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KAIJvM, OIIKGON, Tlll'llSllAV MOIlMMi. NOYK.MItKIt 21, 118.
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MSI HIHB LUXEMBURG AID H WILD ILCOI
AH
VERSAILLES
IS PREPARING
FOR CONGRESS
Probable All Countries That
Declared War Against Cen
tral Powers Will Be Al
lowed Seat at Table.
CZECHS AND JUGO-SLAVS
ALStJ TO BE ADMITTED
Voting Strength Not to Be
Dependent on Size of
delegations There
T A T? TQ Vnv 50 iTriA rltr nf Wr-
allies la preparing to receive the del-
egaies vo vut iwmci cute. u?
Hhr&tlnns are ex Dec ted to be held
in the Grand Trianon, part of the!
chateau of Versailles, once occupied
by Marie Antoinette.
The practical details of the con
gress, such as the countries to be
'represented, the size of the delega
tions and the voting strength of the
countries are the subject of much dis
cussion in diplomatic quarters. It is
the general belief that the countries
. represented will include all which de
clared war against the. central pow
ers - and those states which were
formed as a result of the war, the
Ciecho-Slovaks and JO go-Slavs.
Besides . Japan the eastern coun
tries will include Siara and China.
The presence of China probably will
V . r. Has rlnr nn tho future of KiaO-
Chau, which has undergone a change
since China declared war on Ger
many, thus cancelling the lease
wereby Germany held Kiao-Chau be-
" fore Japan occupied the port at tue
The size of the delegations doubt
less will be left to the various coun
tries, but rotlng strength will not
be dependent upon the size of the
delegation. However, the same rot
lng strength for all countries is con
sidered open to objection as giving
Haiti, Montenegro and countries or
tat size the same strength as Great
Britain. France, the United States
aaa other great powers.
These are among the practical de
tails likely to be adjusted before the
session Is opened. After the adjust
meat among the allies, it Is probable
. that the representatives of the cen
tral powers will be called in for the
arrangement of preliminaries. It is
, expected that all the central powers
will be renresented. for while armis
tlces were signed separately with
Germany. Austria. Bulgaria and Tur
key, It is not anticipated that separ
ate congresses will be necessary.
It Is believed that the final con-
. elusions will be embodied In two
. treates, the first to be concluded
" early, covering the essentials, and the
I second covering the larger general
questions after a more thorough dis
cussion.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 20. -There
were no developments on the surface
today In the preparations for Presi
dent Wllson'a trip to France and for
Socialist Head
Suicides; Runs
Auto Into River
PORTLAND, Nov. 20. Victor
J. McCone, former secretary of
tha Socialist party in Oregon,
drove his automobile into the Wil
lamette river and was drowned
tonight, following his arrest on a
statutory charge.
The arresting officer had told
McCone he might take his car to
a garage before going to jaiL In
stead, McCone headed for the
river, plunging off the Sellwood
ferry slip. The body was recov
ered.
WILL CHART AIR
TO PREPARE FOR
FLIERS OF PEACE
R. L. STEVENS
IS SLATED FOR
MURPHY'S JOB
Former Multnomah County
Sheriff to Assume Duties
before January 1
COUNTY OVER
IN CAMPAIGN
FOR SOLDIERS
CLAIM BREYERS
WAGE WAR ON
GOOD BUSINESS
GERMAN PLANTS
START TO RUN
AT FULL BLAST
PLAN IS MADE KNOWN
Quota Surpassed With Mar
gin of Thirty Per Cent and
Fifty Per Cent Excess Is
Looked for With Returns.
Governor Withholds Com
ment, But Source of In
formation Reliable
Trained Army Pilots to Be
Set Upon Delicate and
Difficult Task
Anti-Liquor Attitude of Firms
or Employes Resulted
in Attacks
DISCLOSURES ARE MADE
SUM IS LARGEST THAT
COUNTY HAS DONATED
Former Sheriff Robert L. Stevens
of -Multnomah county will become
warden of the Oregon State peniten
tiary some time before the first of
the year, to succeed Charles A. Mur
phy, Incumbent, who will be asked
by Governor Withycombe to resign.
