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VOL. XVIL . NO. 189
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING,: DECEMBER. 21, 1918 FOURTEEN PAGES.
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Opening Date for Peace Confer
ence Still Delayed; President
Takes Walk in Paris Streets.
Trip to London Will Be Made
Immediately After Visit to the
American Front at Christmas.
PARIS,. Dee. 21. (U. P.) Presi
dent Wilson will return to
Paris from his English trip De
cember SO, prepared to take up
the final preliminaries of the
formal- Intcr-allicd conference.
By that time he -will have ob
tained the principal points of
view of the British, French and
Italian diplomats, together with
those of some neutrals.
PARIS, Dec. 21. (I. N. S.) The
Inter-allied peace conference
at Versailles will not be con
vened before February, "at the
earliest," the Echcu De Paris
stated today. "7 .
Paris, Dec. 21. (I. N. S.) President
'Wilson's plans for Christmas were com
pleted today. He will leave Paris tor
(Jeneral Pershing's headquarters a
Chaumont on ' Monday and will spend
two days with the American troops.
President Wilson will leave Paris for
London Immediately after his Christ
tnas visit to General Pershing's head
quarters - at Chaumont.' This was
learned here today, although the' de
tails of the American executive's trips
are be Ins; closely guarded.
The. program of presidential activities
for today included , the ; conferring i of
tne degree or doctor by the Borbonne
at o'clock . In the afternoon, , and
motor, trip to Versailles earlier, In .th
,-The . eeYemonies in ' connection ' with
the conferring of the honorary degree
were planned to be held In the grind
amphitheatre and Included an address
by Dr. Alfred Crolst, dean.of the faculty
of the University of Paris. -;- ft
During the morning the "president
walked through the streeta of Parls,
leaving the Murat palace quietly. 'Mr.
Wilson, accompanied, by his personal
physician. Dr. Grayson, and the usual
secret service agents, promenaded to
ward the center of the city. The
president wore formal" morning attire
and a silk hat. Very few persons
recognised the distinguished visitor. and
those who did politely respected his
Incognito.
Because he has been unable to take
hie customary golfing exercise In the
(Concluded on Pace E?n. Column One)
Soviets in Lands
Occupied Told to
Cease Activities
Amsterdam, De2. 2L (1. 1. a) All the
ovleta In the German territory occu
pied by British troops were ordered by
the British military governor at Co
logne today to cease their political ac
tivities and to evacuate all public build
ings. The order was issued In the form
of a proclamation and the penalty Is
"active British interference."
British Extend Ocrupstion
Amsterdam, Dec 21. (I. N. 8.) The
British troops In Prussia have extended
their occupation from Cologne to Dus-
seldorf. said a dispatch from Cologne
today, quoting the Gasette. Dusseldorf
is. 21 miles northwest of Cologne,
Austria Asks Allies
To Send Troops, to
Occupy Vienna
Zurich. Dec. 21. (I. N. S.) Austria
nil again iineq -xne auies to send a
force of British. French and American
troops to occupy Vienna, according to
advices from the Austrian capital to
day.
ORPHAN
Up at St Vincents hospital, with one
leg off and the other swathed in ban
dages, 12-year-old William McGregory
Is happy o happy that he wants an
alrgun for Christmas.
, William Is an orphan. He lost one
leg several years ago In a railroad accl
' dent, but he got along pretty well on
the other until about three months ago,
when a gasoline explosion in a garage
burned his other leg until his life was
for a while despaired of. '
C. C- Murphy of the Morgan building
barber ' shop and his brother-in-law,
Benny Statta of the Statts grocery store,
813 East Ninth street north, who have
known tha boy for a long time and like
him. decided, since they had -not been
CRIPPLED
THOHGIFreOF SWYJO MEN
JUNKER NO. 2
SENATOR HENRY CA
BOT LODGE of Massa
chusetts, who has joined
Senator Philander C. Knox of
Pennsylvania in opposing the
league of nations plan of
President Wilson.
