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"ITS ALL HERE aJ ITS ALL TRUE" . V "f?i';' Tonight .nd , M-Nw Wednesday, fair; , w I northw s t c r I y J fi ft. . indfr . : . VOL. XVIL NO. 185 1 PORTLAND,', OREGON. TUESDAY EVENING,; D ECEMBER 17. -1818 TWENTY-TWO PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS taV"?idAbiiS fi BRITISH SHIPS SHELL FORCES OF BOLSHEVIK! TWO IMPORTANT RHINE .CITIES WHICH YAJSKS AKE OCCUPYING HERE are'two of the most important cities on the Rhine which "American troops are now policing. At the top is Coblenz, which a battalion of the 39th infantry first occupied. Below is Mainz, viewed from the Rhine. Mainz is the capital of righted by the I. F. S., give a good-view of the famous German river. u . . . , . .. ' ! BY III Mrs. Lola G. Baldwin Overtakes Fugitive in San Francisco and Recovers Much of the Money, Young Man Says He Will Make Amends; Admits He Has Been Living "High," Since Escapade. SAN FnANCISCO. Dec. 17. (U. P.) Arthur C. Davis Is under j 'arrest here today, charged with i robblrtg the East Side hank of "j Portland, Or., of $18,500. He has confessed, the police, say, The arrest was effected through ; the cleverness of Mrs. Lola, G. ' j Baldwin, former policewoman of Portland, who recognized Davis. Mrs. Baldwin saw Davis passing In an expensive automobile. She j commandeered a jitney and fol- j -Towqd 3 him. Finally when he 1 alighted, fchc went up to him, en- : gaged him In 'conversation and . signaled -a." policeman. " The- arrest wa . mado '- last ' night, but was not announced.; until today. . , " " BecauM he was a minister's eon, he never had an even break. That wan the excuse Davis gave today for a train of irctitttfttancea that led him to rob tha East Side bank In Portland of .118.500 1 "The fellows always pointed me out as a 'goody-goody,' " he said. "Ai boy they always ridiculed me as the . ministers son. Whenever 1 did any thing to show I was a regular fellow'. people, would say, 'Ministers sons all way are bad.' ! JTTley can say that now. all. right.! l a via said, witn a tragm iook. Strict home training, lack of a chance at real fun. combined to make him desire a real "eutlnr.' .n said, and h rb a i n ptl l:.hla fiAda for ; Uja'OutlmSf" from the tank. .V'-". v.'!!';? lit' I j .-. Davis, who la tnajitwsarand wheta me son at a' remitter .In Portland, was em ployed' by the bank for a brief period before the robbery- , ' I : Boon after the money and bank's pa prs were mlased. an attempt was made to find Davis. Ilia wife said be bad left hep wfore daylight that morning after leaving . 1500 with her. ' This money she turned over to the bank. "She said Pavta left In the early morning, re turning later with 'a suit case. He then kissed her goodbye and gave her the money. Davis had )735 on him when "arrested. He said he hfld $1500 more in a trnnH In his rooms. The police also found a . $50 liberty bond, nine 1100 liberty ' bonds and one JJ00 bond. Some of the TsiuaDies stolen irom tne Dank ,cun- listed of liberty bonds. Pavls admitted he had been living "high" since leaving Portland, lie had amumed the name of -A. P. Hill. Mrs. Baldwin said he talked over the . case with Davis before turning: him over to the ponce. , "He Is the son of the Kev. C Howard Davis and is a member of a .fine old family," she said. "He In very imma ture., . t cannot believe he In a real criminal.' He left a wife and l-months-oid baby In Portland. His wife never baa lost .faith In him. lie was. married at II. : 1 . "His wife's case lai mobt pathetje. Every night she has waited for him In their little cottage, believlnr he would come back. There was no ofher woman m th case. 1 believe, and I think It will be found he still has muoh of the money." M Isrge reward had been offered for the capture of Davis, and this probably tCaeludc4 on Fac F1t, Column Two) i BATTLEFIELD TRIP President Had Planned to Visit Scene of Marne Engagement; Sharp Is to Be Host. By Robert J. Bender Paris. Dec, 17. (U. P.) A heavy rain necessitated calling off President Wil son's projected trip to the Marne