This Information became known from
a reliable source yesterday, and
while the governor himself declined
to tonunent upon this cssihllity
when it was suggested to him yester
day. It came from a source which Is
unimpeachable and may be taken as
an accepted fact.
Vnrmr sheiiff Stevens nas oeen
...Min. in Vow YorK CUV lor inr
past few years where he Is connected
All AIR I AMCC with a manufacturing concern, i nai
" I tin ..til QM.nt 1 ho annointment. how-
1IC 111 v-v tr " ' r '
ever. also became known yesterday
from the same source and it is ex-
i mi tr nrtrnn mrith-
' . a wm . a I DCt'irU lie ill aill'C 1 "
tVery feature Ot ethereal in the next few weeks to prepare to
take over tne auues
1 More Than Eighty Per Cent
of Contributions to the
Cause in Cash
Industrial- Germany .Already
Coming Back Squarely
on Peace Basis
IS NO UNEMPLOYMENT
METZ, PIVOT
OF HUN ARMS
NOW FRENCH
Marshal Petain at Head of
Poilus Makes Entry Into
Town at 2 OXIock Yester
day Mid Oration.
'Preference to Friends' Seems
to Have Been Slogan
Adopted
Declared Fighting Men Will
Rapidly Adapt Selves
to Conditions
MAP
Travel for Peace Time
to Be Gone Over
in connection
of the peniten-
(Continued on page six)
WASHINGTON Not. 20. In pre
paration for the development of aer
onautics for peace time purposes,
trained air pilots of the United
States army will make a series of
cross country reconnaissance flights
to chart Important air lanes, compile
air maps, locate landing: fields and
select sites for airdromes.
The war department announced
tonight that, beginning Friday, army
planes from flying fields ki various
parts of the county will oegin a se
ries of nights between tne principal
cities in their districts for the chart
ing ot air lanes .that will eventually
become a part of a "great cnain ot
air Unking every Important comma-
nltT in the country." The recon
naissance work, it is saia, wouia ix?
extended as fast as arrangements
can be made.;
From a military standpoint, the
announcement said, the work will be
analogous to that performed In the
past by cavalry, now supplanted by
airnlanes as the eyes or tne army.
Colonel F. M. Davis, head of the
training section of the air service,
has been placed in charge of the
rwork. ' - -
QUEEN TO VISIT ENGLAND.
MADRID. Nov. 20. A rumor was
eirenlated tonight that oueen ic
tnrii intended to visit tngiana.
Queen Victoria Is a daughter of th
late Frince Henry of Dattenburg and
Princess Beatrice, a daughter of the
late Queen Victoria of Great Britain.
with the handling
tlarv
Warden Murnhy s resignation wh
be asked on the ground that the bus
iness administration of the prison
under his management has not been
a success and that the costs at the
institution have been mounting an
out of oroDortion to the increased
costs which have been shown in con
nation with the expends of other
Institutions during a similar period.
This was conceded by the governor
In nn Interview tecentlr to be the
only basis on which he would seek
to oust Murphy from his position.
Coupling this with the latest d-vtl
opments In prison affairs it is easily
deduced that this will be tne reason
for the iroDf tive change
Governor Withycombe and Ml
Stevens have been (low fri-nds for
a great many years. The former
sheriff came to Oiegon from the east
manv vears mko and accepted a pol
tion with the Ladd & Tilton bank
where he acted as teller for a con
siderahle Derimi of his life. He was
elected and re-elected sheriff of Mult
nomah county, holding that position
for three terms. After retiring from
the shrievalty he gave consideration
to becoming a candidate for governor
and let It be known that he would
orobablv run. but an advantageous
business situation in the east causal
him to withdraw his name before he
actually got into the gubernatorial
race. He then left for New York.
where h has since been residing
As sheriff Mr. Stevens made an
excellent record, and become promi
nently known in that connection all
over the country. He has been suc
cessful in a business way as well as
in an official capacity and owns con
sidetable . property in Portland
Friends of the governor express
With the completion of the United
war fund campaign, authenticated
reports made by Robert C. Paulus,
auditor for the campaign. Indicate
that Marlon county's contribution to
the merger fund reached the grand
total of $48,660.88 last night with
many reports in the county incom
plete. This sum is $11,010 in excess
of the quota $37,650 and represents
130 per cent. Auditor Paulus says
that when all reports are In he feels
confident that Marlon county will
hive raised sojnewhere between 140
and 160 per cnt.
