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FIRST'SECTIOH 6 PAGES T1IK WHTllKR. rrll cloudy; with light southerly rinds. glXTV-KIGHTll; YKAH XO. 221 imSON IS SPEEDING ACROSS ATLANTIC ON MISSION OF HUMANITY Abolition of Militarism and Foundation of Just World Peace, Causes for Unprece dented Voyage. FIaST PRESIDENT TO MAKE SUCH JOURNEY Deck Gens of Great Former Ccnnaa Liner Trained for Action at Outset" NEW YORK, Dec. 4. Bound oa a mission, the principal objects of which are the abolition of militarism nil tha attainment of a. lust world part, Woodrow Wilson, first pres ident of the United States toMslt Eu- Tepe while in office, tonight was speeding across the Atlantic, toward France to attend- the greatest in,ter zational conference in history. Oa the transport George Washing ton, one time German, passenger Haer, manned by a navy crew and nth deck guns ready for action and accompanied by a naval convoyt the president left New York harbor to day amid a demonstration without parallel in history. - The president took his place on the fifing bridge as the great ship moved dawn the bay. River craft and ships o! many nations dipped" flags and tooted whistles and thousands of per- IC2S bade him Godspeed In cheers i'i flag-waving from skyscrapers ri piers ' , -, . . t , k -W I L I thrones waved "and shouted a r -nd farewell and monitors, gun : .ti and artillerymen of Fort Ham .30. Joined in saluting gunfire, the ...orfe Washington met its ocean convoy -tha superdrea.dnaught Penn-1 rrlranfa and a quintet of destroyers. . ith her official consort and . ten her destroyers which Joined the r. tt for a cruise to the limit of Am-t-.'an territorial waters, the George Wa tfagton disappeared tver the e . m horizon shortly before noon. lit. Wilson left . his native shores, t rding to persons who conferred t. lhlm before the George wasn Uioa sailed, ' determined - against r ' tarlsm in any: form. He fee ( tU the crushing of Prussian militar . fem is part of his plan for the future P sco of the world, these informants tuit . ; . ... , ::. '.: In emphasis. It seemed, of Amer lu'i part In bringing , about Ger Einj't downfall, the presidential Urty, outbound, met some of the American hosts from overseas. Two thousand ' home-coming aviation troops on the Lapland cheered the Corrs Washington as she left her pier, and outside quarantine the Min- tekahdr was sighted, steaming up. harbor with more than 3000 soi dlers aboard. In command of Admiral Mayo, the peace ipnadron Is heading. It is un derstood tor Hrest an American de barkation port in France.. Its date of Tiral Is uncertain, but a quick pas '"?e Is not required, as ample time remains for conferences preliminary tf the main peace assemblage. Off 5' French coast tb,e president will i t welcomed by a squadron of Amer : j aa warships. French, British and ; 1 -"an vessels also, it is expected. S Join In the greeting at sea, which I be followed by a succession of c "clal ceremonies markinar the nro- ress of the American executive to farlg, to the war front, and presum i"T to the capitals of Great Britain. 1??, 404 Ital as liner's passenger list contains troop ef prominent names pro W without parallel for any single In the annals of shipping. , V tn President are two of his ; delegates to the peace con-'.--Secretary of State Lansing (Continued on page X) D CROSS CAMPAIGNS ARE OVER . . . . . . Chrutmat Roll ol Members IViH Continue, h the !ito Chairman Davidson; Plans Outlined tor Work . ASHINGTO.V, Dec. 4Future h 7 i the American Red Cross to ocTo.ted t0 De-tlme relief work f'MMii the United States but """ighout the world were outlined r ,ttemcnt tonight by Henry P c:i, hlrman of the war coun- js3' prison, speaking- to the W. Vuptcr and 22.000.00O mem ' !iU -a orSaHation, said it is ..7, tier ncml be no further nwfi ,1! for fllnl9 Instead, the r tmis ro11 " tor mem- t th. 'u institute the foundation -'.IJ'R'd Cross. we the armlHtice was signed." ! Vr- Daviuon's statement, "I nd an opportunity to confer CROWN PRINCE WAXES HEROIC AS HOPE DIES COPENHAGEN, Dec. 4 (By The Associated Press.) The German crowa prince's last proclamation, an nouncing that his resignation from his command was1 necessitated by me emperor', resignation and thank inar the troops for their heroism and self-sacrifice, is published today by the Taglisch Rui.dschau of Berlin. In this proclamation Frederick Will lam. who now is Interned on the island of Wieringen, having fled to tioiiana. says: "My army broup is unvanqnished by arms. Hunger and bitter need conquered us. We ran quit the soil of franco proud and with heads erect. Your shield, your honor as soldiers, are unspotted. v "deeply moved. I separate from yon, Dencung my neaa lor your mighty exploits, exploits which his tory will relate to the coming gener ations with indelible characters. Be true to your leaders a before God be wth you and our fatherland." ... GERTiIANS