battle field today. It also prevented the presi dent ana near Admiral Grayson from playln olf at St. Cloud, which had been planned for a. m. . t . Tha nresldent arose later than iibu'bI and expected to. spend . tlie most of. the flay Indoors. This afternoon he will con fer aeparately with Edwin Hurley. Mar shal rocn and Italian Ambassador Cel lera, the . latter presumably about the 1 aetatla of the trip to Rome. Tonlfht the Wilsons, Polncares and about -SO distinguished Frenchmen and Americana win be the ruests of Ambaa aador and Mrs. Sharp at dinner. A re ception will follow. - The weather cleared uo toward noon and tha Wilsons again motored out to Versailles for a more thorough inspec tion otne paiace and ground. - Strew" Rows Before President r By Jena Xdwla Kcvla Parla, Dec 17-(I. N. S.) It Is now offlcfally announced that President WU- ; aoji wflr spend Christmas at General Pershing a headav rtera. During Monday evening Mr: Wilson conferred with Premier Venlsloa i of (Concluded on Elht Colama On) HALTED BY STORM STOCKHOLM, Dee. 17-C. P.) "A British aqaadroa' In the Calf of Finland bombarded the front and rear sectors of the Bol shevik forces, halting the enemy's ad-ranee," the Ethontaa official eomttanlqae annoonced today. Loadoa, Bee. 17. (U. P.) A Heater dispatch from Stockholm saysilt Is reliably reported that the Bolshevik government Intends to evacuate Petrograd and establish headquarters at Itljal-Hovgorod. Copenhagen, Bee. 17 (I. jr. S.) The allies are expected to land troops In - Petrograd after Christ masj according to travelers reach lag hero from that city today. Inland Empire League Expecting Active1 Interest of River Ports in Petition Great Interest has been excited among ports of the Columbia by the organiza tlon f the Inland Empire Shippers' league; at Pendleton last Saturday and the determined decision of that body to seek from the Interstate commerce com mission a rate based on the cost of rail transportation to tidewater. Such a petition by the shippers In volves; a demand for. recognition of the Columbia water grade route and an of ficial establishing of the fact that trans portauon over the rough and high mountain ranges to Puget Sound of nec-sstnty lx more costly, than via the almost, level water grade to ports of tne Columbia. . Thel active interest of Portland. As toria nd Vancouver in the promised petitioning of the interstate commerce commission by inland empire shippers la expected to express Itself In two iSoaad Artloa Problematical f T"Irst In a "common desire for an or der establishing- a differential In the. rate jfrom the Inland Empire to Puget eoima ana to tidewater on the Columbia. Second A. lively concern-as to tha form which the anticipated order, of the commission wlJI tak, .whether rescogni Hon of the wate grad alow will be. In Volved nor whether thera wtH i M.yb taken; into account, aa a means of fir. uringj me cose or transportation, the respective distances of Columbia river portSfrom the Inland Empire. At the present time a parity of rates exists between ,U Northwest .tidewater, points and that part of the Inland Km pi re which If'S east of a line, drawn from Pendleton through Pasco, and Kennewick to Spo kane, thence northward. What Puget Sound porta, particularly Seattle and Tacoma. will do to meet the petition Is problematical, but active re- sistaiice is anticipated as the parity of rates! in respect to Puget Sound and ports! of the Columbia. ' arbitrarily , and artificially imposed in disregard to the costly mountain routes to the sound, has permitted Seattle and Tacoma to com pete commercially with ports of the Columbia. rrecedeat May Be Set private properties the railroads As serving Puget sound and the Columbia river! ports would be represented by Various forms 6f Influence and Inter vention. "The extent to which their sta tus will be modified by government ad- inlstratlon Is yet to .be determined. -The Detition . fori differential In fa vor of the Columbia water fir ad e is the first of Its kind ir.ce control of the railroads was taken over by the govern- ment, and, If won, would set a; precedent for the entire country. j , Chinese Delegates Arrive in U. S. on Way to Versailles San Frftneiyco. Dec. 17. (I.V P.) Four Chinese' diplomats, on their way to France to participate in the peace con ference, were passengers on the liner China which arrived today. They are : Chao llslang Zoe. Tom Kjng, Dr. Wei Tcheo and 1y Chleng. Dr. ;Wel Was accompanied by his. wife. A delegation from the Chi nesa consulate met j the party. , Chinese trade questions and the prob l.