Salem has contributed IZ6.117.88.
The city's qudta was $25,000. The
county was asked for an oversub
scription of BO per cent.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
total for the united campaign will In
all probability reach $55,000 or more
the sum already raised is the largest
sum which Marion county has yet
contributed to any war activity.
In excess of 80 per cent of the
money subscribed In Marlon county
was in cash.
The several war campaigns con
ducted In Salem resulted as follows:
United war fund campaign: quota.
37.650 (Incomplete); subscribed.
$48,660.88.
First Red Cross campaign: quota.
$35,000; subscribed, $47,000.
Army Y. M. C. A.: Quota, $!,-
000; subscribed. $15,650.
Second Red Cross campaign: Quo
ta, $30,000; subscribed. $42,232.74.
4
CT D LI r
French Front, is in
Fn'jco Hospital Now
:1N FRANCISCO. Nov. 20.
Twenty-five young veterans
of the battles of Soissons. Cha
teau Thierry, and the Somme.
all cVwed as casualties arrived
here today for treatment in the
letterman Kneral hopltal at
the Presidio. Amone them were
Corporals John S.- Dickson and
Roger O'Mera. Portland. Or.:
Private Ficd Schmidt, Salem.
Ore.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 20. Evi
dence relating to political activities 1
of brewers and their alleged efforts
to boycott firms and Individuals an
tagonistic to the liquor business was
adduced today before the senate
committee Investigating brewers'
propaganda and the purchase ot the
Washington Times by Arthur Brisbane.
Major E. Jowry Humes, who Is
conducting the. inquiry for the com
mittee, also undertook to show froi.i
documents produced by officers of
the I'nlted States Brewers' associa
tion, a connection between that or
ganization and the German-American
Alliance. The charter of the alliance
was revoked recently by congress
after a senate committee had Inves
tigated Its activities.
Major Humes put Into the record
lists of candidates for public offices
which, he said, were to be supported
bv the brewers association and the
alliance, and also a statement which
he asserted was prepared for C. J.
Hexamer, Philadelphia, former presi
dent of the alliance, at the office of
the brewers' association. The state
ment. Major Humes declared, was
German propaganda.
Only two witnesses Hogh F. Fox
of New York, iwcretary of the brew
ers' national organization, and John
Gardiner. Philadelphia, former chair
man of the organization committee,
were examined today.
Fox was questioned at length re-
jjardin the war said to have been
waged by brewers on antagonistic
firms and Individuals. Pome flm
named were the John Wanamaker
company, the t adiuac, raraara, .-Na
tional and Reo automobile compa
nies, the H. J. Helm company. Good
rich Tire company. American Rolling
Mills. Mlddleton. Ohio Fox Type
writer company, Maryland ft Balti
more ;auaitr company, rrorior
CONSECRATES VICTORY
OF ALLIES IN STRUGGLE
(B Te A$x-latfd Pret)
RERUN. Sunday. Nov. 17. via Am
sterdam. Nov. 20. Most of the large
industrial plants in and about Betlin
alreadv are working. No unemplay-
nient Is reoorted as a result of the
cessation of war Industries.
SlKi3iuiind Bcrgmaan. who t sad
to once have been connected wua
Thomas A. Edison and to have been
one of tne founders or me ufnrni
Electric company in th t'nlted
States, but who Is now one of the
leading industrialists In Germany.
said today:
"On the second day of the revolu
tion we started in to work on peace
older or which we have enough
hooked to keep our 60.000 employes
buy for two years. If the 5.000.000
or more men now returning frcm th
front are given three square meals
a day and steady work thre will be
no Bolshevism in Germany. Th
German working: man will not think
of mischief so long as he has a com
fortable fireside and something to
keep him busy.
' The fighting men. too. are well
disciplined. 1 have implicit faith in
their ability and willingness to ad
J.ist themselves to normal life after
four years of war. All that Is need
ed Is to keep tbcRwhealthy and well
clothed.