REPAY MONEY SEIZED FROM RUSSIANS PARIS, Dec. 4 (Havas) The Germans hare begun restitutions. They have delivered to the allies 300,000.000 francs gold which came from the Russian treasury. - The French have recovered a rich collection of art works by Quentln Delatour, stolen from : St. Quentln and paintings taken from the muse um at Valenciennes. TO WILL BE Filing of Foreclosure Suits Soon to Be Made to Col lect Assessments Filing of foreclosure salts brought by the city cm assessment liens is li begin as soon as 10 have been picked from arnonp the 31 Vina on the city books. City Attorney B. V.' Macy ,s now engaged In compiling data on the property In crder that the owners best ab' to py the assess ments may, be those made defend ants in tho actions. Assessment concerned In the Pens have been due from f cur to nis years and rusge in swoontg from around tT,U to one of $l.08 against J. II. Albert. There are also three other smaller liens against Mr. A'liert's groual. , Dr. C. .fierce and George Y. Shand and A. F. Marcus -each have two against them. In some cases the liens have been Issued In the name of the person who bonded the property, which may have slntw been mortgaged and. have against it Judgments of mschanics' liens. Beforo the test cases , are fof mally filed the proper ownership will be ascertained. Those holding pronerty against which the liens have been recorded are A O. Baker. J. H. Albert. George Tt. Jacobs. W. A. Ryan,. Waldo H.'i Parker, Clara B. Robertson. Zarllda Miller, Julius Hopt. J. Radek, W. D Push, W. S. Mctt. S. 8. Cole, Chailes Becks. Jr.. Dr. E. A. Pierce, William Darr. Henry Neuens, R. E. Downing. George W. Shand and A. F. Marcus, M. E. Poguc, T. O. Ellgh, Colonel J. Olrastead, M. B. Lauterman an Jo sie h. Slater, Dr. E. A. Pierce and Grace G. Pierce. in Paris with the heads of all Amer ican Red Cross commissions in Eu rope and later In Washngton with the president of the United States, the war council of the Red Cross, the managers of the, fourteen Red Cross divisions of the United States, and with the heads of our depart ments at national headquarters I am. therefore, able to speak now with knowledge and assurance in saying that the beneflcient work of the American Red' Cross is to, go forward, on a great scalenot .unA heretofore, for nurposes of iivm i . - , I relief in war," but as an agency-of J peace and permanent nnman service, (Continued on Page 5.) SUED BY CITY REAL ESTATE MEN DECIDE TO ORGANIZE Paul A. Cowgill Tells Advan tages for Trade Through Association LEGISLATION IS PLANNED Notices to Be Posted to Pre- ' vent Vandalism on Va cant Premises Falling into line with nearly all the cities of the Pacific northwesf. real estate men Of Salem together with others directly connected with the profession decided at a meeting held in the Commercial club last night to organise a Salem Realty board. ' Paul A. Cbwgill. secretary- treasurer of . the Interstate Realty association and the Portland Realty board, attended and detailed tbe ad vantages such an organization would give to the realty men and also to the general public, inasmuch as they would be protected in many of their realty transactions from irresponsi ble persons.-. 1 One of the first efforts which the Salem Realty board will put forward will be in the posting of notices on the properties they are handling of fering a reward which will-lead to the arrest and conviction of Individ uals guilty of the vandalism which has been so rampant among vacant premises In the city Mr. Cowglli also mentioned that he will call on the governor in re spect to the passing of an act in Ore gon which will . require all persons conducting real estate business to be licensed along the lines of the Cali fornia law. This act is more for the protection of the general public than tbe realty men. as should . any li censed real estate agent be guilty of certain offenses In the way of mis representation, etc.. he . not Inly would have -his license revoked but be liable to a sevrro penalty in ad dition. Those attending the meeting were Messrs. Grabenhorst. Fleming.-Soco-lofsky. Liston. J. H. Scott. Hanson. Lee, Siermund, "Bobbie" Roberts and C. W. Niemeyer. Mr. Roberts was apDointcd . secretary pro tern while C. W. Niemeyer acted as chairman. He was delegated to call another meeting for the purpose of framing by-laws, v Working in conjunction with the Commercial club, the board will sub mit lists of farm properties compiled by the members which are to be set up in booklet form, for the distribu tion to the hundreds of enquirers in various parts of the United States relative to lands In the Salem dis trict. , It was the opinion of all present mat mere is in slgbt an era of con slderable briskness in local realty. EDUCMTONOF SOLDIERS NOW UNDER PROGRESS Vocational Training to Be Given to Men Who : - Fought for Country WOUNDED ARE AIDED Expenses of Training Them " for Private Life Borne by the Nation WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. Vocation al re-education at government ex pense of wounded American soldiers is gettng under Way In 14 districts embracing all sections of the coun try. A report today by the federal board having this work in charge showed on November 9, a total of 6584 cases in which such training would be need ed. Of this number 4341 were thus brought to the attention of the board as eligible by the war risk Insurance bureau. More than one-half of these men have allowed disability compen sations. ' -"The bureau of war risk Insur ance. 