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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 4, 1918)
The. Statesman racelvea the leased wire report of the Asso ciated Press: the greatest and most reliable presu association In the world. the weather. Hlln writ, rafn or trow eat r'-r-lion; lnrr-alag southerly winds, SIXTY-EIGHTH YEA It SO. 2 halkm. orkgox, Wednesday, .moumxc;. dhikmiieu. 4. ioik. VHHT.: MVK CH.NTH. UDIED PEftGE C OH DITIO WS YEAR GOES TO EUROP L Twenty-Three Wembero Join i Precedent With Great FJJaoG of FJlateriai Obtained D "v'at n n n n . . : 1 " mmmtv A3 u FECIAL GRAND JURY FLAYS GOVERNOR AND KELLER IN DOCUMENT (ht.chg Warden Is "White washed" in Report; Keller Eroded as Main, Cause of Tcrnoil- TUT UP JOB SAYS FulSON BOOKKEEPER En'ices of Prejudice Are Seen by Officials in Findings Charles" A. Murphy, who has been discharged ' by- Governor Wlthycorabe from the wardenshlp; of the Oregon State penitentiary. Is whltewashed' !a a report yesterday of the special Marion county grand Jury that has bn investigating the state prison, .while Governor .Withycouihe and Parole Officer Joseph Keller are fayed without mercy and wholly famed for the high expenre of run ning the institution and for the tur- n.oil that ha existed there, for sev eral years. Marphy'a administration is de clared to have been efficient and economical "insofar a tie had con trol bet it is declared. that there 4 are many matter over which he baa not bad control -and that he has been hampered because the gover nor hn dictated the appointment of nbordlaates. The parole officer Is S'cugod of being the cause mainly of i'l strife and agitation at the prison fur four yers. - ' C (Continued on psge slxl $2.26VJheatPrice to Stand Despite Lever Act Terms WASHINGTON. , Dec. 3. The guaranteed price for the 1919 wheat fixed, at $2.26 a bushel, Chicago ba sis, will stand even- thot:;b the Lever act under which the price was fixed should become inoperative through conclusion of peace. In the opinion of tho food admini.tration. The administration tonight Issued a statement interpreting the Lever act and pointing out that the law provides that "all rights or UaMll provldeg that "all rights or llabill termlnatlon shall contnue and may be enforced In the same manner as If the act had not terminated.' Wheat growers. In many part of the country, it wag said, have lecome apprehensive that the guaranteed price for the 1919 crop might be re fecinded through conclusion of peace. Carlton Illustrious Master Of Local Masonic Order Hudson council. Royal and Select Master Masons, at a meeting Monday night, elected the following officers for the yeay:. ; - E..F. Carle ton. Illustrious master; P. P. Davis, Illustrious deputy mas ter; Glenn NUes, 111, Pr. conductor of work: Lot L..Pearce, treasurer: D. A. Wright, recorder: Lester B. Davis, captain of the guard: E. H. Choate, conductor of council: W. T. Davis, steward: Henry Shoemaker. sentinel, i w j j Beautiful Weather Fop ChrjstmasShopping '''' ' ' ' The game is on in earnest at this store, the store of real tdses, the store where money cannot be spent foolish' lj. Take part in the funs Shop early in the day, it pays. NINE MONEY-SAVING ITEMS READ THEM 1. STEIPED SILK LININGS, 36 inches wide. They were good values at $2.00, now clos ing at, yard 95c 2. SILK STEIPED WAISTTNGS, 33. in. wide, uplcndid materials and good colorings, re V duced to, yard ....$1.00 3. SILK WAISTINGS and FANCY PLUSHES - make beautiful shopping bags. Don't pass them up at, yard $1.00 . 4. VIYELLA FLANNELS wear well, wash welt and do not shrink; good striped patterns; ' worth. more, yard .....$1.00 5. LOT EXCELLENT WEARING SUITINGS, in good colors and patterns, 52 to 56 inches . wide; they are big buys at. .......... $L45 6. BLACK PETTICOATS, mercerized and good , , quality; just a few at less than value of , material alone. . 7. UNDERWEAR, broken lots of women 's unin Y and two-piece, wool, cotton ribbed and r heavy fleece, at reduction of 20 per cent. 8. FUR TRimilNbs, all colors, widths and qualities,' the entire line, and these is a - good assortment HALF PRICE. 0. REMNANTS, SHORT LENGTHS, splendid pickups in Silks, Woolens and all classes of yard goods. See them. . Big Bargains In. Men's Heavy Shoes EXPLORER OF AIR REACHES EUGENE STOP Flying From Sacramento to Seattle Should Pass Over Salem Some Time This Morning Is Belief. FULLERTON IS NEW KING BING OF CHERRIANS Wins in Annual Election Orer Field, of Five Candi dates for Place WILSON OFF FOR EUROPE ON JOURNEY INVESTIGATION PUTS . AMERICA AHEAD IN PEACE PREPAREDNESS Leave Washington for New York Where Today He Will Embark With Large Nam- INITIATE" NEXT MONTH ber of Representatives, LEAVES EUGENE FbR NORTH' AT 9 O'CLOCK Report of Outgoing Head Shows Past Year One of Much Activity ABROAD SIX WEEKS IS. THE PLAN NOW Is Charting Air Lanes as Parti of Great Task Carried Over Country May See' Plane Here. The airplane en route from Sacramento to Seattle, which Mopped In Eugene over niRht' will probably be eeen p.wflng over Salem about 10:15 odock this morning. No landing place has been pro vided in this city, so he la not expected to etop here. EUGENE. Or.. Dec. 3.