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TIIE OREGON STATESMAN: NATITtDA V, XO EMIlKIt .HI, 10IK. i.. . a ft , .r The Oregon Statesman Issued Dally Except Monday by TIIE STATESMAN PUHLISHIXG COMPANY 215 S. Commercial St., Salem. Oregon MEMBER OF TIIE ASSOCIATED PRESS I " The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In this paper and also the local news published herein. R. J. Hendricks .. .7 .7777; . Manager Stephen A. Stone. Managing Editor Ralph Glover Cashier W. C. Squler... Advertising Manager Frank Jaskoskl . . . . . . Manager Job Dept. DAILY STATESMAN, served by carrier in Salem and suburbs, 15 cents a week, (0 cents a month. DAILY 8TATESMAN, by mail, $6 a year; $3 for alx months; 50 cents a month. For three months or more, paid in advance, at rate of $5 a year. SUNDAY STATESMAN, $1 a year; 50 cents for six months; 25 cents for three months. WEEKLY STATESMAN, Issued In two six-page sections, Tuesdays and Fridays, II a year (if not paid in advance, $1.25); 50 cents for six months; 25 cents for three months. TELEPHONES: i Business Office. 23, Circulation Department. 583. Job Department, 583. Entered at the Postoffice In Salem. Oregon, as second class matter. KEEP THE SALEM SCHOOLS PROGRESSIVE. appears to be palling in Interest and pcpk' refuse to get trir.enloi'sly excifed bver reports of a German spy living on the block. Pretty soon we will be having Gesundhclt Vereln No. 1 ot German Spy Susppects, and it is susceptible of a large membership at that. In some communities if a man ate pretzezl or had an aunt whose nam? wan Wiederejihen he would fall un'.IJr suspicion and 1 e-ciui- k ru rkel man. If kept a dachshund he was an outcast. About the only Get man spies we have to woiry about now are those dug up by the magazine writers. This sort of sleuthing will go merrily on for a couple of y-ars yet if the editors continue to fall for it. It nvght not be a bad idea for president Wll.-on to have as a fifteenth condition of peace the suppression of the- war story.- - lo Angeles Times Salem school district is holding a special election this afternoon fronu2 to 7, at 379 State street, to vote on the budget. It fis the duty of every Salem voter who believes in a progressive policy in school affairs to vote, and to votefor the budget. The members of the 'school board are working hard and unsel fishly for the good of the city; for the welfare of the, pupils, for the general good reputation of Salem. They should have your support. It is good business. It ?s loyalty to your city. ' . .. Arid you owe this to the future of your children, which, after all, is ihk most important thing in the world. ., . Conservation week, next week. We must still help to feed 300, 000,000 people in Europe, till the next harvest. I BINGHAM HAS A WORD ON BILL Circuit Judge Disapproves Some Portions of King Measure Who will "get the kaiser? Anybody may have the kaiser. He la yot worti 30 cents. Reform begins at home, but re construction begins at Voraille3. Mr. Tart had his knock at Mr. Wil son before the election. He now de fend the trip to Prance as constitu tional, popssibly useful and nothing to go crazy about The Versalllei peace conference may have to tell the separate Ger man states where to "head In." All that was Germany when the war opeucd will have to contribute to tho costs of reparation. Former Empercr Charles of Aus tria Is suffering from melancholia. All the royal has-beens are, for that matter. And their condition will elicit little sympathy. Ing to report,-have refused to accept a cargo of German-made toys. The resolution supports the view of the Manufacturers' Record that it Is none too soon to begin the campaign against the importation of German made goods, and that not only toys but 'every other piece of goods of every kind will for generations bear u bkiody stain which all th waters of all the oceans can never wash out." It will.be hard to prevent this and kindred kinds of commercial re prisals against Germany, no matter what genajaj,. principles .the peace conference may adoppt. Time only will - heal over the hatreds against the Huns In the hearts of millions of people scattered all over the world. , , " s Another, view of the president's tIIlimaA I -that, hv r.hnwinV him th devastated -war tone he can be1?. bI adventarl in politics. Pos- GOOD TIMES AHEAD. Sfnator J. Hamilton Lewis is an other who declines further political office. - He refuses an appointment for the purpose of recouping "his private practice and fortune which have been badly shot to pieces dur- educated concerning German meth ods of warfare. This Idea pleases all who believe he is too compassionate toward the Ilua. Andre Tardleu made a hit when he told the French Chamber of Dep uties, "There is no need of signa tures to secure the execution of American promises since America has seut S, 000,000 men to France." If they are not a ianature, they will do for a seal. slbly some of these Democrats who welcome private life figure that a Republican adminlsttation is . the time to place themselves in position for the big doings. r THE RECKONING. Tho Home. Mai ket club or New England adopted a number of reso lutions at