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PRESIDENT, ILL REPRESENT lERICA
PERSONNEL OFFICIALLY A
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DUTCH CONSUL THROWS UP JOB AS
IIE IS STUNG BJ CORDIAL WAY HIS
NATION ENTERTAINS KAISER BILL
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DENVER, Colo., Nov. 29. John
U. CeiJsbeek, consul for Holland for
the states of Colorado. Utah and
New Mexico, announced that he had
"nailed hi resignation to the Dutch
watlon at Washington because of
Bis government's action in harboring
the former German emperor and be
cause of other acta of The Nether
lands government during the war.
' Mr.OelJsbeek also disclosed that
Tbe Netherlands government Is pre
paring to conduct through the con
sola a newspaper campaign in . the
United States to "Justify Its action In
.jfTlng shelter and protection to Wil
tam Hobenxollern."
Mr. Geljsbeek said this campaign
bad been suited with a note sent to
the consuls recently, with Instruct
ions to offer it to the newspapers for
publication, by . W. De Beaufort,
charge d'affaires of the Netherlands
In the United States, explaining that
tbe former German, emperor had en
tered Holland as a private citizen, and
wai given the same refuge available
to all. foreign refugees.
la bis letter of resignation, which
Mr. flellsbeek said was mailed to
night After be had telegraphed the
legation that It waa on the way. the
eonml said;
"This step fri necessary, for the
rcinon that It is becoming; Increasing
difficult to keep nllent about the po
sition the Netherlands government
U taking In the world's momentous
questions. A condition is either right
or wrong, good or bad; there Is no
middle road; there Is no compromise
Ub error. , , : , , ,.
"Holland now voluntarily displeas
es the enUre world by giving shelter
and protection to the bone of con
tention. , Such a position is
Incomprehensible to me and. I de
aire to regain the jlberty of speech
which. twenty-five years of American
citizenship has granted me. I . can
aerve the country of my birth no
' lonier.
Commenting on his resignation.
Geljsbeek said:
"I have mailed .my resignation as
consul to the Netherlands, for tlx
utates of Colorado, Utah and New
ilwleo for the reason that I cannot
indorse the action of the government
in harboring the former German em
peror, eoupled with other acts of the
KoTcrnment In Its stand during the
war, and with the prospect of a news
paper, campaign In the United State
to Justify its action In giving sneiter
and protection to William Hohen-aollera
He declared that his decision to
mini came with the receipt of the
i intended: for newspaper puoiicaiion
yiain ng tne present aiiuuae o
ths Netherlands government toward
the refnge given William Hohentol-
lern.
Mr. Geljsbeek. who Is a natural
ized American, was named consul in
Denver for 1he three states in No
vember. 19U:. before Amrica en
tered the war. s- I
Former Kaiserin
Reaches Holland
To Join Husband
S2,000 Telegraphero to Qo on Strike
PORTLAND, 'Nov. 29. Announcement was made here tonight by J. V. Mitchell general chairman of the Order'
of Railroad Telegraphers for the O.-W. R. & N. and Union Pacific systems, that events are rapidly taking shape lead
ing toward a general strike which will involve at least 92,000 telegraphers of the country. In some sections Decem
ber 5 has already been set as the tentative date for the strike, Mr. Mitchell said. Dissatisfaction over wase and
working awards recently announced by Director General McAdoo are given as the cause for the impending strike.
A meeting of union officials will be held here tomorrow afternoon to analyze the situation and outline a course of
action. "The. situation is critical." Mr. Mitchell taid loniohL "One of nnr , WW
- r . o ' - - wmm w y k. k.if iui W4CUi 4 14. I
We do not blame Mr. McAdoo for the nature of the award. We blame the old corporate inteiests."