JUNKER TACTICS
HARMING WILSON
Despite America's Wish Sessions
, Are Ljkely to Held
f jn Secret. k
, antes J. Montagee
' r Special Cable Dispatch . t
Paris, Dec. 21. What, President WU
son - has' come to France .to accomplish,
namely, world safety, may be Impossible
till all European peoples understand
that Americans stand solidly behind
him. - " . "
. . Any t patriotic American seeing the
situation . here would do his utmost to
end anti-administration action In con
gress.
The: French people may he easily led
to think that Senators Lodge and Knox
and others are more powerful than are
the- American peace delegates. Serious
Interferences with the American ' plans
and . with the plans to bring about an
early peace ' may Tesult from the de
liberate attempts to persuade the popu
lace , here that President Wilson is not
the spokesman for all 'American people.
What the" American peace commission
wants .Is a speedy ending of all possi
bility of further wars. '
But certain political factions are seek
ing to spread the Idea that, Mr. Wilson
has come to dicker and trade and that
America's .! plans a"re not ' as idealistic
as they, have been stated to be.
such raise ideas are' capable of in
definite mischief at the present stage of
affairs.
President Wilson Is not worried but
he is concerned and Is anxious to - Bee
that his own country ascertains the real
state of facts and all the news it is
possible to give out.
The president will go to England, Bel
glum and Italy.
He declines to go to Germany In anv
circumstances.
He will not, however, enter Into, any
(Concluded oa Page Eleven. Columa Two
Girl Killed by Gun.of
Kind Owned by Piper
Muskegon; Mlch Dec. 21.-MI-N. S.)
JPreida Weichman, bride .of the 'gypsy
uoneyraoon, was Kiuea oy a blast from
a shotgun "of the same gauge and type
as a-gun owned by Milo KL; Piper and
wadding from a cartridge found In the
body of the dead girl compares exactly
with thaWof a .cartridge seized In a raid
on Piper s home rhere. Prosecuting At
torney Jackson declared today.
IS MADE HAPPY
privileged to offer their lives for their
country, it might be worth while to save
the life and the remaining leg of a crip
pled orphan.
One hundred inche of skin were taken
from the two men and grafted Upon the
thigh of the boy, and In three more
weeks another grafting operation will
be performed.. The . Tirst operation 'has
been entirely successful and every par
ticle has adhered.
William McGregory is ; a nephew of
Mrs. Ij., C Johnson at 8&S East Tenth
street north. A sister, little - Johanna
McGregory. Is living with her aunt. .-
The operation was performed by Tr.
Otis Akin, assisted by , Dr. A. X Berke
ley. - - - ". , - - . -
LEAGUE IS
Ffluem bi
n
m LODGE
Republican 'Leader in Senate
Comes Out Openly In Opposi
tion to Wilson- Peace Plan.
Opposes Discussion of Secret
Diplomacy, Freedom of Seas,
and Reduction of Armament
W
ASHINGTON, Dec. 21. (I. N.
S.) The task of the peace
conference is to make peace
, Vvith, Germany. .Air other prob
lems, "having to deal with issues
that at this time are vague or
unknown," should go over for
future discussion.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of
Massachusetts, who will be. ma
jority leader when the peace
treaty, is before the senate for
ratification, laid down this doc
trine today. .
Senator lodge singled out five of the
president s l peace points wnicn ne saia
Bhould not be considered by the peace
conference and should not be dealt with
in the treaty.
They are :
. 1 The president's first point relating
to secret diplomacy.
. 2 The second point, dealing; with the
freedom of the seas. 1
3 The third point, referring; to the
removal of economic barriers. , I
4 The fourth point, declaring for a I
Concluded on Pure Two, Column One)
Membrsf Clearing Hoiise Vote
to Exert Influence to Put
Oregon's Quota Over.