-m ! of race recognition by allied na tions will be taken p by the diplomats at the peace table, it was satd. We4 Son Tsoo, . new Chines minister o Belgium, also arrived today. , ROLL OF HONOR In the roll of honor made' public today are the iiamea of tha following men from the Pa cific i northwest : i KILLED IN ACTION I Oregon ' PRIVATE LARS J. OISSOLT, emergency ad drew Mis. Nora Uimolt. (Joquille. I vVaehlnaton i LIKUTENANT WILLIAM O. HOOK, eraen- ency auares v. 11. ttoce. eniraiia. ' - Idaho i - SCROEANT WESLEv M. WEEKS, emert enry iddrM CharW'Weeks, Rhoehone. PRIVATE FRED MCMILLAN, emergency ad dm Miaa Bertha McMillan. Kh-Ii field. DIED OF WOUNDS PRIVATE ERNEST T. ECKERLEIN. C. 8. M. :C, . emergency addreaa . Alio . Eckerlein, Saleaa. ... I - WaahlnatAn . PRIVATE JOHN L. FULWEILER, U. S. U. C mergency addroea Faanio U. Fniweiler. Spo kane. ' , PRIVATE CLARENCE L., KEVES, TJ. 8. M. emeTsency aaareaa jamea aeyea. Aaburo. PRIVATE HARLOW F. HOOPER, t7. 8. If. v CHMrceiicy aaareaa unnt tiooper, Kupert. ! DIED OF DISEASE I ' - Orooon rnifaiiwnn ainjatTOii. omergency SERSEANT DAY D. PARKHILL, emeneney ddrew Vt A. Parkliill. Heno. . " miTl FWED R. W. KEUNE, emergeney tCMcluded ea -Pago HeeuU;n. Colama Two) SHIPPERS TO SEEK R VER GRADE RATE REQ GROSS EHLL16 iiisns Incomplete Reports Indicate! 25,850 Members Obtained by Workers on First Day's Drive. Two, Precincts in Wasco County Hundred Per Cent Strong Re ports Are Slow in Coming In. INCOMPLETE 'reports this morn ing showed that 23,850 mem bers wetc enrolled' in j the Red Cros Monday on the-first day of , the drive. These figures include Portland and the state outside. When' it is considered that the reports received represent scarce ly one third 6f the state, Ihc general total of the day, it is - held, must have been very good. .When O. C. BortMneyer closed his hooks In " the Liberty temple Monday night, only Vi out of the S9 captains had reported, and they made a total if 2875. On this basis, the city probably enrolled -5,000 or more members the first day. Only 11 counties out of 36 'e ported to: State Manager H. E. Witham up lo lfl u'clock this morning, and cue of these represented the city. T. j Presumably there were between 60,000 and 65,000 en rolled in the state. So well hnye the women been re ceived by- the public that they are en thusiastic and i this morning they start ed the second day of the membership drive with renewed energyj The cordial (Concluded on Ptge Four, Column Four) FINDS NO LAW FOR GIVING UP KAISEIi Gurnran Chancellor - Says' - tilsl Only Desire Is That Guilt for' ' I :War Be Fixed. London." Pec: 17.-U. l; P. )-( British Admiralty W'lreless.) Friedrkh fcbert. German chancellorT'ln-jin .Interview de clared that he knew of tio 'provision In law vtpon which the ex-kaiser could be extradited. . "We . have -separated oursMjves from him after decades of, .bitter .struggle Ebert 'Bald. "And we 'only desire that guilt for the responsibility - of the out break of the war . should, be 'finally fixed In order, that he shout'l be, ex posed , once - for all. I cannot think of any provision m law upon which Wil- him n..iH h.r. tr. v.o u. Asked if he took' an optimistic view of the future, Eb-rt replied : government which ha taKen over such a heritage and finis itself placed before such a terribly tangled situation. Toul must remember thut our Influeroo upon the course of,,cventa is limited. We cannot create bread for ! the Gorman people. If the nation is allowed to I starve. then the Inevitable wll fallow, That a nation can be brought