'the report says, "is working harmoniously with tho federal board in the endeavor to do the best thing possible for the disabled men. and what It rightly conceives to be the Immediate offering of opportunity for special training, by which these men. desDite their handicaps, may be made efficient In some line of civil useful ness and given earning power." All expenses at the school to which they are assigned, together with all transportation and pay oft a graded scale, are met by the government. 8ALKM. ORKIXX. TtllKSI.Y MOKM.MJ. PKCKMlIEIt 3. 1B1K. SOLDIER JOBS WILL BE GIVEN WITH A SYSTEM WASHINGTON.. Dec. 4. Immedi ate establishment in cities and towns over the country of the co-operative bureaus for directing the return of soldiers to Jobs was ordered today by tbe federal employment service In Instructions sent to its regional directors. Creation of these bureaus was de termined upon recently at a confer ence here between representatives of agencies and the organizations now doing welfare work, all of which will asist in putting the bu reaus into operation. The council of national defense today directed stale councils to Instruct the 1X4.000 local units in the United SUtes to co-operate with the employment service In the work. Officials tali today that necessity for the Immediate . opening of th du roans was empnaelzed by the fact that demobilization of men in this country and the return movement of the men in Eutope already are un der way - ' - 3 YANKEE PAPERS SOUGHT BY HUN PRIOR TO WAR Activities of Dernberg in That Direction Exposed at Hearing SPREAD PROPAGANDA Efforts to Poison Public Mind Shown in Testimony Given by Konta "' 1 WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. Alexan der Konta of New Tork. named by Allen Property Custodian Palmer as an agent in negotiations through which the German government sought to buy newspapers in this country before the United States en tered the war admitted to the senate committee today he had communlcat ed with Dr. Bernard Dernberg. Ger man propagandist, on the subject of the purchase .of a New York newspa per. The committee is Investigating brewers' activities and German pro paganda. - Konta said he wrote to Dr. Dern oerg on the subject and that he was inspired by a desire to help the kal ser s representative carry out us plans to get publicity for Germany to get a newspaper that would be bos- tile- to prohibition and to earn a com mission. 1 "I desired to aid Dr. Dernburg to get the paper In order that he would have an opportunity to lay before the American people ' "German propaganda." interrupted Senator Nelson of Minnesota. "He wanted the paper not for himself but for the German government and he was a German agent. Isn't that true?" "He must have been," replied Kon ta. The witness, who stoutly denied he had ever been disloyal to Amer lea, also said he wrote in 19 IS to Dr. Helnrich F. Albert, then an at tache of the German embassy here and well known as a propagandist regarding an offer of $1000 to b made to any persons who could prove that misstatements were- made in the German general staff's daily of ficial war announcements. Konta said this offer was never made Other testimony before the com mlttee todar was that Count von Bernstorff. former German ambassa dor, had visited the officers of the American Association of Foreign Language Newspapers In New York March. 1915, and that immediately afterward an advertising campaign to create sentiment tending to pre vent manufacture of munitions in this country for the allies was start ed. Louis N. Hammerling, president of the association, which had $200. 