Members of the Portland clearing
house at a meeting Friday night voted
to get solidly back of the War Savings
Stamp campaign for the rest of the
year, and to exert their influence In
putting uregon over lor lis iuu quota
oy miamght, uecemoer si.
The SDirit of the Portland clearlnar
houae on the sublect of Thrift Slimns I
and War Savings Stamps was embodied
In the following recommendation
adopted at the meeUng, upon report of
E. G. Crawford, first vice president of
the United States National bank; Ed
ward Cooklngham, vice president of the
Ladd & Til ton bank, and John L. Hart-
man, president of the J. L. ' Hartman
company, members of a committee ap
pointed to report upon the sale of Thrift
Stamps and War Savings Stamps. These
recommendations Include
That the Portland banks purchase as
many war savings stamps and cer
tificates as possible; before January 1,
vext. , , ;-
v That Ihev uree th navmfent In full
or War Savings Stamp pledges.
That the Portland banks carry In
their advertisements in the daily ,oa tiers.
until January 1. a notice setting forth
that Oregon and Portland are behind
. uolas a"Q asking tnat amounts
pledged be. paid by January 1.
forth
- h DULLllia
That the Portland banks hv nnr.
chased nearly J 1,500,000 of stamps and
ceniiicates ; ana
house wired Governor Lynch of the fed-
eral reserve bank of San Francisco, and
he has sent a telegram to all - Oreeon
banks, requesting the purchase of as
j v
That tha state or Oresron nam nwl ifa I
quota more nearly than any other North -
western state; ana , ,
inu great crcuu is quo io u. o. jacK'
son for the results obtained.
JL.
Violator of Foqd
Regulations Given
County Jail Term
Federal Judge1 Bean today Imposed
the first prison sentence on a violator of
" Z -"V.
regulatlons when he penalised B. A.
Anderson of 328 Fourth street three
months in the Multnomah county jail.
Anderson, who is - unmarried, was
hoarding between 170 and 180 pounds of
sugar when he was arrested last Sep
tember. Violation of the food hoarding
provisions was discovered following his
arrest for disorderly conduct
Assistant United ' States Attorney
Goldstein branded Anderson as the most
flagrant violator of the food regula
tion. Anderson, though he was Indicted
some time ago, was not taken into cus
tody untU Friday evening.
Honors to Be Made .
Known New Year's
London, Dec 21. (I. J. S.) The
peerages conferred-upon Field Marshal
Halg and five other British generals
will not be made public until New
Year's. It was . reported . here today. It
is , understood v that' monetary rewards
will be voted by parliament It is cus
tomary for the king to announce the
award JM new- titles ou"aTaryNew
PORTLAND BANKERS
ARETOBACKV.S.S.
MEN ON FRONT
IIEARD PEACE
NEWS NOV. 8
AMERICA Midlers la the frost
lines la F rases celebrated So
Temker slmaltaaeoatly irltk
tee first eelebratloa of the armistice
In Portlaad, accord lag; to a letter
reaehlar Portlaad front Berreaat
BUlle Stepp of Battery A, 147ta
F. At aa Oreg-oa anlt, ladleatlas;
that the belief that the armlsUce
had beea slraed by the first Ger
man delegation was preraleat all
orer France.. v
"We were sitting' la onr dsgonts
only the other Bight," writes Ser
scant Stepp aader date of l?o?em
ber 11, "whea .all tne yelling and
pistol firing aV, man ever heard,
turned loose. Star shells, red bine
and green fires and rockets of all
kinds were seat a p. And oa the
anto tracks head lights were oa,
right ap where Frits eoald hit as
With a reck. It had as batteryntea
pnssled as we were aader orders
from onr captain to keep aader
cover with all lights oaU
Enrollment Solicitors Will Be
Busier Than Ever Tonight
and Tomorrow. .
PortUBd enrollment
T5.000
70.000
sute enrollment
.149.000
Far ..from what was expected In the
Red Crosa membership campaign Is the
total of figures today. By - this time
Oregon should have passed the 800.000
mark, considering the effort expended
by the solicitors and the worthiness of
the cause.