to such a I desperate Situation that it must break all restraints is shown by the experiences I armistice was signed' have, baen re of the past year. I turned , to the provost marshal gener- "Such peoul revenge themselves upon the authors of-their misery. Our old nystem came to the ground finally as a lesun or nuwian fvenm wnicn n naa irself Invoked." .. . . Kaisrr Plans-Return Is Report London. Dec. 17. (I. ' N. S.) Tht the ex-kaiser of Germany Is planning to return to Berlin was: indicated by a Rotterdam dispatch to the Dally I men eligible to enter organizations sim News today stating that the Dutch liar to the O. A. B-. which will undoubt- government is to petition the German government to insure the safety of the former emperor on his trip to the der- man capital. The dispatch added that the ex-kaiser may return soon. Hu Patients Will Be Shifted to the Nisbit Sanatorium ' i . . ' Ar,r?n5S2ent8,rJ2fc maIJe bL Clty iealth Officer Parrish today whereby the Nlsbeth sanatorium at Nineteenth and Lovejoy streets will take over the Influenza cases now being cared for at The Auditorium. Mayor Bak r and Su- l-prlntpnHMit Hl Whit, nf Th. Atirtl. turlum were out of town and no ac I ion could be taken with i regTd to the rlearlhgf of the big emergency hospital rf its patients, but tha mayor will prob ably Issue the necessary lorder aa soon as he returns from Salem. j We are now able to smile again." remarked Dr. Parrish, aa the epidemic of deputles today passed a vote of con whkdt haa k-pt the entire force of the fidence Jn the Clemenceau gavernment, health.offlce working nlgbt nnd day for ,10 t0 175. The Tote waa takeruon the iwi inuu itrai! iu w wan- ing. Conditfons are ahowjug decided .mprovement each day But the quar- antine will be enforced strictly until all danger la past." . , ;ew cases reporxea toaay were 111,1 a decrease since Monday. Canto Castro New ; Chief of Portugal Lisbon.' DeCj,, J6. (Night) (U. P.V Canto Castro 'waa elected president of Portugal today by 137 votes,- auecee 1- lns. the murdered, preaidant. Dr. Paes. 'j sit I i ' i ' yr mm mmwrnm - o ,Ioe'(Keher.l( 'If.' is y : . --To Draft rTewfcfs'to' Become Part of Historical Records;. I nforma- , - tidn.Not'to'Be Used. ' ' , Washington. -Dec. 17. (Tj. P.) All questionnaires which have been filled oul "Q relurn JUC' "rait maraa ,n "ar aPartment vaults here. , Practically every, man in the. United States between the ages of 18 and 45 has filled: out one of these blank forms, thereby 'placing himself at the service of the (rtvernment li the, past einer- gency. The only exceptions are those. near the age limit., of who ware the last to receive questionnaires., Those which were not filled out , before the al's office. AH questionnaires " are to be sealed ana kept for reference, it was stated today. Chief among the uses to which th-v win b nut are: First Will be used In connection with other data. ' to aid war risk insurance bureau in checking up on soldiers due to I receive allotments for Injury or service, Second Will provide a, record for I edly be formed after all the soldiers 1 have returned home. The questionnaires will not be used to keep the government Informed as to the occupation, earning capacity or ; char acter of Teglstered men. it was pointed out. Nothing Of this sort .is or baa been contemplated by. the-government, Reports have been circulated at vari ous times sine the selective service, act was put tnto effect that the information gained " through the filling out of the questionnaires Would be used to public advantage." This would be Impossible, It was stated-at the provost marshal gen- er-al's office because the' records are to be sealed and opened only at there- uest of person whose record is in question.1 j . : " ', : " : I " f Ti " ' ' FTP!! P. h H rP.TTl 1 AT ' i 1 UUWU ilUlUAUl Sustained by Vote i Of 310 to 175 Parts, Dec 17. (U. P.) The chamber question of whether the armistice terms af acceptable, when Deputy Emilio constant asked why total immediate de- mobiHxation of. tha Germany army was t lncluded. . . , , ; - - m 1 Field Marshal Haie;' . Will Visit London London, Dec 17. (British Admiralty Wireless) (U. P.T Field Marshal Sir Douglas- Halg is coming to England next Thursday. . He Is. expected to arrive at Dover, ati about 10A'cloctt in tha mom tng, with a distinguished staff. , .f " n i - .