000 for the advertising campaign testified yesterday that he did not know Von Bernstorff. It also was In evidence today that Hammerling had directed -.that Captains Boy-Ed and Von Papen. naval and military attaches at the German, be called oa the telephone for him. The witness offering this testimony was Arthur Gabryel.. former vlce- nresldent of the association. Gab- rrel raid It was tbe general belief that Hammerling was In the pay of the Austrian government and that when he Informed Hammerling of this fact the latter called hlra In and told hlra to keep his mouth shut, say ing "what people don t know won hurt them. After that Gabryel said he had re ceived $200. or $1000 extra In his pay envelope. Such extra payments he testified were not unusual. In his testimony before the com mittee. Konta told of meeting Tlans Tauscher. charged with participation (Continued on page 5), AERIAL PILOT COMPLETES HIS VOYAGE SAFELY Lieutenant Hogland Lands at Seattle on Schedule Time Yesterday LEAVES FROM EUGENE Only Little Over 12 Hours Needed to Fly Distance of 690 Miles SEATTLE, Dec. 4. Arriving on the Jefferson golf links, about two miles south of the Seattle business district at 3:37 o'clock this after noon. Lieutenant A. F. Hogland. ar my aviator, completed the first air plane flight ever made between Sac ramento, Cal.. and Seattle. His fly ing time for the entire distance, sp proriraately C0 miles in an air line. was 1Z hours and 22 minutes. From Eugene. Or., which cttl Lieutenant Hogland left this mornt Ing, Is flying time to Seattle was five hours and 27 minutes. Te aviator's flight from Eugene. made without stop, he denetlbed as being through nasty "weather and rain as tr as Tacoma. Wash. Reach ing Seattle he flew out to the Unlver slty of Washington campus grounds wnere ne intended to light, and where Mayor Ole Hanson and naval and military officials were gathered to greet him. Flying within ten feet of the ground however he de termined he could not make a good landing and waving his hand to the disappointed reception committee. rose again and made his landing on the golf links. With the exception of knocking over a golf-hole flac here, the trip was made without accident of any kind from Sacramento. Tomorrow morning Lieutenant Hogland ex pects to start the return flight to Sacramento. Hit trip was made at the order of the war department to determine upon a po lble aerial mall ruuie oeiweea uujiornia ana invito th eetlar of tb ranrttit northwest. HUN BOLSHEVIK WOULD STARVE TO AID CAUSE Sending Food to. Germany Uppoicd as uamagmg to Bolsheviki Party GOVERNMENT IS WEAK Leading Men of Berlin Show ressimism uver situa tion in Bocheland By r Associated Pre$i) BERLIN. Tuesday. Dec. 3. Dr. Karl Liebknecht and bis followers of the Spartacus-group of Socialists, are rarnrinr nn ktrnrnm rtm ni I rn p,.rt v. ",J " " leagues, wnom tne parxacus &ociai - Ists accuse of having "induced the mortal enemv of the German revolu - tlon, namely. International capital ism represented by President Wllaon to make the delivery of food condi tional on the maintenance of order. The Bolshevik organ, the Red Flag says "This Is treachery against the rev olutlon. Attempts to send food tolfljtnt nQW .1l.t -fr (a Ko.t rtnUh.vik .lm " - ' ZtW 1,.m . th. rfi.miu.1 r Vf" in T .h; V; ; hV .Ml dlers of their leaders. It also a mands the immediate arming of the revolutionary workmen and the di arming of other organizations. The program Includes tbe destruc tion of capitalism, the annulment of war loans and the socialization of all business. The government declares Liebknecht has no followers outside of Berlin and only a few here In Interviews with the correpond ent today, leading men of Berlin showed pessimism over the situation, taking the ground that the govern- ment was T not displaying the" vi,or and determination required to eope . . . The chief argument of the opti mists is tbat the Germans are not Russians, but they say that nothing safely can be predicted on the knowl edge of German character before the war. The spirit and pride of a, great bulk of the people are gone utterly, they contend, and the situation Is unfavorably affected by the belief that the food supplies In the cities will not avail unUl the new year and that crushing peace terms will be Imposed. FORMER KAISER SAYS CROWN PRICE TELLS TRUTH ASTOBOERWAR PRINCE HENRY WILL ABIDE BY NEW CONDITIONS AMSTERDAM. Dee. 4 Prince Henry of PrusMa has addressed an announcement to all members of the Prussian royal house, according to the Kreuz Zeitung of Berlin, la which he says: "I am forced to rccognlro the king's abdication and will asrlst in the policy for order and the consti tutional government. But. oa the other hand. I consider myself per sonally attached o my king to the end of my life and shxfl do every thing to preserve hint from harm and shail recognize him absolutely as the srle family head." RUSSlANROYAL FAMILY KILLED IN ONE GROUP LONDON. Dec. 5. An Amsterdam dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph says Kiev newspapers publish a story given by the valet of the former em press of Russia of the murder of the entire Romanoff family by the Bol sbevikL According to this story the once royal family was compelled to live In a single room of a convent at Ekaterinburg for weeks before the murder, under guard of Bolshevik soldier who Insulted them shame fully. The valet said on July .17 all tbe I members of the family were taken i against the wall and shot. The mur derers granted the last request of the former emperor, that his wife, who was ill, should die in his