-On hla airplane flight from Sacramento to Seattle to view out an aerial .nail ronte for the government, Lieuten ant A. F, Hogland, array aviator, ar rived in Eugene at 3:45 o'clock this afternoon and is spending the night here. After an exhibition flight over the city at 9 o'clock tomoiTOW morn. ing he-will leave for Seattle, expect ing to reach that city by the middle of the afternoon without stopping unless something goes wrong with his biplane. Lieutenant Hogland made the trip from Sacramento to Eugene, a diftanre of 4 IS miles, in six hours and 55 minutes, actual flying time, averaging 60 miles an hour. He followed a ronte close to the, railway and highway but trav- eled entirely by the aid of a map and the compass. In crossing the Siskiyou mountains the lieutenant says he endeavored to reach an alti tude of 10.000 feet, but was unable to do so and 9.500 was the highest the machlpe would go. At that l. - r V . - 1 1 . . lueigui, ue was cuiupriieu 10 go oui (Continued on page 8.) PARDONS GIVEN BY WILSON FOR AIRCRAFT MEN Technical Guilt Only for Of ficers Named by Hughes in His Report PARDONS ARE COMPLETE Invaluable Service to Coun try Said to Have Beer Given by One WASHINGTON. Dee 3. Lieuten- -nt Colonels J. G. Vincent and Georae W. Mlxter. army officers named by Charles E. Hughes in his tPtmrt on th aircraft Investigation as having been guilty of transacting business with private concerns in whirh thev'wete financially Inter ested, have been pardoned by Presl tnt Wllaon. This announcement wa3 mcue to- nirht at the white house: it weam nfinouneea at lo e xecu- ! tlve offices today that the president ! nrn v f ixtc-r and Lieutenant vavst' Colonel J. G. Vincent, whom the re- u - . . cent report on aircrari proauciion ttind to ho teenntcaur kuiht oe- cause of a breach of statutes, be hiim he entirely concurs In the views of. the attorney general wun regatd to these two cases. He be iiavm that the two aentlemen con cerned were entirely innocent of any Improper or selfish intentions, mat their guilt was oniy lecnnirai. ana their services to the government. which have been of the highest val Out of a field of five candidates. P. E. Fullerton was last night elect ed presiding officer of .the Salem Cherrians with the title of King BIng for the coming year. Notwith standing the large number of nomi nations. Mr. Fullerton was given a heavy vote which won for him at the first ballot. The choice was a popular one and was approved unani mously by the applause of the mem bers after the ballot had been count ed. All of the other officers were elect ed without opposition. They are: Lord Governor Wood, August Huckestein: chancellor of the rolls. W. I. Staley; keeper of the orchard. David Eyre; klng'a Jester. Karl Hinges: Duke of' Lambert. H W. Macy; Queen Anne'a contort. C. B. Clancy; archbishop of Rlckreall. chino. Dr. O. A. Olson; earl of Waldo. Charles II. Fisher. The Cherrians voted to hold the annual banquet aad Initiation at the Marlon hotel the first Tuesday night after the first Monday in January and the wives and women friends of the members will be privileged to attend- Kinr BIng Fullerton succeeds Hal D. Patton. who has held the office with credit to himself and to the or ganization for the last year. Mr. Pat- ton presided last night until tne el ection of els successor ana eaueo upon the following members for tnts: Karl Illnaes. William Ler- chen. F; G. DeckeUacb. M". L. Meyera. Charles Miller. P. E. Fullerton. George Graves. August Huckestein, P.nl Stece. William McGUchrlst. Jr. A. lu Wallace. O. J. Schel and H. H. dinger. John W. Todd led chorus sin ring by the members. King BIng Patton's report for the year showed a period of activity and of financial success, due largely to the minstrel ahow and the several lltner dances riven during the vear. He reoorted that two members have died during the year, while 32 others are In the army or navy service or have moved from the city. It was voted to have the annual Christmas tree on the court house lawn. The meeting last nlbt was held In the andltorinra of1 the Com mercial club. Free lunch and cigars were served. An Invitation was read from Company M. Oregon National guard for the Cherrians to attend the next Jitney dance put on by the guard. Like Stolid Oxen Cowed Huns See Yanks March by WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY OF OCCUPAION. Lrc. 3. (By The Associated Press.) runner evi dence of the determination of the Only Three of Five, Members of Peace Conference Will Go on Ship BREST. Dec. 3.