- - .,, ...... ' .'1' . f' """ 1 " OV g.?1"'","l.."t;1 1 ' ; , d nniiiwiMiiat iiiiw iiiiwii-iia i mm jiiiifinu iim My , m iirrrirTnrTMUni nr u n i mi 11 1 im 1 1 m mih ,j i im w" OUESTIOiilluliiES i?WJipiMiiliitt . ARE TO BE FILED iWMlametfe m .So- TEST FOR YAWKS ....,,,f.,,.. ,n in., ii-w...- . ,-.,.. , - . I 1 1 ' ii frnwnni i nww i i inii mm I T ' FH 1 j aaiiiiiTai iirnj vn I Wlth'ihe American -Army of 'tccupa jfton at Coblens on the Rhine. (By Cour- in LU'iiiuiieg,. vm i hi in, . r 3:30 .o'clock his afternoon, four dough boys were slttlng on the west-bank of a very famous river In Germany lavin? their aching feet in its' cooltng' waters, and Idly squirting the juice of Horseshoe plug intpythe ..stream.;-. . ',' ? They. got to debating the .merits of .the xlver. Onej scoffed at it as a puny af- reir. pne ami nign- aa . wiae as me; Mississippi ddwn Natne way," he as- 'serted stoutly. . "- Another admitted grudlngly that It is wider than the Willamette, but promptly added"that It'sjibt' half "as pretty;' " , .Woalda't..Trade .Hudson, for It , . "I mouldn't trade the Hudson for her," cays the third, picking. up a pebble anJ chucftinc it. into the water.- --"; "No, nor the' Harlem,-neither, for" that matter." said a. fourth man reflective ly eyeing a dapper steamboat that was making a-great fuss getting up stream. "Buddies,". Tie-' said solemnly, "when It comes to rivers 'just gimme the old Rock river baek.there jln. Illinois for mine. That is some crick, that is. Mebby It ain't' got so many old buml castles and wine. orchards and an tnat damnfool(shneas, but she's some crick, she is.'; ; - .... . . Thus,' the "Army of the Lord' reached the Rhine, 19 months from the time it started until it arrived.-1 t is a .little ahead' of its own schedule. " It la considerably- ahead of . the schedule of . the Grm,an high command, which declared it would never get to her at all. 'And here it , Is. ' Keep "TTateb oa Rhlae' .Tonight gruff Americati voices Were floating -out oyer the bosom of the wa ter, aa American, sold iera - strolled - along the- banks, under great trees, watching the -lights bob up, and down the stream. passing many - joyful remarks about keeping the ."Watch on the Rhine." jn many a cafe overlooking the river, American 'soldiers had their, big AnVeri- can feet-under. German tables drinking German beer and listening to the music of German orchestras while cltlxens and soldiers, of the tumbling empire aat about with their, .women folks watching them with great curiosity. Walters with closely cropped, heads . rushed , about serving newcomers.' ' Most of them had fed German machine guns somewhere between the Marne and the Meuse, against their fresh patrons. , . Hoyday SalrK' Prevails On - the walls' of cafes still "bang pic tures that bring the memories back to the old , regime. '.One, " , showing the kaiser and his six sons' in military ar ray, anust have, been tmce oulte nonular. Throughout the town of Coblentx there ia ; an , atmosphere of pre-hollday spirit amouritiflg ' to' downright gaiety as the biff Invaders from over seas stamp along the streets. -;y -: - Assuredly there Is night life la abund ance. It Is quite a town in one way and another; tola bridgehead, of the Rhine, new- held by the American army. - It waa once. highly esteemed by the kaiser and bis family. In the restaurant -of the ...... ........ . -..... y . ;.v .".' .