arms. According to the valet, the Grand Duehes Tatiana was only wounded by the shots and was killed by blows from the rifle butts. All the bodies were burned. Mrs. 5. J. Dorsey, Former Police matron, It a Bride Mrs. Sarah Jane Dorsey, nntll re cently city police matron, was mar ried last night In Portland to W. B Clark of Turner. The couple left on the 4 o'clock train for the city yes terday afternoon, after haviag se cured their license here. Mrs. Clark f r t i M . v a a m He Is engaged in farming near Tur- nr- I .hid 1000 STREETCAR MEN ON STRIKE Omaha and Council Bluffs in Grip of Paralyzed Traf fic Situation OMAHA. Neb.. Dec. 4The strike situation en the Omaha and Council i muffs street railway remains un I changed. One thousand men are out ln1 ou minor cases of violence have occurred President Wattles of the company says no attempt will be made to op erate cars until word has been re- ha? tlaTS Tbe union has withdrawn Its de mand for a "closed shoo" and the Inges on recognition of ' I IV- n.U. v 1. I . . I " COOIICX. .. decline to confer with r,lBr tn company or the mayor, 1 SEVEN GREAT GUNS ARE DESCRIBED America's Famous land Battery That Demoralized Boche Is Described by Lieutenant at Bit Meeting of Engineers NKW TORK. Dee. 4. America's famous "lanX battery" of fifty cali bre H.S-lnch naval guns, which &j .JprJJ b! ; l ne Tjrst time 1 was denrrlbed for In detail tonlibt by Lieutenant Commander D. C Reel! of the naval reserve, at the annual meeting here of the American Society of M'.ianlral Kngineers. The seven guns of the battery, he said, were built In 111?, for use on battleships. They fired a 1IDI projectile at a muzzle velocity of 200 feet per second and had an ex treme rsnae of nearly 30 miles. The projeet of putting thera on movesble railway carriages for nse in France, he said, was conceived In miCE: F1VK CSXTA. William Hohenzollern States That for Three 'Days He Absolutely Refused to Sign Kruger Telegram. BUT NOW ASSUMES ' FULL RESPONSIBIUTY Silent as to Statement; Re alizes Grave Danger Con fronting Him AMERONOE.V, Hollaml, Tne day, Dec. 3. (Hjr The Associated Pre.) "I am private citizen, and while in Holland will not make any statement whatever for publication." This was the former emperor a mejowajfe to The Associated lrcs correspondent when he called at Count von Dentinek's castle again today. The German peneraj, acting as orderly, formerly -governor of Metx, brought the mesaage direct from William Hohenzollern, who last evening was inclined to make a public declaration, but today changed his mind. . The message continued: "Von must fully realize my po sition. I am threatened on all sides with criminal charges, which if brought, I must face. There fore, I must reserve any state ment until charges are actually brought. ... 'Also I owe a certain loyalty to the present German government, and cannot make a declaration which might compromise others." The correspondent requested the general to ask the former em peror whether he would confirm the crown prinee'a assertion re garding the Knigrr telegram, and the general brought back the an swer: "The crown prince is absolute ly correct in his facta. The tele gram, already written, was laid before roe for signature. . "I refused to sign it for three days, but finally did so under pressure of the German diplomats and my political advisers, who ad vanced many reasons for sending . the dispatch. Of course, having signed it, I take full responsibil ity." The former emperor and em press are leading a very quiet life. Their table is of the simplest; in fact, they have submitted to regu lations requiring them to be ra tioned for bread and butter and other edibles jut as the ordinary country folk. Occasionally they walk in the surrounding wool, but in recent days it has been o wet that it has been almost im poaMhle for thera to go out except for a carriage drive. . , "The Kruger telegram referred to by the former emperor, was -t by him to -Oom Paul" Krnger. presi dent f the Transvaal republic, on January 3. IDC. It was the out come of Cerman fllrtaUona" with the Transvaal republic, daring which the Intentions of Germany toward British Influence la South Africa caused deep concern. "This "flirtation"' began la the early nineties and was brought to the notice of the word by President Kru ger In January, USi. when at a ban- (Continued on page sU) ISIS. The flrtt raooat was com pleted st the Baldwin Locomotive works twenty days ahead of eched le. Lfeatenant Commander Until said the trains were sent to the frost sad the first shot fired September . Th guns which had the oagrt rang of $vlf ever inoentfd on a nr-ab!e carriage, were V socrevsf al la mo tility and accuracy that six. rnor were ordered. The srxnMlre vss slgnei. however, before they wer delivered. The crews were reernlted rroro tk Great Lakes natal training statins and. were made p mt racn "vho had raflway ezperlcace, ,. ;