrr of h llom Ovtrstu. Am Iden Can Also M, T 03 107.2