-,:,-7:..w -A . - .W fits! j S I TCersen-Fuerstenhog; hotel on "the '.river ffonU ef hlch"Ti6tet"irer'HbTlanaen Is proprietor, the orchestra leader displays much astuteness. . j Plays 8oaia Marrh After a program of strictly German musical, noises his orchestra struck up ."The Stats and Stripes Forever." Lieutenants Arthur John Delaney of New Yor,k, George If ft of Pocatello, Idaho. Conger ReLnolds of Dea Moines, Iowa, and Henrk MuUer, an instructor at Columbiawho has been with the French army throughout the war, were sitting at a table together. They-Jet go a vol ley of applause that sounded like, a' ma chine gun barrage.. Trie Germans stared in amazement. Applause is not "au fait" In Germany, apparently." , Only the advance -of General .Dick- man's third army la on the Rhine to day, American troops were not due In Coblentz for. some days, but the German officers themselves .'asked . for enough soldiers to police' the town,' as they are pulling out entirely. . . . Reclamation and Power Develop ment. Plans Uncler State Aid Are Proposed. " f General Brlce P. Disque. to whore genius In organization Is credited chiefly m uu.tm ut lu national apruca pro duction program In the Northwest, will be linked 'powerfully to 'tne future de velopment of Oregon if plans understood ly have the-support of Important Inter ests reach fruition. - - , , According to report,' the idea ia to create a 'state development commission or wnicn uenerai- iisque will be mana ger, to bond the state In the sum of $5,000,000 to $10,000,000 a year for a period of j-ears, get the state appropria tion matched by the government at Washington and utilize the proceeds in big; projects of land reclamation,- power development a.nd transportation. General 'Disque Haa not indicated If such a plan would appeal to him.- but lumber; and .other Interest are said to be strongly back of him. believing in hla ability, sincerity and fairness. - Revolt Reported anans i Amsterdam, Dec. XI j (L-K. a) The Berlin XokaI Anaieger tUtu i that -. a revohitlon has broken out: In Bulgaria. A 'am-iilar report of a- revolution ia Bulgaria - m as published i wbea . Kins oris abdicated. ;i r"". ' -'- ..... . r INVITE GEN. BISQUE 4 . ' .. . - mm- jrtffnnv Armyjof 250,000 Men Marches Between '200-and 300 Miles - - in Month; Test Severe. By Webb Miller' : With the AmericanV Across the Rhine, December-1. By Cnwrier to Nancy.) (U. P.) The third army now occupies a strjp of Oermany containing more than 1500 square - mden. -it Is, supervising the adrnlnistr;Ulon of several hundred villages and operating hundreds of miles of railroads and streetcar lines. '"The meUiodlcal takmg over of this tremendous responsibility with the mul titudinous need of hundreds of thou sands of people will be almost entirely accomplished within 15 daya. 1 -There lanot- a preeedent in -history for this occupation, which Is 'also re markable In-that It was finished with out, any hpstilc derjjonbration by either 'inhabitants or troops. An army of 250.000 men marched between -200 ar,d 300 1 miles within a month, starting almost - Immediately after weeks or the hardest kind of fight inr. In the laot six weeks men and officers have '-trnderar-ne -probably the most seyere physical tert that any American army haa ever experienced. Yet as they reached the Rhine, after wearisome -. and " mudcy marches, - they presented a magnificent appearance, de spite their worn and mud spattered uni forms. Many of the men were-wearing the same uniforms they had in (heir last Tignting. 'ine anoes oi some were torn and worn 'out.' but ' they limped along, refusing to tall out-and instating they would hang on and f)rira,the Job. Kvery phase of - the occupation . waa completed ; In ' exact' accordance ' with plana laid but the week before the march began. Even the Germana admit they were surprised by the smoothness and directness of the melhrd' of occupation. Purchase of Land :p:Proiect Wafer i Supplies Approved Washington. -TTec. 1 T.