Its annual meeting Novem ber 20, among which wa one com mending lie consignees who, aerord- STJTTTRE D4TF.S. no. Si, Tbu-sdsy Thankag-vinr day. December 1, SundayElks Memorial program at Grand Opera house. ..December, date not set rifth annOal Marion Cluntv Orn Khow December J. Tuesday Memorial In honor of Justice F. A. Moore at su preme court hulldlnr. December 15 Pacific International Livestock show, Portland. December 15, Wednesday Christmas . Decembr 23 to 28 Christmas holi days la 8alem schools. On December 18, forey-tighf years ago. King William of Prussia wai formally crowned as German emper or. The ceremony occurred in the historic city of Versailles, where the Invading hosts ot Germany had their grand headquarters and where IHs inarck forced the backbreaklng terms of his armistice upon the French people forty dajr later. If Marshal Foch and the; men of France do not have something happen to the Ger man empire and the Hohenzollerns at Versailles on the coming Pecem ber IS and January 28. it will be because the Frencn have forgotten those dateewhith they bs.ve not. - I NDF.lt St'SIMlTON. The game of waeh your neighbor An Announcement I have finally succeeded in securing the services of Dr. F. W. Kellogg, a Ophthalmo-. logist and Optometrist of the first grade. The correction of defective vision is abso lutely guaranteed. Crossed eyes and other nervous defects corrected without drugs or surgery. Quality-of Service is Our Ideal. Not How Cheap, But How Good Dr. A. Slaughter Naturopath Dr. Mendelsohn's Offices 4 Phone 110 210 U. S. Natl Bank Bldg. I BITS FOR BREAKFAST , See here, Salem ites: i V ". . Keep your school progressive. It is good business; besides. owe It to your children. you as an International lawyer which had established hh repitAtion a one of the foremost Aincricsn authorities on this subject. Mr. White, tho Republican of the delegation. Is a diplomat of Jong experience, who 1 can as m ietar f.f the American legation tn Vlenn In He served as secretary of embassy at various capital, icpic rented the I'nitcd Stat- at several great International gatherings and in l!'l. was appointed jmba iwanr The kaiser has the flu S -a " Hut he will have something .iHe ttuv hv President IMos.v.H. Two before Lloyd George gets through i ... with him. Uncle Sam is poing to pot employ ment agencies In every town, to see that the returning soldiers get Jobs. That is right. Absolutely. a It is estimated that It will take six to ten months to get all the boys home from France, using all avail able ships. - "a The peace conference is being rap idly framed up. S Almost time to begin the study of the automobile catalogue again. The ban has been removeed from the manufacturers. All that Is. now nec essary fs to arrange for a mortgage on the home. Exchange. FORMER KAISERIN IS IN HOLLAND WITH WILL (Continued troui page 1). Disapproval of several portions of he King naturalization bill now be fore the United States senate was ex pressed in a letter sent yesterday by Circuit Judge G. G. Bingham to John Speed Smith, chief naturaliza tion examiner at Washington. The note was In response to request for an opinion on the measure. Which embodies several of the rules of the local court, recently accorded gener ous approval in the east. The bill proposes that special cer tificates be issued wives and child ren when the men become naturalized. "I think the portion referrinz to the children is unwise," Judge Ding- nam staged. He is of the opinion that more de pends on whether teachers are prop erly grounded in the America creed. "No person should be in charge of American youths, who is not un qualifiedly In sympathy with the alms of our government." the letter said. "If this is done the children of all aliens, as well as those of citizens will receive proper Instruction." Further he urges compulsory In struction in civics In the schools. This would do away with some of the difficulties of granting citizen ship to persons who have moved to Canada, become naturalized there and taken up homesteads, only to r ell out and return to this country n such case they must take the reg ular' citizenship "examination and many who have attempted this In Marlon and Linn counties failed, al though they were educated In the United States. "When an alien is naturalized." ludge Bingham suggests, "his cer tificate shows the names and ages of minor children resident In the United States.