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PROHIBITION
LAW UPHELD
BYBRANDEIS
Supreme Court by Unanimous
Vote Sustains Constitution
ality of War-Time Act in
Suit Brought by Distillers
WILSON PROCLAMATION
TO TERMINATE DROUGHT
House Agricultural Commit
tee to Vote On Repeal 7
Measure Today
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 By unan.
Imous' decision, constitutionality of
, the war tlmeprohibition act was sus
tained today' by the supreme court.
The opinion, given by Associate Jus
tice Erandeis, held in effect, howev
er, that the war-invoked "dry" pe
riod still may be terminated by pres
idential proclamation of demobiliza
tion. ,
In rendering Its opinion the court,
however, did not act upon the valid
ity of the Volstead prohibition en
forcement act or on appeals involving
the alcoholic content of beer, leav
ing those cases to future opinions
which may be handled down ' next
Monday before the court recesses for
the Christmas holidays. Today's de
cision practically swept away all
hopes of a "wet"' Christmas.
Two Cases Decided.
The cases decided were those of
the Kentucky Distilleries and Ware-!
. house company of Louisville, Ky
and Dryfoos, Blum and Company of
New York. Instituted for the purpose
tit compelling the government to re
lease whiskey from bond. In both
leases the court denied contentions of
Elihu Root end other attorneys for
the distillers that the act. in violation
of the- constitution, takes private
property without just compenusatiori;
that the period of the war emergency
for which the act was passed had
terminated; that the law was an In
terference with the state police pow
ers and en undue exercise of the war
powers of congress.
Termination Defined.
Congress did not intend for the
war-time act' to terminate on the
conclusion of the vrar, but at the end
of the period of demobilization, in
the view of the court, which held that
the "conclusion of the war clearly did
not mean cessation of hostilities."
Had the president, on October 28
last, when he vetoed the Votetead
act. believed that demobilization had!
terminated, the court said, "he would
. doubtless have issued then a procla.
nation to that effect, for he had man
ifested a strong conviction that rer
strlctions upon the sale of liquor
should end." ' '
"Only by such proclamation could
the purpose of congress be attained,
and the eerious consequences attend
ing uncertainty be obviated."
Validity SU11 Holds,
"n view of facts of public knowl
edge," the opinion continued, "some
of which have been referred to, that
the treaty of peace had not yet been
concluded: that the railways are still
'under national control by virtue or
the war powersT that
other war ac
tlvltiea have not been1
brought to a
close, and that it cannot even be
said that the power
of the nation
Koon restored to a
peace footing.
we are unable to conclude that the,
act has ceased to be Vjalld." .
The war-time act, M be court said,
is not confiscatory ,4 asserting that
more than nine montths were given
distillers to dispose of tneir biock.
which time the court believed to be
adequate. The act aiso was i
pealed, the court held, by the pro
hibition constitutional amendment.
, which it asserted, has been binding
not only in peace but also in war
times. - - ' '
Vote on Repeal Today.
Announcement was made tonight
that the house agriculture commit
tee will meet tomorrow to v ote on
the motion to table the bill of Rep-
resentativfe Gallivan. which would re
peal the war-time act. y-
Internal revenue officials explained
tonight the court's opinion would not
affect the bureau's plans for en
forcing national prohibition as a"
preparations had been made on the
assumption that the act was consti
tutional, i- .
DISTILLERS HOLD 89 rwVF
MILLION GALLONS OF ROOZE
TniMavtt.iT k.. Dec. la.- Ken-
tucky distillers 'and more than three
.AmA i aiiuvi 10 former baiu-
UUUUI VA : Afwua.-v .
n inttod today by the ae
cisioii of the supreme; court holding
-...timo! nrnhihitinn constitutional.
Vf ai - II V fc V M ftSSVBWW A Jt
The distillers, it was estimaiea uu.
39.000.000 gallons of wni9''tty-AtAn
Kentucky bonded warehouses. 9.500
000 gallons of it in Iiouisville alone,
ordinarily worth at wholesale ?40w.
00 0,0 00. The former saloonkeepers,
after setting the stage for a wel
period,"; continued the sale of sort
drinks hile the distillers, with ex
portation apparently the, OTily avenne
' nnen to tnem, nocKea iw m .-.
puiml;m
house for export stamps
(Continued on page 2.)
GIRL DENIES HOLDUP
'DARE STORY HELD FALSE
COPS CLAIM CONFESSION
MARTINEZ. Cat. bee. 15 Not
ruilty to a charge of holding up
Virgil Reed, Richmond photog
rapher, at the point of a revolver,
on a dare of Bert Garrett, was the
Plea entered here today by Irene
Johnson. IS years old. Garrett,
the girl's alleged accomplice in the
robbery, is in San Quentin peni
tentiary. Police say the girl is the
wife of B. D. Nelson, who lives in
Washington state, and that she
confessed she had committed the
burglary on a dare of Garrett's and
to show hira "she had the nerve
and coolness."