-r-fWA fij ItNG TON BUREAU OF THE VOURNAX Representative Ilawley today appeared before 'the house committee on public land and the committee directed favor able re porta on his bills to authorise tha cities of McMlanville and Myrtle Point to purchase; 1200 and 800 and 20 acres, respectively, of the Oregon and Cali fornia grant lande for protection of their water supply. The bill to transfer grant lands to forest . reserves to pro tect the Oregon City, Dallas and Co rv al ii a water supplies was considered but action waa postponed to a later meeting. Senator - MeXary .jSlvorn ; la " t Washington, Dec 17 Senator' Mc Narr.waa aworn.in aa senator for the abort ' term today. In' the absence of Senator Chbeiialn. Senator .Warren presented the credentials and escorted Ben a tor llcXary to the vice president a disk. Fred W, Mulkey feavea today for New York. Wbere he win "Spend Chrtat maa. returning to , Oresen - about Jan- i 1 IP hi -41 II 1 " -. ) : i aarjr 7.., V- SOCIALISTS Kill Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg Refused Permission to, Sit in- " - the Council of Workingmen. Ebert and Scheidemann Appear to Be Strengthening Hand in j, ' New Government of Germany. BERLIN, v ia Copcnh a - pen, Dec. ir.(I. N. ' . S.) The. German con -w press of Soviets today A'oted . for the formation of a ; na- -; tional assembly. . " This will take the place of -the feienstap. . TJic decision to form a national assembly was, a ' sharp defeat for the Sparta- cus, or extremist " group, . headed by Karl Leibknecht and his' radical lieutenants. The independent social ists deserted their former allies, the Sparta cus 'group, ---and: voted with the. majority socialists for the first time. By Frank J. Taylor . V BERLIN, Dec 1C (130 P. m.) (U. P.) Karl Liebknecht . and Rosa Luxemburg. Bolshevik leaden, today 'were refused jvt- j. mission to attetvl the national ; meeting of( workmen's and ol-". ' tfieriit council. ; :; r,y ; Ita'dleal member Introduced . resolution demanding . for rXicb- knecbt and riia aide Ui right to ' i t,V'n 1 the conf erenee jbui the y - were outvoted by U ;liug ma jority. ' , .',... The scene in' the parliament chamber wa a striking one when tha meeting was called , to order, i. Tha room waa filled with aoldlere In flId gray unl forma.' M Ingling witb' them were, work, era in shabby clothe.; There were also a -few sailor. And thin room formerly waa tenanted only by legislators of tha most formal and correct dress. I There waa one woman delegate and there were several "women In the audience.' They ware the first ever to enter, the chamber. Ebert. Haane and Scheidemann occupied th tribunal beside tha Nostrum. - Berlin. Dee. II. (Delayed) (I?. P.) Germany is groping in a political aeml- chaos. Hhe-can be compared to a 'big industry from which tha owners have been removed, leaving tha workers In control. Every department ia running without orders, seemingly from force of habit, while self-delegated leader cautiously attempt to organize things. (Concluded on fata EifbUrn, .Colama Two) TWO BIT STAMPS Malheur Ranchers Didn't Know They Could Invest $1000 in 4 Per Cent Paper. DID NOT IMPRESS By Fred Ioekle y , Ontario, Dec. 17. On Friday and ' Saturday of last week there waa bald ' at Ontario an irrigation and . dralrt-"' age school. Interesting lecturea by ex pert engineers and irrlgatlonlsta and in- .. tractive talks by those In attendance made the two day session a profitable one. ' ;'-.-. Professor W. "U Powers. ..chief of (he department of drainage and Irrl-. gallon, at O. A. C, waa the principal speaker. 11 spoke on th : "Select lai and Preparation of Land . for Drain age." on "Economical Use of Irrigation Water" and 'on "Drainage of Water Logged Ind." Ii adawered acorea of questions on tha practice of Irriga tion. . .- . .. . Percy Cupper; state . engineer.; dla- 5 cisaed Oregon water laws and John (ConHoded e Pg KlrHteen Colarao Ose) ; All Regulations on 'Fuel Oils Removed Announcement of the removal of all -restrictions and regulations on fuel oil by the United States fuel administration , waa - received from Washington "thin -morning by Fuel Administrator Fred J. Holmes. This severs completely tbe don- t nection Which has existed between the oil division and the fuel administration. J Belgian Delegation To Versailles Named' , Brussels,- Dec. 17 L N. S.) Ths following peace delegation, it was 'an ijounced today; will represent Belgium at the peace conferences .Foreign Min ister Hyman. Minister of Justice Van dervelda and M. Vanderhenvel. minister to the Vatican. . . 'f . -