The state or Washington had en-
rolled Friday night 169,000, of which
110,000 came from Seattle, so that Ore
gon, outside of. Portland, Is ahead of
Washington state, outside of Seattle.
Idaho state figures last night were
61,000. -.-
In Portland Friday there were 11,96s
enrollments.
A. telegram has been ; received by
HenryEA Reed, city manager, from
Hervey Llndley, .director i or North
west district, atatinr that. because the
Red" Cjtw-' manageinemt beileved - there
would be a universal Teeponee to "the
Chriatmaa - roll calL - it was , "considered
n:Sa'X
planned. . The message to Mr. . Reed
stresses the" fact that unless Portland
makes the necessary -showing in mem
bershlps there may have to be a drive
for funds during the coming year. To
avoid maktng such a drive. It Is impor
tant that tne universal membership cam'
paign now in progress be Intensified.
William Ellis, managing the Baker
COunty drive, reports that there Is an
indifference In his section even when
the soldiers do the soliciting, and he Is
preparing to publish a list of the slack
ers in the Baker newspapers.
in Portland teday the drive took on
new lif ,witn the appearance of the
soiaiers ox me spruce proaucuon division
na ine nea ross canteen girls. They
( Concluded oa Past Four. Column Fear)
Story of Proposal
To Sink Hun Fleet
Called 'Pure Bunk1
,By Fred 8. Fergatoa
Paris, Dec. 21. (U.' P.) -The report
that the American commissioners had
decided to advocate sinking of the sur
rendered German fleet Is "pure bunk.'
ni"h authority said today.
Submitting suggestions regarding the
n.rm.n fiJV or ino- how it Jn k!
S t a m . . a .
I aisposea oi are among me iavortte
I pasumes nere at present. The same
I applies to disposition of the former
i kaiser.
m"r or-iact noining in regard
1 1 lther has been decided upon yet. A
I great number of proposals have hn
j received but they have not yet been thor-
I oughly discussed.
1 Moo cm no Tnnliirlns
lUOaOUlC XJJ.UlUU.rJO
More Rivers arid
Harbors in State
Washington, Dec 2L In addition to
the appropriations for Oregon projects
announced Friday the rivers and har
bors bill reported to the house pro-
v4a f a miMv A? Ik. VaiiIU
xrie ti t rMnm2f..
fIea tne TUlamook bayproject to cover
unproTement or Tiuamook channel m-
stead of Hoquarton slough. It also pro
vides surveys of the Cowllts river from
its mouth to Ostrander and the Salmon
rfver' from Idaho to' Salmon.
ONLY ALIBI TO BE
RED CROSS BUTTON
; THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
THE Christmas idea wili prevail
- JOURNAL tomorrow.1 t ;
There will be a page of photographs depicting- scenes in the life of
Christ as portrayed in clay by d'Mastroianni, the celebrated. Italian clay
artist . , :
Dr. Esther Clayson Love oy,s Portland physician who is now in Red
Cross work with headquarters in the
Christmas Tree' based upon her
she was a Red Cross physician among the repatries of France.
- A JOURNAL artist- interprets the spirit of the Christmas
season by a group of Interesting sketches.
THE SUNDAY JOURNAL
Five Cents the Copy ' Everywhere v
BPOOL
BSlli
Wilson Tells London Times the
Delegates Should Get Together
on "Ideals Common to AIL"
Says Men in Streets Know as
I
Woll a Anvnna What ChiAf 1 nc iana Iraua prosecutions oi iwo, ana ionowing years, es
Weil as Anyone Wnai Uniei t.bl:sh.d th. fart that the state of Oregon. a wHl.as the- cmvwu.
Purposes Of Conference Are.
PARIS, Dec. 21. (U. P.) Pres
ident Wilson in an inter
view with the correspondent of
the London Times, declared it is
necessary, that the delegates get
together and pool everything
they have got for the benefit of
the "ideals which are common
' to all."