(Havas) Presi dent Wilson will land at Brest on the afternoon of December 12. and will receive military honors. Foreign Minister Plchon. Minister of Marine Leypues and Captain Andre Tardieu. head of the general commission for Franco-American war questions, will greet Mr. Wilson in the name of the French government. The presiden tial train will arrive in Paris on the morning of December 13. WASHINGTON. Dee. 3. President Wilson began tonight hla trip to Eu- roupe to attend the peace conference The president left Washington en a special train for New lork. where tomorrow he and hla party will board the transport George Washington on which the voyage acts the Atlantic will be made. No announcement 'was made as to the president's itinerary, but It was understood . the George Washington would steam front New York with her naval conVoy some time tomorrow. probably In the morning. Abont sev en days will be required for the trip and the ship will dock at a French port, presumably Brest. The president does not expect to De abroad for more than alx weeks. which will give him Jast a month on European soil. Before the peace con ference meets he will confer with Premiers Lloyd George of Oreat Bri tain. Cleraenceaa of France, and Or- land of Italy, and probably with King Albert of Belgium, to discuss the salient points or tne peace treaiy, While In Europe Mr Wilson puns (Continned on page 4). MARION COUNTY GETS SPEAKER OF NEXT HOUSE Seymour Jones Announces Names of 31 Members Pledged to Him Sugar Restriction Removed Wholly by Administration WASHINGTON. Dec.. 3 Reiirle. tlons cn the purchase of an car for consumntloa - la home and nubile ealiag pUr were removed tonight Dy tne toou aainiauiraiioa. Increase la tii sappiy nf UiljUai caa-t apd western beet sucar and exrertiLIiin that the new C-ban rrop will begin 10 arrire soon permit abandonment of the stgar ration system, the ad ministration said. Since the cessation of bounties, the food administration hse relaxed existing lestrlctions gradually until the ration had reached four penal. Allied Conference to Demand Kaiser Be Surrendered Up LONDON. IW 3 I n Tti li. aocsted Press.) It Is understood fTpmmuuTfi i me allies in con ference, at the foreign ministry to day were unan!monly in favor of demanding that Holland hand over to the allies, the former Ormin nw peror and former trows ptlae. yoad a mere recital of the names of thoee attending and a ststenient to the effect that Colonel' H. M.' House of the American peace delegation, was prevented by Illness from attending. TO DISMISS WOMEN. ' WASHINGTON. Dee. 2, The Na tional War Labor board today de cided to ak the Cleveland Railway cociiny to dUmlsa Us ISO worn employes wltkla thirty days- from today. This action was taken after a hearing given Major Davis and is expected to end the strike of men employ which began this morning. The bqard held that employment of women Is nut n-- a rj to the opera tion of the Cleveland street car sys tem. It requested the company tn pay women discharged wlthla the thirty-day irlod for a full month's wotk from today and also ordered that the we a rttirn to work. All Details of Great "Peace Inquiry" Have Been With- held Until Document! Are Safely Aboard Ship. HOUSE HAS HAD CHARGE OF PROBE More Than 150 Leading . Amcrjcans Conduct Se cret Investigations NKW YOniv, Dec. 3. Strikin? evidence f l"he prrpamJr.rvs i.f the American goTernmcut to en ter into peace negotiation was tfiven here tonight in an an nouncement that wsembom uf an advisory eommiuon of cxrt uho Lave made a eara stcdy of political and rcunomie condition in Europe? anil Aia will sail with Tresidcnt Wilson and hU fellow delegates on the George Wahi:. ton. With thera will go several ton of lueuDn?TaiHl mat. whk-U. . together, writh other record of their in vnrtigat ion already in Pa ris or on the way, eotnprUe a col lection of international data said to Le without parallel ia l.?.!ry. Thre advisers to the rear? c,m miion, hp have conducted aa exhaustive inquiry into forrisrn affairs by authority of the presi dent and under the direction t Cjolonel K. M. House, American civilian meinber of the tnter-anid supremo war eoancll and a dde- gate to the peace conference in clude expert in internationallaw. College profr&ftor? rated as sprc'ial ikla in the hUtory and xlatirs of various nations, and offWm of the military intelligence duiion of the army. I'ntng the huiUins? of the American Geographical so ciety lre. they have accumu!atr!. through studies which lgan in November. 