"We arc In urgent need of .copper.
leather and cotton: but the 'fall din
ner pjIP Is the first consideration
Germany has the money to pay for
th" food and everything else she will
b compelled to Lvy abroad."
COPENHAGEN. Nov. 20 Accord
ing to Rf-itin advices enormous stores
or foont!ifrs were found In the cas
tle of the fonr German emperor
in iurlin. A number of th soldier
and workmen's council I authority
Ktatement that the value of
German Language Replaced
for the Language Loved
and Lost Long Ago
11 ( rkmu,l IT th" I
l'"mu,fr .' Z (!. f'-d normallr would be several
conijirtiiy ui i--iihi, .-Mill-- -'.-.
diary companies of the Standard Oil
h.i i'li 1 thousand marks.
t
CARS DERAILED
IN BAD WRECK
FIFTY WOUNDED YANK PRISONERS
RELEASED BY ENTRANCE TO METZ
Tired Troops Are Returning From the Field as Fresh;
Americans Making Progress Toward the Hun Frontier
company, i nlted states meei cor
poration. S. Kresge company. K"i
Raven Water company. American
Sheet and Tin Plate company and
Republic Rubber companv. nd tho
Delaware. Lack a wan a & Wer.ttrn
railroad.
Fox denied that any of the firms
named had been blacklisted, saym-j
the association's purpose merely was
to give "preference to those who
n-oro friends." Tester he toM tne
... . . . . u . 1 1 1 1
committee tnai ne won in im
. ..n, that all h riof nr.'ent
IU H"Uliir i
relating m nv uhh u -..-J-. :
Humes put Into tile record, were
taken from the files of the associa
tion.
Major Humes told tne commute
the firms were listed by tne Brew
ers' association because of their at
titude against the use of liquor by
COPENHAGEN. Nov. 20. A dl
patch signed by the German premier,
Ebeit. and Foreign Minister Haas
received bv the Strasrh'ijg soldiers
and workmen'? council. sas;
"The occupation by the allied pon
ers of AIc-!.nrTitine will not pre
judico a solution of the question, ac
cording to the principles of Interna
tlonal right and peoples' self-deter
mination.
themselves as nemg connuem hmi i n .,.-. . t . IL" ,1 kV.,. of -etlrltr
Mr. Stevens will make an excellent lw0 Southern TaCIIlC rreigntp' -l "w. f the fir,,,;.
II III II 1 I UUfll nn"""'" vi i
m mi ak mm m i - - - - - -
Traini Col lde at Halsev. and. In some Instances, or employes
PARIS, Nov. 20.- It was General
,U Conte who headed the Tenth army
a the occasion of the entry into
. Met.
It is probable there will be no oc
"ion tor a solemn sntry into Strass
next. Sunday.
"tfty American wounded prisoners
found In Metx. The Y. M. C. A.
took eharge of them.
Wlllard Williams of New York,
nd Dr. Dunning of Portland. Me..
M. C. A. workers, were the first
Americans to enter Mett, Felina Som
rviHe and Tracy I'Enegele of New
Jork. and J. K. Hill of Iowa, women
. . M. C. A. workers, arrived later,
i Twelve walking cases were trans
Ported to Nancy. Supplies of choco
late and other things were rushed to
Mcti for the American wounded, who
.td received little attention. ( Two
of the walking csrcs are Harry Tuck-
erman of New York, and I. Fierrlera
Of Hayward. Cal.
Five hundred Americans entered
et with the French.
WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES
IN FRANCE. Tiiesdav. Nov. 19.
While the Third American army is
piaKlng Us way toward the German
frontier other units slowly are going
back to their old training areas but
many detachments hve reached the
camps estaonsnea iasi year, wun
there are ample cantonments anu
hospitals and where large supplies of
food are available.
Here the men will be made os com
fortable as possible in well heated
huts. These camps ae located along
lines of railways which simpmies
the transport and supply problems.
After their hardships In the Argonne
the troops will be happy in their new
surroundings and will have plenty of
frrA
General March s announcement re
garding the demobilization oi some
units and the return oi coni- '
.i.k wmmdMl Is caurlna: quiet
r.J'.a. 9" - . "... . .
r...nlailnn-. It S thOUgnt Proliant
, ... i . . A fcnmA
that the men win ue inmu
.i, now making arrangements
for Thanksgiving day and Christmas
celebrations.
imrgSEIS, Sunday. Nov- 17.--..