BILL HOHENZOLLERN RENOUNCES REGAL RIGHTS
AMSTERDAM, Nov.. 30. William Hohenzollern has definitely renounced all future rights to the crowns of Prussia
itdamr?o join' he bl Grany and has released all officials and officers from their oath of fealty, according to the text of a document
in Amerongen castie. signed by the former emperor, which is quoted in a telegram received here from Berlin. 1
ls the station, before
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 30. The formal 'document of Emperor William's abdication has already arrived in Berlin,
MURRAY WHEAT
DIES OF WOUNDS
ACROSS THE SEA
(By The A$oclated Prettj
MAARSHERGEN, Holland. Thurs
day, Nov. ' 28. In the raw misty
morniiU of a November day
Frau Augusta Victoria, wife of the
once German
today from Posdara
band In exile
Maarsbergenl
Maarn, where, William Hohenzollern
arrived sixteen years ago. It Is about
equl-dlstant between Maarn and the
Arriving here the 'former empress according to a Berlin dispatch to the AbenblaU
tink, tbe host of the former emperor.
by the captain of tbe rural genderm.
merle, who acting under orders, had
escorted her from Zevenaar, the first
Dutch frontier station, to her des
tination,
Augusta Victoria' look belled tbe
rumors of severe mental strain and
physical prostration She put on
brave attempt at a smile when she
arrived here, but the corners of her
mouth betrayed the efforts of her re
cent trials. Also she shuddered a
little In encountering the raw air
outside her car.
The baggage of the former em
press, enough tQ warrant the assump
tion of a prolonged stay, consisted of
a nuniDer or wiener baskets, ana
boxes, probably, containing wine.
maked "Imperial cellar.','
The former empress wore a plain
dark tailor-made velvet dress and V
hat-and veil which offset her abun
dance of silvery hair. r
The train will return to, Germany
this evening with Count Platen. Ma
jor HIrshfield and Count von Moltke
of the former emperor's immediate
entourage whose baggage Include
many untdy cardboard boxes, which
are piled upon the station. There
was no official reception or demon
stration of any kind when the ex
kaiserin arrived.
After the arrival of Augusta Vie-
toria at Maarsbergen. the next train
to stop was Scottish soldiers on their
way home from captivity in Germany,
LONDON. Nov. 29. An Amster
dam dispatch says Augusta Victoria
used a certain amount of Ingenuity
to escane Identification but the cor
respondent, in a tramp over the mud
dy roads from Maarn witnessea ner
departure from the. station. Notwith
standing current reports or tne ser
ious illness of the ex-empress the
correspondent said she looked quite
YANKS BEGIN
TO COME OUT
OF GERMANY
Terrible Tales Are Told by
Prisoner Who Were Com
pelled to Undergo Great
Hardships in. Camps.
HUMAN FINGER PUT IN
SOUP BY THE HEINIES
Consider It Joke When Amer
icans Are Made 111 by
Treatment Given
(Continued on page 2).
Killed in Action in France,
According to ' Word'
Reaching Here
WAS KNOWN IN SALEM
Graduate of Willamette Law
College and Lived Here
Number of Tears
KINGS AND EMPERORS TO SUFFER
AS WELL AS POOR THEY TRAMPLED
Germany Must Pa
Declaration of LI
ova jufoi
mit of Her Capacity, Is the
gij To Be No More Espionage
LONDON. Nov. 2 (TmtWh Wire
jjts Service ) David tHoyd George.
BrltliB prime minister In a speech
t Newcastle today said the victory of
entente allies had been due to
twselem valor of tbelr men and that
oold be a lesson to anybody who
th future thought they, as the
"oaalaa war lords hoped, "could
rlook this little island In tbelr
'ckonlng."
"We ie now approaching the
Dps conference," the premier con
tinued. "The price of victory is not
vtBceance nor retribution. It Is pre-
ventloa. First of all, about what
mose people whom we have received
ltlout question for years to our
norea; to whom we have given equal
"Wts with our own sons and daugh
Jrs, and who abused that hospitality
betray the land to plot against e
ority, to spy upon it and to gain
JJtth information has enabled the
pnaaian war lords to Inflict not pun
wament but damage and injury on
"e Und that received them as
aats? Strtr again!"