1917, voluminous rec ords, which. 1-ecau v of their great value, have leo guarded day aud nirht. IVtails of the Investigation (Coatlnaed oa pate 2). WILL. GIVE HIS BEST Will Return to Salem Soon to Make Up Committee lists and Plans Germans not to e Jarred oat of ti.eir timed role of Indlf fetcrce was shown i In every -village into which the Americans marched to ward the Rhine at daySrea. pass- day.. The long lines or anaai-ciaa Irnnni re timed tneir movement 10 Inr thronrh dozens of villages until another twelve miles had oeen cov a red Farmer In the fields and TO SI dents In the villsges and towns eiancerf t the trooDa and went on with their work. Here and there Herman, at 9 red for a time Curiously. 4ut rarely waa there a display of emotion or even of keen interest, with the evcestion of trifling acts by children there have been no signs of hostility reported, in a Tew in stances children shunted derogatory Mmnki and threw small StOnCSl' but there waa nothing more serlons than that. The Herman trnODS are Well back In their retirement and apparently there la no desire wnaiever 10 nam per the working ont of the terms of Seymonr Jones of Marlon rownty will be the neat speaker of the house of representative in the legislature. This became certain yesterday when In Portland he announced the name, of 31 members of the hoae who have pledged themselves to vote ror him. This Is sufficient to elect, but he states he has reasonable assur ance of a few mote. Those who r pledged to Mr. Jonea are: Mia. Alexander Thomp son, L. M. Graham. Herbert Ocrdon. P. W. Haines. W. B. Dennis. InJJs mln C. Sheldon. William G. Hare. E. J. Howards. John Crawford. W. P. Lafferty. W. V. Fuller. Joseph O. Illrhardson. David E. Ixfgren. Oren Richards. C. S. Schenbel. Oarvea Chllda. L. E. il.an. II. C. Wheeler. H. E. Cros. Roy Griggs. Chatles A. itraod. S. A. Hnths. Ivan G. Mar tin. George W. Weoks. David II. Loeney. F. J. Thrift. II. A. Dedman. J. R. stannard, D. C. Thomas. W. P. Elmore and Seymour Jones. "I consider the contest for the speakership ended, but pending word from several unpledged m-ra RENOUNCED NOTHING AND S NOTHING DECLARES CROVNRlINCE GNED flfpnohc Is Formed He WUl Be Content to Retcm to Germany as a Private Citizen Knew War Was Lost IB 9 T aaaeeaaU JraaJ OOSTERLAND. Holland. Dec. J. I have not renounced anjthlar and I have not sigaed any document whatever." Frederick William Hohenxollern. who still claims the title of crown prince of Germany, thus answered the question of the Associated Press In the course of a lengthy conversa tion today, which took place la the small cottage of the village pastor on the Island of Wlerlngen. where he Is Interned. "However he continued, "should the ermsn government decide to form a republic similar to the t'nltel States or France. I shall be perfectly content to return to Germany as a simple citizen ready to do anything to assist my country. I should even be happy to work as a laborer la a factory. , At present everything ap pears chaotic la Germany, but I hope things will right themselves. Asked what In his opinion was the turning point of the wsr. he sail: -I was convinced early la October. 1114 that we had lost the wsr. -I considered our position hopeless after the battle of the Marne which we should not have lost If the chiefs of our general staff had not suffertd a case of nerves. 'I tried to persuade the general staff to seek peace then, evea at a great sacrifice, going so far as to told ta nlnd my own business sad confine my actviUes to eoramsadisg my armies. I have proof of tkls." -What finally brought abost the downfall of the German railllarr power, he declared, was revo'un Induced by four years of Irstey among the cislUsaa aa J the troops la the rear, together with the over whelming superiority la asrsbers sttalned by the entente powers . America's entry into the wsr wua had undermined the eoafldesce of Ihe Germs b fighting forces. -My soldiers, whom I loved aad with whom I lived continuously, and wno. ir I may say so. loved ta, fought with the utmost course Xn the end. even when ti odds were Impossible to wlthstsnd." the refme prince went on. -They had no ret and sometimes an entire dJvtilcn numbered only CO rifle. Tfc were opposed by fresh allied trr. among who were American dingoes containing 27.009 men sr iere." DewrrthtBg how be left the frost. Frederick William declared: I waa with my group of arr.V- after the kaiser left Germany. I sk ed the Rerlla government wbMVr they desired me to retain ray ro-i-ma ad. They replied nerstiveiy snl I could not coot lane to lead ircl't under orders of the soldiers aal workers councIL (Continued on page 2). (Continued on page 4). (Continued on page 4). give up Alsace-Lorraine. Dat I was (Continued ca cage X)