He expressed confidence the peace for the illegal acquisition of govern
conference will be ablo to reach a just ment land. The result of that trial
and reasonable solution of the problems would seem . to fix the rule that the
presented and earn the gratitude of the
world for the most critical and, necessary
service which has ever been rendered it.
Replying to a question as to what Is
the great purpose and goal of the peace
conference, the president said : , " I
"The plain man on tne street can ans-
rr."tf"" .r.K
anxrou. speiulauon TowarT Verihe,
and I am sure they are asking this ques
tion :
" Will there be found enough wisdom
of purpose among the statesmen assem
bled there to create a safeguard against
future wars?"
"The difficulties and responsibilltlei
(Coo tinned oa Pat Two. Column four)
Everything i That President of
U. S. Proposes Is Indorsed,
Says Minister.
Chicago, Dec 21. (I. N. S.) "China's
stand in the peace conference is not
President Wilson, but for everything he
stands for.'.' . I
The above statement was mad tmlav 1
by Minister S. T. Wei. Chinese delegate
to tne oeace conference, on hla nmvol
here en route from Pekinz to VruiKM.
Following the peace conference Wei will
take up his duties as minister to Bel-
glum.
"W for'h nriii- f
ernment of people by the consent of the
governed." continued the plenipotentiary.
I heliev that nut of the M9M nn
ferennA win mm a hetter freer
China, and I believe that the peace con-
ference and our part in it will have much
to do with the cementing tocethei- of the
opposing factions In the north and south
of China.
Of course the friction In China la an
iiiurcu rar i.ol a maer ox in-
ternatlonal controversy and will have
little. place in the peace conference, but
aa things appear now there is to be a
getting together of the opposing forces
and we hope to have a Chinese republic
that will In a measure be like the United
Asked if the Chinese commission would
demand the return of Tsing Tau and the
Chinese railway which was taken over)
by the Japanese and English from the 1
Germans, the minister said :
"I do not believe we will have to ask
for this. We expect it and will stand
for it. but Japan made the agreement
that all of this would be returned to
China and we will get it back.
"We are going into the conference
with the same ideas in mind that your
president has put forth, and we expect
to get the same consideration as other
nations not that we are asking ior any
thing that we are . not entitled to but
our rights."
British Paper Is
Against Any Contest
London. Dec 2W(U. P-)-The weekly
CHINA SUPPORTS
ILSflHIflLICIES
poop. ut ,. wui "J! "7" years 'Imprisonment. The IsveetU ex
a naval building competition with the I ' jtniahmT,t .t tha miirin... r
United States, declaring if there la to
be any naval supremacy at all It will
be American, not British.
among the features of THE SUNDAY
gulf states, has a story, "The Mobile
experiences of Christmas 1917, when
State Lands Lost
Throu
Yet
Be Recovered
Looters of Public Domain Made to Dis
gorge Whenever
Been Made in State
THE school fund of Oregon'has lost a vast and uncomputcd
sum of money through the looting of the state's public do-
i r 1 t i i
Timbermen and land grabbers
the illegal acquisition of state school land, school indemnity land
and swamp land in the years gone
T-i i r i i r
ment of the United States, was
blocks by conspiracv and deceit..
The problem of furnishing homes for returning soldiers and
sailors has raised afresh the question of whether the state of Ore
gon, through its 'state land board,
institute proceedings to recover
taken from it, or the value of the
The suit brought by the United
States against Wlllard X. Jones, and
the $18,000 judgment given against htm.
establish the fact that It is possible
for the government to recover damages
state government could also recover
damages from all those who. by fraud
and deceit, have robbed the state of
its lands, and the Irreducible school
fund of the money that would have
come from them
Maea Already Woa Baca
But the state needs no precedent
to T spur It to -on.The unUorm
success of Attorney General Brown In
his efforts to recover state land fraud
u! "T
60,000 acres of valuable land were in
cluded In that suit, and as a result of
It the state has alreadyv won back
some 14.000 acres, while the remaining
39,000 acres will come back when the
United States government is joined
with i the state In the effort to recover.
a course indicated by the supreme
court and -which is now In process of
consummation.