COUNCIL HAS
LIGHTSESSION
Street Cleaning, Fire Depart
ment Report, and Routine
"' Matters Up
The city council met last night and
settled a. considerable amount of im
portant business, including an amend
ment to the refunding bond bill, sew
ers and street assessments. The snow
bound condition of the city streets
received much discussion.
A motion was made to hire men
and trucks to carry and remove the
snow from the down town districts.
Much objeotion was shown to this on
account of the cost. It was claimed
tbat. Portland was averaging one
mile of clean streets to every $3000.
and Salem could not afford this. .It
also suggested to grade the streets
to a width of eight feet on each side
of . the car tracks. This mef disap
proval ana nnauy a motion was
passed to have the street department
clean the streets as soon as possible.
The ways and means committee re.
ported that in the outskirts of Salem,
in different vicinities there are no
lighting facilities and a resolution
was passed to provide lights for these
districts. , '
The annual report of the Salem
Fire Department was read and
showed that this year there have
been 95 fire alarms answered and
50 hours of steady fire fighting in
which 40 gallons of chemicals were
used besides water.
Resolutions were made and passed
to dig and install the proposed sewer
laterals which have started, in dif
ferent parts of the city. Alderman
Moore, who has been advancing mon
ey to the city pending the action of
the city council, for sewer construc
tion says he has paid most of his
men off and just a few remain on
his payroll.
Five resolutions were passed levy
ing assessments aggregating close to
1300 for the laying of concrete side-
walks mostly in Jones' addition
The ordinance appropriating the
$70,000 refunding bonds which were
to be sold to local bidders was amend,
ed at the suggestion of the Portland
firm thaa bought them, so that a non
local firm could purchase them and
not affect their legality.
The city owes contractors almost
1250 for the laying of cement side
walks in Jones addition and the coun
cil authorized Recorder Race to pay
these claims against the city.
Chairman Volk, chairman of the
committee appointed to change the
boundaries of the wards reported the
'change and also that the county
court had approvad the action of the
committee. V -
SUGAR CONTROL
HELD IMPERATIVE
i
Head of Equalization Board
Says Restrictions Are Cry
ing Need
WASHINGTON Dec . 15. Com
plete government control of prices
and distribution of sugar is neces
sary, for the protection of 'family
consumers from profiteers, members
of congress declared today before the
house agriculture committee. At the
same time G. A. Zabriskie, president
of the' sugar equalization board, ad
vised the committee that continuance
of the board would be useless unles3
it were given control over prices and
distribution. These powers,' Zabris.
kie pointed out in a telegram to the
committee are not included In the
pending j McNary bill.
Changes Are Favored
Opposition to the McNary bill.
passed last week by the senate; led
to an informal agreement among
( () 111 II 1 1 1 Lt 111 T 11 auu iiwaiit a i-w
eliminate from the measure the pro
vision repealing the'llcensing powers
(- tua nv(TnmpnlM conferred bv the
, ' " T
food contrfclact. Chairman Haugen
said format action would be taken to
morrow under a plan calling for ear
ly action by the house.- Leaders,
however, were doubtful whether the
bill, if amended, could be finally dis
posed of by congress before the holl
day recess. Simultaneously with the
meeting of the agriculture committee
the house Interstate commerce com-
mittee tomorrow will meet to consid
ed a bill proposing an embargo on all
sugar exports.
RESTRICTIONS
ON SOFT COAL
ARE REMOVED
Situation I Rapidly Assumes
Normal With 80 Per Cent of
Miners Back on Job Di
rector Hines in Charge
SENATE HEARINGS TO
GO ON IS DECISION
Foreign Vessels to he Sup
plied as Soon as American
Ships Are Filled
WASHINGTON. Dec. 15. Restrlc
tionj on the consumption of bitumi
nous coal continued to go by. the
board today, as the railroad adminis
tration, now in charge of the ditri-
Dntioa ot supplies, received report.-
Indicating that 80 per cent of th
striking miners had returned to work
Orders were issued by Director Gen
eral Hines allowing bunker coal to
be supplied to foreign owned vessels
in American harbors whenever th-;
local supply is sufficient to fill .the
requirements of coast wise and Am
erican owned ships.
Policy Considered.
Senatorial investigation of the
strike settlement proposed offered
by the government and accepted by
the miners wa3 temporarily halted
today, while Chairman Frellnghuy
sen, and members of the investigat
ing 3Ub-committee considered the pol
icy to be adopted. It was said after
a long executive session that the com
mittee had not decided as to wheth
er it would formally demand docu
ments in the possession of Dr. H. A.
Garfield, former fuel administrator,
or as to whether Attorney General
Palmer and other officials would be
called. "
Hearings to Ornithine.
The committee, however, decided
to resume hearings and summoned
It. B. Norris, one on the engineers of
the fuel administration, to furnish
the statistics on which Dr. Garfield
based his suggestion that a 14 per
cent increase in wages be given the
miners and, paid out of the operators'
profits without raising prices of ctal.