-Am rtmnrod the streets ot
1 "f; .hi. morninK. the last de-
tachment of German troop, having
warden, both as to the policies and
general management of the prison
and from a business point of view
Thev state that they see a possibility
of rectifying number of alleged bits
of extravagance which has resulted
in the mounting costs at the prison.
The discovery that the change will
be made, following npon the state
ment of the governor recently that
he had been conducting an Investi
gation to detetmlne whether Warn en
Murphy was responsible ror tne
mounting costs by extravagance In
administration, or whether such
costs were due to circumstances over
which he has no control, lead to the
belief that the governor's Investiga
tion has convinced him the former
Is the case.
It has been hinted that the com
missarv department has reen con
ducted on a wasteful plan and tnat
other leakages due to wasteful man-
a cement coiild be stopped up undei
a atronrer disciplinarian hand. It is
iii thin kind of a hand which tne
B-overnor's friends say will be applied
1th Stevens on the jo, annougn
thev assert that he will not overlook
the humanitarian end or me prison
management
Tli. real ana ton of Warden M"r-
nhv is not expected to take etrect
before the Marion county grand jury
files, its report on the prison Investi
gation now under way
It mav also be said, and at th
same time be entitled to the fulle
degree of credence, that the change
In the ward?nhip will not necessar
ily inocr a. sweeping; change in the
AMSTERDAM. Nov, 20 The elec
in Germany lor a rflnstltueni
assembly have been fixed for Feb
ruary 20
patch.
according to a Peri'.n dis-
ABMY OF AMERICAN OCCU
PATION, Not. 20. (Bj The As
socUted Press.) Swinging north
ward from Metx the American
fint diviiion crossed Into Luxesi
bnrr just before noon today, en
taring 'sch, & njning ton of
20.000 inhabitants. The cvriliam
expected the Americana Thursday
but when the vanguard appeared
he news roread anicJuy. Tne
whistles at the mines were blown.
btlh were rung, children were ex
cused from echo!, stores were
closed and the afternoon wax pro
claimed a holiday.
In the store windows and pub
lic buildingi along the principal
streets there were pictures cf
President Wilson, drawn by an
artist of Escb, who had worked
night and day to complete by
hand as many drawings aj pos
sible. Pictures of President Pom-
care, Marshal Foch and King Al
bert also were prominently displayed.
To the first diviOon fell the
honor of first crossing the Ixr
rainc line, the advance guard cn-
teiinr Aumetz noon after V
. I I .!!
o cIim-k. lor inrce iay tue civil
ians of Auniclz hal ln-cn looking
for the Americans t'Xpcctiiijs
them tvery minntc There ltal
!m-cii no school nil week and the-
thihiren had Jccn drilled in Kinir-
injr ami flag waving to receive
the advancing arrar.
Two hundred pupil, attjred in
fancy dress, those of the girls le
ing of the colors of France ami
Ihvs carrying the red and yellow
color of Lorraine, a home-tnade
American flag and tri-eolored
hunting of France, met the troop
at the archway over the road en
tering the town from Audun-lo
Koman.
I Sy the time the marching
troop reached Eeh the civilians
(Continued on rage 2).
Linn County
t, Continued on page 4).
(Continied on page six)
A serious train wreck occurred
about 3 o'clock yesterday morning at
Halsey. between Albany and allrris
burir. when two Southern Tacific
rreieht trains collided head-on. A
large number of rars left tjie tracks
and a member of one or tne train
crews lost a leg, according to reports
reaching Salem. Traffic mas delayed
several hours until a siding could be
laid around the wreck. It Is pre
sumed the collision was caused by
fog.
Japanese Yards Tarn
Vessel Over to U. 5.
SKATTl.K. Nov. 20. The steel
freighter ast Wind. S00 tons.
which arrived at Vancouver. I, t .
rrom the Orient, will be the sixth ves
sel turned over to the I'nlted States
hipping boarl lv Japanese vanl.
The Ea?t Wind will be delivered upon
hr arrival here this week by the
Trans-Oceanic company.