Mr. Lloyd George said the interest
f security and fair play demanded
;Jt it should be made perfectly clear
'"t the seocle wo acted tn this war
lilted punishment for the damage
'"'T hftd inflicted. " ,
TTbe second question was the
westlon of indemnities "the premier
a
added. In every court or jusuce
throughout the world the party
which lost ha to bear the cost of liti
gation. When Germany defeated
France she established the principle,
and there was no doubt that tbe prin
ciple was the right one. Germany
roust pay the cost of the war up to
the limit of her capacity."
"And there is a third and last
point," continued Mr. Lloyd George.
"Is no one to be made responsible
for the war? Somebody has been re
sponsible for a war that has taken the
lives of millions of the best young
Is not anyone to be
sLble for that? If riot.
ll I can say Is that if that Is the
case there is one Justice for the poor
wretched criminal ana. anomer i"
kings and emperors."
Mr. Lloyd George declared In con
final An f
"I mean to see that the men who
did not treat our prisoners witn nu
.nanitv are to be made responsible.
t want this rountrr to. ao to court
with a clean. conscience, and she will
An o. There Is not. a stain on her
record She will not be afraJd
before anr tribunal.
"We have got to act now to that
when the men In the future feel
tempted to follow the example of ru-
(Continued on. page 4).
LONDON', Nov. 29.Eight Ameri
can former prisoners of war. the first
men of this class to reach London,
arrived here this mornnlg. All of
the men are In good condition.
They are Corporal Thomas Darry,
Frank Butler and Corporal John
Barthgate. all of New Haven; Wtl
liam Lilly of Soutbington, Conn!
Corporal Whitehead of Jeffrey, Ky.;
William O'Sullivan of Forestville.
Conn.; James Epltochelle of North
Providence, It. I., and Corporal Le-
roy Congleton of Philadelphia.
All the men are members of "the
1 102nd Infantry. They were captured
Sin April. Congleton was injured in
the shoulder, Barry in the knee ana
Lilly In the eye. All three men were
placed in various hospitals, but later
Joined the other prisoners who were
taken first to Conflans for a week,
then to Darmstadt for five weeks,
to Limburg for three months and
then to. the Opladen work camp.
Tbey were attached to the Frled
ricbfeld camp until their release No
vember 15.
All the men said they bad been
forced to work hard and were given
insufficient food. They would have
starved had it not been for American
Red Cross packages which were re
ceived at long Intervals. English
Lieutenant Murray C. Wheat, for
merly of Salem, and widely known
here, was killed In France, according
to word received in this city yester
day. Death did not occur at once
Lieutenant Wheat dying on October
22 of wounds received some time pre
viously while in action.
lie was connected with a machine
gun battalion of which he was acting
captain for some time, 'and reports
received Indicate that he had made
an exceptional record as a soldier
He was promoted to a first lieuten
ancy early during hU military service
Lieutenant Wheat graduated from
Willamette university law school and
for two years served as a stenogra
pher for the late Justice Frank A.
, Moore before going to Astoiia where
he practiced law up to the time the
United States entered the war. He
was a nephew of A. M. Crawford, for
many years attorney general of Ore
gon, lie is survived by a widow and
by his parents. The latter live In
Ohio.
FICKERT TO
HURL CHARGE
ATDENSMORE
District Attorney Asserts He
Will Seek Indictment for
Man Wbo Made Strong
Disclosures.
HOUSE WILL
TAKE PLACE
IN NUMBER
Secretary Lansing. General
Bliss and Henry White to
Make Up Balance of Representation.