.Then, there is the Pacific Livestock
company case, now In course of litiga
tion, in which tha recovery ta iimuea
only by the., ability or the state to ee-
jcura the testimony .r. witnesses- scat
tered by the laps of , time. Involved
In this ease are some .2,000 acres, of
n5?i
Validity of TlUe Qaestloaed
Besides this to tha case of the Che-
waucan Land& Cattle company con
earning the validity of -whose title to
30,000 acres of valuable swamp and
pasture land there- is grave question.
The Marion county grand Jury, on
April 28. 1906. pointed out that there
land board deeds for some ,1,000.000
acres of school lands, and that there
was strong ground to believe that the
applications covering 606.000 acres of
inese lanoa were iaise, inrgea mni
fraudulent. In September of 1906,
Jones, Mays and Sorenson were con
victed or conspiracy to oeiraua me
government of public lands in what
Is known as the Blue Mountain Reserve
ca" In lnat caao "te "cno1 lana8
n the Blue mountain reserve were
I vsea as ine means ior aeirauaing ma
I government A large part of the
land were those included In the
fPrt of the Marlon county grand
Jury. The records of - the state land
o"te were used by the government to
I estaousn tne conspiracy.
I Deeds Clrea Besnlte fteaadal
por to that time a A. T. Puter.
Horace G. McKlnley and others had
been convicted of defrauding the gov-
ernment of Its lands through the
maniDulation of school lands in the
raarane forest reserve. Amone these
were the Hyde-Benson lands, part of
i wnica nave . now men recoverea 10 ins
I state - and all of ,' which are in a fair
I way to be returned to public ownership.
In spite of the conviction of Puter and
his accomplices In the Cascade reserve
I steal, and In spite of the conviction of
I Jones. Mays and Sorenson in the Blue
mountain case, the state land board on
November 27. 190. ordered deeds Issued
to 12,980 acres of school lands covered
Americans Ordered
Shot by Bolsheviki
Special Csble
to The Joorqel sad
Chicago
(Cmnrriaht. 1918. br Chksco rlly News Ca)
Stockholm. Dec 21. The Bolsheviki
announce that the Americans, Lleuten
ant Colonel Frlde and Calamitano, have
been sentenced to death for plotting
against the Lenlne administration and
,.7 na"u VnoiTpeTu-'leS
will be shot A woman named Marie
Is on a list of persona sentenced to five
presses astonishment at the mildness of
the sentences.
ROLL OF HONOR
u pabne todar
tibia U rm of the 1
oUowiss men inm tin
Pseifla Hortaw:
KILLBD IN OT10H
PRIVATB CRNtrr W. MSJKS. nMneiie
ddms Itra K. W. Joiim. M1J City.
DIED OF WOUNDS
Mrsthlnstes
PRIVATI RAYMOND KNRKTT. nun-
ncy ddms Charles W. Xkaaett, Cssms.
Mtm. Abbs A. ileek, BeDcroft.
DIED OF DISKASC
. WaaHlstteii .
wlVATC ' CDWARD RVNIRT. (Bcnnn
sd4rM lwis Kttacrt. Aberdeesw
antlVATC JOSEPH . DURaHKR. SM
ency siliir . Mra. BaUy B. Miller. PsroM.
WOVRDKD EVKRCL -.
Llestssewt Mrr 4. atclntrr. ammtne ad.
dm, Mrs. i. H. Mclatjrr, iMTenporu , v .
(Coacloded en pete Bcnaa, Copuna foar) '
ghFr&udCan
Prosecutions Have
and Federal Courts
have amassed vast fortunes by
by.
inn? i rn
robbed of its public lands in vast
or otherwise, should not at once
these state lands fraudulently
land so taken.