TO IIAVi: hKRVK K OWKKFAt K
SAN FRANVISC:0' Nov. 20. Mm-
l ors or th war camn commnniiy -t-r-
vice on the Pacific oast and in New
York no'-nod a flv-lay conference
here today to ontlleo plans ror nn
continuance of th oruanlratlon's ac
tivities during the after the war con
struction period.
acalnt the liouor business.
The Inquiry Into political acuvnT
began when John Gardiner mas call
ed to the stand. The mltness said
he might have seen lists of candi
dates at dirrerent time from 1911
to 1914 which the brewers associa
tion endorsed In some states. Includ
ing. Iowa. Texas. Pennsylvania. In
diana, and one candidate for congre--from
Illinois, but he could not re
call the details. He admlttM the
aosociation's organliation commlt'ee
was active in "wet" and "dry" fights
in several states In those years ani
said that In that time It spent be
tween $40.000 and $500,000 "do
ing all It legitimately could to arouse
public sentiment In our favor."
riarrilnpr declared the bremers
STORY OF SURRENDER OF U-BOATS
READS LIKE ROMANCE OF THE SEA
With Cans Fore and Aft, Crews at Attention and on
Decks, Pirates of Sea Feel Han Masters for Last Time
LONDON. Nov. 20 (British Wire- i Almost every one on board donned
less service) The following account lire blli and just aa the red sun a
or the surrender of the first batch of peared above the horizon the firt
20 German submarines this morning German submarine appared In tithU
at s- is given by an eye mltn. ! Soon atter 7 o'clock 20 submarines
More than 80 other German subnar-1 were seen In line accompanied by
ine are to be handed over to the two German destroyers, the Tiran a
allied naval command before the end 'and the Sierra Ventana. which were
of the week. l take the submarine crews bark
After steaming 20 miles across the i to Germany after the transfer.
North sea the Harwich forces which j All the submarine were on the
consisted or five light crui-ers and 'surface wnn ineir nairnes orn ana
destroyers, were sighted. The
. i- - AAH.ihniiAni . n luiniirii i a'
inane n.i .n ......i.". . -- (jii..i t,.v.i. th.
1 . - mt firm d. t U1K8U1U UI Jl'liUII.I
II irrn a u i ni ' " - i ' - -
ramnaign-comm
nled it had endorsed any set of can
didates. "Haven't you seen these lists or
candidates to be supported by the
i,rmir' asoiatlon and German
commander, was the Coracao. lllgn
above the squadron hum; a big ob
servation balloon.
The squadron, headed Ly the flag
ship, then steamed toward the Dutrn
American allaince that were sent out , o"---. -J. - , '"A,:'': "
each veai ?" a'ed Malor Iiumea.
"Well, mav be I have neen them."
assmered the mltness. "but I do not
recall them."
Records or the brewers asoc!a
tion read by Major Humes shomed
that In 1914 the Pennsylvania state
-nHation colleeted $294,114 for
political activity In that state and
ti.t ihi rollowlng year $1.754
I collected for the same purp"". or
' . i r a at ikl.L tm
diner said ne wn )ni w'n.
the
(Continued on page 5).
followed in line with their navigation
lights showing.
The picture was a noble owe. as
thi great vessels, with the moc.n still
shining. plouKhed their way to take
part In the surrender of the German
U-boats.
Boon after the British squadron
tar ted the -paravanes" were drop
ped overboard. Thee devices are
shared like tops and divert any mine
which may be encountered, for the
vessels were entering a mine field.
the crewa standing on deck. The ves-m-1
were flying no- flags and their
guns were trained fore and aft In ac
cordance with the terms of surrcij
der. A bugle sounded on th Curacao
and all the gun erewa took th Ir
stations, ready for any positle
treachery.
Th leading destroyer. In te?or.j
to a signal from the admiral. turnM
and led the way towards nr.Tard
and the submarine were ordered to
follow. They immediately d.d s The
surrender had been aecomp'.lh!.
Kach c miner tamed, and. k- !-"'
a careful lookout, steamed toward
Harwich. On one f the largest sub
marines, which carried two i.'J rm.
22 officer and men were counted.
(Continued cn pat 4).