ALLIED PREMIERS ARE
EXPECTED TO ATTEND
Some of Men on Board Hue
Conducted Difficult Ne
gotiations in Past 1
TAPPING WIRES IS
THE CRIME ALLEGED
Densmore Makes Denial That
He Used Dictaphones in
U. S. Offices
BUDGET IS UP
F0RVOTET0DAY
To give tb voter of ftalem school
district an opportunity to expre
their opinion regarding the proposed
si77.SSS.SO nndget for tbe mala te
ns ace of Salem schools In lilt, polls
win oe open today from 2 to 7 p. m.
at 379 Plate street. All legal voters
of district No. 24 will be entitled to
cast ballot.
Only one polling place has been
designated and tbe usual board of
five will be In charge. Tbe head
quarters are la tbe empty stdr ad
joining the Tostal Telegraph office
When a budget calling for as In
crease of over per cent la the tax
for the next year is submitted. It 1
necessary to call a special election.
In this case the mlllage would be
raised from (.4 mills to 7.C. the rea
sons for tbe gseater need beUig high
er salaries or teachers, shrinkage la
uncollected taxes and purchase or the
Ilolman property adjoining tbe high
school and lo dne to the falling
off of the census.
(Continued on page 4).
HAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 29 . Dis
trict Attorney Cbarle M. Flckert
announced late today that he Is to
seek the Indictment by the county
grand Jury of J. II. Ivn-more. fed
eral director of employment and his
aidt.5, as the result of a pnMUhod
eport signed by Densmore. charging
an attempted "Frame-up" (a the c
of Mrs. Ken Mooney and other al
leged Irregularities In civil and criui-
inal cases In San Francisco rout is.
In a slgnei statement Flckert said
that he would seek the Indictments
under sections CIS and 60 of the
California penal code. These sections
prohibit the disclosing of telephonic
or telegraphic information without
proper authority and the "tapping"
of telephone and telegraph wires.
In the report portions of private tel-
Bride's Fourth Husband
Marries His Third Wife
Florence C. nayne took her foerth
plunge into the matrimonial sea yes
terday when she was wedded by
Judge W. M. Huabey to Nets A. Swan-
son, wbo took tbe marriage vows
for the third time. 8 was son Is 4
yara old and a carpenter residing
at 1 31 S North Cottage street. His
bride Is 46.
cat
These men will be Ameri-
representatjTes at the
greatest peace conference in
the history of the world:
Woodrow Wilson, president
of the United States.
Robert Lansing, secretary
of state.
Henry White, former am
bassador to France and Italy
from the United States.
CoL E. AL House, sphinx
and bosom friend of President
Wilson.
General Tasker H. Bliss,
representative of the Ameri
can army with the supreme
war council at Versailles.
WASHINGTON. Nov. Jl.Tbs re
presentative of the Failed States at
tbe peace conference will be:
President Wtlso.
Robert Lansing, secretary of state.
Henry White, for mer ambaasador
to France and Italy.
K. M. Iloese.
CWntral Taker II. Wis, repre
sentative of tho American arssy with
tbe supreme war rouscll at Ver
tailUs. Tils announcement was made to
night at the White House. In the
(Continued, on page 3).
Kaiser Subject to
Laws of England,
Says Lloyd George
NEWCASTLE, England, Nov. 29-
In a speech delivered here this
evening. Premier Llovd George, deal
ing with tbe question of the responsi
bility for the invasion or Relgium.
said the British government had con
sulted some or the greatest Jurists
In tbe kingdom and that they unan
imously and definitely had arrived at
the conclusion that in their Judge
ment 4he former German emperor
was guilty of an indictable offense
for which he ought to be held responsible
MARION RATIO
HELD TOO LOW
Assessor West and District
Attorney Gehlhar Go Be
fore Commission
That tbe ration allowed Marion
county by the state tax commlasioner
several days ago was too low was
the plea made yesterday by County
Assessor Ien F. West and District
Attorney Max Gehlbar. when tpey
appeared before the commission. A
5 per cent raise on the 68 per cent
flrure alreadr set has been asked
and an opinion In the matter Is ex
oected within a few day.