In the Marlon county grand jury report.
On the following day, November 28. 190.
3s00 acres. Included In this list were
deed to the Hammond Lumber com
pany. 2560 acres to R. S. Hyde. 2560 actes
to John E. Wheeler, present publisher
of the Portland Telegram ; 320 acres to
Nelson P. Wheeler, uncle of John E.
Wheeler: 320 acres to'H. M. DeLotlttre.
320 acres to Elisabeth A. GUI. 960 acres
to Fielder A. Jones, brother of Wlllard
N. Jones. 320 acres to Wlllard N. Jones.
azo acres to S. P. Vernon and V. M
Duke, Jointly, and 1600 acres to Frank
E. Alley of Roseburg.
SUte Oagat to Have Good Case
The plan employed by Puter and Mc
Klnley to loot the Cascade reserve was
similar to the plan employed by Jones.
Mays and Sorenson In the Blue moun
tain case.
Puter. McKinley apd. their underlings
got the Hyde-Benson lands in the Cas
cade reserve for the benefit of those
timbermen. The state has already re
covered 14,000 acres of these lands, and
stands to recover the remainder. .
Jones, Mays and Sorenson secured the
Blue mountain reserve lands for various
timber- owners and . speculators. These
beneficiaries - have 1 profited from -, the
frauds, as did Hyde and Benson. There
Is reason to believe that the tat. It It
put Its. machinery into action, could re-
vr -an wiui trtuau teni ly acqairea.
just aaai-Aaareeovere t&a .Hyde-Ben
son lands. ' v u- ..v - r
j. : w jL m - i in '
DEATH BY TORPEDO
Lieutenant Saurman, orf Way
Home to Bend, on Ship Carry
ing Mines When Attacked.
After more than a year and a half of
active service both in the United States
and foreign waters. Lieutenant Senior
Grade J. S. Saurman. M.. C- TJ. S. K
arrived In Portland Friday morning.
He Is leaving today by automobile for
Bums, Or., where he will resume bis
practice of medicine.
Lieutenant Saurman had the exciting
experience of being on a ship carrying
2000 live mines when it was missed by
a scant few yards by a torpedo. The
U-boat submerged and came to the sur
face between the ship and two of Its
convoy. It "got" both the convoying
vessel , which was Just ahead of the
ship and also one Just abreast, but the
ship's commander swung his boat to
ward the submarine Just In time to
dodge the torpedo..
"It would have been a painless death."
he remarked. "If the torpedo had got us
(CeneJadea oa Pste Elsst. CoUma Three)
Draft Slacker Given
Yearn County Jail
One year In Jail, the maximum, sen
tence provided, for violation of the se
lective service regulation, was Imposed
by Judge Bean upon William Dell Rob
son, who pleaded guilty In the United
States district court today. Robson, It
was said, forged the name of his wife
and an attorney to his questionnaire in
effort to secure deferred classification
In the draft.
By WUlUn Pknip Hlsiais
Paris.? Dec 2L (U. P.) Allied dlplo
mats caught in the baclresh of the
Christmas tide are "carrying on with
unofficial pour -parlers until IS 19.
Packed with the most distinguished
gatherings In Its history, parts has Joy
ously capitulated to tha holiday spirit.
Big Berthas and , Gothas belong to the
stone age. Santa Claus is premier. .
, The city is illuminated by night and
pay with bunting by day. The rlctory
flag has been added to the uaual Christ'
mas decorations. ' ,
Shops are stuffed with the most fas
cinating and costly of women's bedlsen
ments. - . Jewelers display the richest
gewgaws ever seen here.. Restaurants,
expensive and gar. Are overflowing.
Tb boulevards bold, tha greatest
PARIS IS GAY VIITH UNPRECEDENTED
CHRISTMAS SPIRIT 11LE UNOFFICIAL
POURPARLERS BY DIPLOMATS 60 Oil
Eli!