- A certified copy would answer all their needs. A wife or children becoming natural ized by marriage with an American citizen might receive a certificate to that effect on proper proof of mar riage. " veil and a purple coFtume. .William liohenzollern. her hus band, did not go to the station to meet hi wife, but Count von Hen tinck was waiting at the nation with three motor cars. The former. em press left In the first of these; ac companied by. another woman, pre sumably by the Countess Kelles. Then followed Count Von Itentinck with Augusta Victoria's physician this car flying the flag of Utrecht, while the third car was occupied by two maids and a male servant. The train in which the former empress traveled was German with three sleeping and two baggage cars which outwardly were rather dirty, but In side looked quite comfortable. At Zenevaar the former empress was met by the former captain of the gendarmerie, the Inspector of the Dutch state railways, the German vice-consul and his wife. "All of them traveled on the train to Maars Leren with Augusta Victoria. DELEGATION TO PEACE CONFERENCE SELECTED (Continued from page 1). to Fiance, where h remained until 1 !!. IIU !at public service was In 1910. when President Taft sent him to Chile as special ambassador of the United States to the relebation bf the centenary of Chilean Indepen dence. Colonel House has never held pub lic ofrice. but as President Wilson's personal friend and advisrr he is credited generally as having played a grentcr part In the presert admln is tration than any other man ex cept the president himself. lie has leen called into consultation at ev ery crisis, ifnd after goinr to Kurope in 1!H, 1915 and 1916. as the ptes ident's personal representative to European governments, he was com missioned to gather :;nd organize data to be used whenever the time for a rface conference inirht ronie. He hastened to Kurope when It be came apparent that Germany was crumbling and was In France to speak for the president in conference with the heads of the allied govern ments when the terms of armistice jshd the basis for peace discussion were d termlned. General liliss. who formerly was chief of stafr of the army, went to Kurope last December with an Amer ican mission and later was perma nently assigned as the American mil itary representative on the Inter allied council at Versailles. As the American mlliaiy representatives at the peace conference he will be as sisted by a staff of officers, most of whom In the understanding here, will come from the general staff of the American expeditionary forces Admiral Denton has made several trips to Europe since the United States entered the war and went to Paris with Colonel House as the re presentative of the navy on the su pieme war council. There Is discussion, but r.o offi cial explanation of why two of the names most generally mentioned la the early speculation aa to the prob able personnel of the peace deleca- tion do not appeir on the list. Ellhu fteot. former secretary of state, and BAKE DAD A ,. - ft -v;?.snr-aL. J IT J! i' Pun? Julco cf tho Lpganbcrrx t PIE NOW "It's Simly fin-at' MM. WHKUKV OIKAM I'lK Take yolks of 2 eggs. 1 heaping iablesitoocfu! of cornstarch, mix thoroughly with a tablespoonful of sugar and V teastoonfuI lemon ex tract. Add 1 cups se-l milk and 1 cup PIIKZ. Place in a double boiler and stir constantly until thor oughly cooked, then pour Into the crust previously baked. Beat whites of eggs with a little sugar and spread over pie. Drown slightly. J . . Alii) ;; i'i f.'ij!' ii : . i -.. That Uy at t lit cantonment wuiiKl c tickled t net from you one of ihor l.GO ra-e of I'll". We pay the cxitcimi. Or ' dor now, Phone "JOl. i: ) PHEASANT NORTHWEST PRODUCTS COMPANY Louis Drandeis. associate justice of the supreme court, were considered In well-informed quarters almost certain to te chosen. Recently It has been said that Mr. Koot did not care to undertake the mission, and that Justice Dradeis wois-not be able to leave the country because of his work in the court. No further announcement of the president's plans was made tonight. He expects to ssll the day. after he addresses the new session of con gress, and the address probably will be delivered either Monday er Zi ilay. . On his ship, the trtrrj Geotge Washington, will f t peace delegation and I's ara j c r. perta and clerical asaliu&u. In order to avoid ccnfu.: m to save trouble, the war tr4t Vuii tonight Issued a blanket i cense to cover the batrtra tf i: passengers sailing on tae Cr r Washington, as well as last ! i newapaper men who start tor r Sunday at noon frora New T;i r the steamer Orizaba. K BURLESON AGAIN BECOMES FOXY Commission Asked io Make Higher Rates Effective November 15 A telegram received by the public service commission from Postmaster General Burleson Indicates that the cabinet member believes the com mission, at Its hearing on the appli cation of the Pacific Telephone Telegraph company for an Increase tn rates, will merely go through tbe formal process of allowing the rise so that the law may be compiled with. Mr. Burleson informs the commis sion that he has made a wage in crease for employes of the company effective from November 15 and re quests the commission, when it Issues an order Increasing the rates, to make the order retroactive to that date. Date for the hearing has been set by the commission for Friday, December 13. "Advised by the telephone com pany of date set by your commission for hearing." says Mr. Burleson's telegram, "and of your order to com pany relative to providing necessary skilled operators to meet require ments of service to public. I Have directed that new schedule of wages put Into effect November 15 In an ticipation of increased rates be con tinued temporarily. This should en able Company to comply with your order, but to avoid loss by the gov ernment request that you fix No vember IS as date for going Into effect of