H the 73 per cent were allowed
... . . a a Kf..a ul
a nlgner valuations womo iw
on public utilities property and th
general levy would be lessened.
Ratios made laat week have met
with protest rrom several other coun
ties and IT. G. Couch, assesor or Un
ion. C. S. Graves rrom Polk and Dep
uty Assessor Harris rrom Multnomah
were In the city yesterday to present
their arguments.
TIH; W KATHEIf
Cloudy, with rain In west por
tion; gentle southeasterly winds.
(Continued on psg 4).
KING OF DAREDEVILS
TO SHINNY UP 0. S.
BANK THIS AFTERNOON
Liberty Cabbage
Savory Dish For
Hungered Yanks
WITH TUB AMERICAN ARMY
OF OCCUPATION. Nov. 2. (Hy
Courier to Nancy.) (Uy The Asso
ciated Press.) "Liberty cabbage"
made In Germany and there still
knoa as sauerkraut, has been
served at many American army
messes during the week, five car
loads of. the tasty edible having been
left behind by the withdrawing Ger
man army.
The Americans on entering Arlon.
I Belgium, last week, found tbe sauer
kraut in a well storked supply depot
which the Germans had left Intact
owing to the conrusion or the re
tirement and lack of transportation.
It Is now being distributed among
tbe messes of the various division
In addition to tbe "liberty cabbage"
the Americans also took possession
oX several carloads of potatoes, many
tons of turnips and other perishable.
These also were distrbluted and aid
ed many mess sergeants In serving
Thanksgiving dinners to the Ameri
can troops.
Today is tbe day and 2:20 p. m. I
th time, and tbe Human Fly will
climb rain or shine..
Those of Filem who want to
real thrill want to be la front of the
I'ntted Mate Nstional bsnk butlJfn
today, for that Is the time thst Jack
Williams, the leader of all darredev.
lis will dispense thrills at th rate
of one per second. Starting frrn the
sldewslk In front of the United States
National bank building. Williams
with his eyes covered will climb to
tbe top of the 1 flag pole. And not
only that, but if he comes up to past
records, he will do stunts on tbe vir
up that will make the blood mn
cold.
How would yo feel about fl stor
ies high hanging on by your feet
while you were entirely blindfolded,
or how would It seem to climb op m
flag pole that was swaying la the
wind and at the same time be us
able to see where you were go.ng?
Well. Williams does all this and then
does a few extra stunts for good
measure.
Mr. Williams will take up a col
lection from those witnessing hi ex
hibition and 2& per cent of the pro
ceeds will ' he turned over t The
Daily Statesman who will turn It over
to Willamette chapter of th Red
Cross as a donation.
Ilefore making his climb Mr. Wil
liams will , make a abort speech, tell
ing what be thinks we should do to
Id the government during tt reeon-
i ran ion pertoa.
When Interviewed at tbe Hotel
Marlon where be Las be a stajlaff
for the last few dare. Mr. William
aid h would go up today promptly
on time regardless of weather conditions.
"I climbed a building once la
snow storm, and if that didn't both
er ne I am sore that Oregon wea
ther at this time or the year will
not keep m down. he aatd. There
is no rbanr of postponement as Mr.
Ml!!aois is booked In advance a
lone way ahead and would not be
axle to postpone if if he wanted to.
The writer expressed a curiosity
about, those wonderful hands. Mr.
Williams broke off ihe l!d ef h!s
cirar box. holding ttla la tbe same
poitioa one would a etgarett be
tween the titomb and forefinger
lowly pressing until the wood brst
In half under the strain and, th
writer was convinced.
As Mr. Williams goes the build
ing he will shower the crowd with
coupons, every one pf which will be
good for some nsef present at the
following stores;
Ka'.-ry's.
Prewer Drug Company.
Watt Shlpp Company.
The- Root cry.
Schrnnk's Grocery.
The Gray Relle.
And several others.