PLANS FOR
Selection of President for Re
public Set by Conference for.
December 29, Berlin Says. ;
Proposal Made That Council of
Six Send Delegation to Ask
if Allies Are Ready for Peace.
STOCKHOLM. Dec. 21. U. P.")
The conference which will
elect a president of the German ': ? : ,
republic will assemble December"'
29, a Berlin dispatch stated to-'
day. ,
London. Dec 21. (I. N. S.)
Chancellor Ebert of Germany U t
expected to resign today as a re- :
suit of a conflict between, him '
and the executive commilteo of
the workmen's and soldiers' oun- :
ell at Berlin, said an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Geneva.
Amsterdam. Dec. 21. (U. P.) .
Richard Barth has proposed that
the council of six send 'a delega--tion
to Versailles immctliatcly to
ask the allies If they are ready, .
.to discuss peace. ; j
Copenhagen, Dec 21. !. . S.)
Ulrlch K. Brochdorff-Rantxau. -
the German minister lo Denmark,
has been appointed foreign minis- ' .
tcr at Berlin, t was learned to- .
day. . '
The . first . foreign minister In
; the ; Ebert cabinet was Dr. Hugo
Hasse. lie was succeeded by Dr.
'Solf.- " -
. By,A,"3L DecMf .
SllMkl Cable to Tha' Journal and Chkaio .
' Uaily.lStwfc --.
(Coprrleht, ItlS. br Chfcaee XMIr Km c
' ' Berlin, Germany, Dec "IS Delayed)
Tha i third daya - session ", of the. Con
gress ot Soldiers and Workmen's dele-. .
gates from all parts of Germany resulted
In giving the Ebert government all tha
powers necessary to govern without tha.
constant and sinister opposition of the"
Independents and Bolsheviki. Yester
day's attempt to stampede the assembly
by the sudden appearance of soldiers"
(Concluded ee Par Tbrae. Oo turns foer)
I
Miss Pankhurst in i
Address Predicts;
New Election Soon';
London. Dec 21. L N. S.) Another
general election In the British Isles soetf
was predicted by Chrlstabel Pankhurst,
famous suffragist," In a speech at.
Queenshall. Miss Pankhurst. who was
a candidate for election to the"houae of,
commons In the election on December
14. forecast a big coalition majority"
when the votes are finally counted on.
December 2. - - . :
Tho coalition majority would haverf
been larger but for the Labor party,". ,
said Miss Pankhurst. "The country U
now threatened with political opposition .
from the old Liberal crowd, the Bolshe-
vlkl and the Sinn Felners, consequently .
it may become necessary In the near fu
ture for Premier Lloyd George to decide t
upon another general election td purge
the house of commons of these enemies
of Britain and the empire." v - '
To Form Political J '
Labor Party in TJ. S.;1
1-
New York. Dec J1-(U. P.) A move
ment has been launched here for the
formation of a political labor - party
throughout tha country. The nwwsnnj
started In response to a "spontaneous. .
demand of the working people of New
York City," Thomas J. Curtis of the -Central
Federated union declared. In a
statement. -'
throngs since the exposition. Tempo
rary booths line the sidewalks. - Mer- .
chants are hawking mistletoe, holly and
evergreens. Fakers are vending kamer-
ading rubber kaisers and : capitulating
tin .Hons. - Topicafr ongs regarding
President Wilson and Premier Clemen
ceau are being sung In the theatres and . '
musks halls, where "8- R. 0. signs
are common. The people appear to
have totally forgotten the war. So far
as they are concerned, peace is already -signed.
-- " .;' " . t
The uninterrnpted conferences of em- .
perors. princes, presidents and kings -has
become aa spectacular aa part of a
colossal carnival.
Parisians, by their .four years f ter-.
rlbJe sacrifices, have earned the right
to be gay. ' And they are making tha
most of that right. , .
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