your forthcoming order." The postmaster eeneral's request cannot be granted for the reason that there Is no provision In the utility law giving the commission authority to make Increased rates retroactive. "Besides that." said Commissioner Corey, "the postmaster general seems to think the bearing is going to be a perfunctory affair merely to legal ize the increased rates. The hesrUit is going to be like all of our hear ings. We are going Into the ques tion on the basis of merits and whether the Increases are allowed wilt depend uon whether we find them Justified." Fershlng Square it is to be here after. Los Angeles is the firat city in the country to pay such a tribute to the leader of the American armv In France. It Is an honor worthily bestowed. Los Arries Times. absence of any official explanation it was assumed that the president goes as president of the United 8tae and that Secretary Ianslng. Mr. White and Colonel Iloute and pos sibly also General I'.liss will be dele gates with ambassadorial rank. It was recalled that the president s announcement that he would go to France "for 'the purpose of taking part In the discussion and settlement of the main features of the tteaty of peace." said that It was not likely that he could remain thro-tzhout the sessions of the peace conference and that he would be "accompanied by delegates who will sit as the repte sentatlves of the United States throughout the conference." The White Honsg announcement follonrs: i "It was announced at the execu tive officer tcni-ht that tho repre sentatives of the United States at th peace conference wou!k be: "The president himself, the secre tary of state. he Hon. Henry White, recently ambassador to France; Mr. Kdwaid M. Hours?, and General Tas ker II. Dliss. "It was exp'eincd that it had not been possible to announce thee ap pointments before because the num ber of representatives each of the chief belligerents was to send had until a day or two ago been nn.ler discussion." White 'House -ffirl.ils wo-ild add nothing to the lorni.il statement, and no one professing to be in the confi dence of the ppresldert would talk. There was only one surprise in the statement the appearand of the name of General Hliss as one of the representatives. It had !ern taken for granted thr.t the general mi'ltay representative or the Un'ted Stat on the supreme war council would take part In the discussions at Ver sailles, but the genet al Idea had been he would be attached to the delega. ui nin a imuiary capamy jusi a.v Admiral Benson will be present a spokesman for the rny in the grut naval problems tn tie f-olvel. Only yesterday callers at the WhPe House gained the ditin t impression that there wo.iM be but threo ac credited delegates nf full lank. t was suggested tonight that "Die n unc of General Bliss probably was added at the last moment upn reec;t of information that the allied powers would IneJudA n iii:ary mm among their representation. The premiers of Great Britain. France and Italy are expected to at tend the peece conference as repre sentatives of the, governments, but I like th- prcsi.b-nt. may not remain h.roitghont ? he conferences. The geperal un'lerind'ng here l that present rl.ins ere to have the con ference first agree to the broad prin ciples of the treaty and leave the working out of details to further sit tings. This would enable the piesl dent and the entente premier to speedily return to the capitals of their respective countries. Secretary I.ansin?. who heai the delegation proier. became mi relnry of state in June, 191 :.. when William J. Bryan resigned rather than sUn a note to Germany In the LusitanU case which he thought might lead f war. During the three and a hlf yea's that have followed Mr. tansing has conducted many difNcnlt negntl. at ion for the country as a neutral and as a In-IIiierent and bis nam appears on all the hlMoiio docu nents tellins Hie story of America's entry Into the war as well as th answering Germany s pece peu which preedcd the downfall of "the central alliance. At the time of his appointment he was counsellor or the state department, after a eatcer ueir. i ws ses, Christmas Slippers Are always acceptable gifts, and if they are properly selected as to style, color, shade, etc, they are really a delight to the recipient and reflects the gocJ taste of the giver. We are showing the FINEST LINE OF CHRISTMAS SUP PERS and the greatest variety in spite of the fact they are nigh impossible to get. In colors they come in Taupe, Copenhagen, Blue, Wine, Purple, Red. Light Blue, Orchid, Old Rose, Pink, Lavender, Maroon, Royal Blue, Brown tni Black. In ladies there are felt soles, comfy cushion soles, soft and hard leather soles, high and low cut, and in price from - i $2.25 down to 95 The CHILDREN'S SLIPPERS are oi felt, ia red, blue, grey, with felt or leather tales, and sell for ' $1.50 down to 85c The MEN'S SLIPPERS come in all leathers, in felt top and leather sola, in the soft comfy soles and all felt soles, hijh cr .low cut; fine selections and prices from $2.65 down to 95c Come in and look them over before lines are broken, as there's sure to be i shortage in House Slippers this season. j