Coal operators of the central com
petitive field in a statement tonight
declared miners in the various fields
were returning to work slowly. Not
more than 40
per cent of the men
have returned to work in the central
Pennsylvania field, one of the largest
the statement said, and a very small
percentage have returned in the
southeastern field. Indiana reported
practically all of the men back at
work, while in Illinois, it was esti
mated that less than 10 per cent of
the strikers have returned to th9
Franklin county field.
Two Cars Are Saved by
Salem Fire Department
All of the wood portion of an Ore
gon Electric car was destroyed by
fire on a siding at the foot of Kear
ney street early Sunday morning as
a result of flames that started from
a broken trolley. The loss 13 about
12000. ,
The Salem fire department re
sponded to the alarm and laid 1000
feet of hose, 800 feet of which it wjs
necessary to lay by hand because of
the Interference of enow. The work
of the department fs believed to hav
saved two other cars that were on
the track near the blazing car.
The car was part of a train that
was ready to leave Salem when the
fire started.
Parliament Member Hopes
tLI.'.L nL D -
lu nuuuiii Ascuiu i cjiutijr,!
Rr.hert Rlcfcerdifce, a member of
the Canadian house of commons,
wrl'eg Governor Olcott that he is
making a fiEht for the abolition of
capital punishment in Canada, and
wants to know if the people of Ore
gon are satisfied with the erasement
of the death penalty from the stat-
ut."s of Oregon.
Governor Olcott replies that there,
is a very decided move in the state
for the restoration of the death pen -
nlty.r The d-ath penalty was abol -
shed in Oregon at the election of
Novcmber 3. 1914. by
a vote of
100,552 to 100,295.
Leeks" of Supreme Court
Decisions Are to Be Probed
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. An
nouncement was made late tonight
by thed ep-irtment of Justice that
nn Investigation was being made or
reports of alleged "leaks" on su
preme decisions by "which specula
tors had attempted to profit In stock
market transactions.
18 ABOVK AT MIDNIGHT.
Downtown thermometer ree
ntered IS kgree! above zero at
nii-'niaht last muht. The h!ch-.
t est temperature yesterday was. T
! SO decrees in sheltered places. I
;
SACRAMENT WINE G0NE
oirHUii I Hfct 1 REPORTED
NINE BARRELS DRAINED
NEW YORK. Dec. 15. Theft of
nine barrels of sacramental wine
was reported to the police tonight
by a wholesale liquor dealer here.
He said that the theft was accom
plished by syphoning the wine
from his basement where it is
stored to an adjoining cellar by
means of a 75-foot pipe.
POLITICS MAY
MAKE TANGLE
IN CLACKAMAS
Dimick's Vacant Seat is De
sired hy Chris Schuehel
of House -
OTHERS ARE IN DOUBT
Richardson, Stewart, Mrs.
Thompson, Shanks Pre
sent Problems
I'nlfss Governor Olcott calls a fpe
cial election in Clackamas county be
tween now and January 12. the date
of convening the oxtraordintry ses
sion of the legislature. Clackamas
will be without a member of the sen
ate to represent that county exclus
ively at the extra session. This is
because of the death of Walter A.
Dlmick. Senator V. V. Hanks of
Portland represents Multnomah.
Clackamas and Columbia. There Is
a possibility, "it is said, that the peo
ple of Clackamas county will ask tho
governor to call a special election for
Senator Dimick's successor.
Should such an election be called
by the governor there would be an
interesting complication in Clacka
mash politics. Senator Dlmick was
a hold-over senator, and had he liv
ed would- have represented his coun
ty in the regular session of 1921'.
Soon after Dimick's death Chris
Scheubel, representing Clackamas
county in the lower house, let it be
known that he was desirous of suc
ceeding Dimick in the senate. If a
special election were called to fill
the vacancy in special session next
month the man elected would holt?
through the regular tession of 1921,
his term, in fact, would not expire
until January 1, 1923.
Sehuebel Slight Ik not.
Should Schuebel not come up as
a candidate at the special election he
wou,d 8hut out completely as far
ias ,n ioiiowing regular session is
concernea. snouia iscnueoei oecone
a candidate he- either would resign
as a member of the lower house at
the time of becoming a candidate for
the senate and allow his successor In
the house to be elected at the same
time, or if elected senator, he could
resign after the -special election and
make possible the calling of a sec
ond special election to select a house
member for the special session next
moDth, or he could await an auto
matic termination of his service in
the house at the time of qualifying
a:-i senator, which would leave his
seat vacant in the lower house.
, Section 17. article V of the state
constitution and section 3431. Lord's
Oregon Laws, show that special elec
tions to fill vacancies in either house
of the legislature are called by the
governor who shall fix the time of
the elections. It Is not required by
statute that they be fixed at any cer
tain length of time prior to the con
vening of a legislative 'e.-aion.
KI(haidHn (s l!niiraa.
Other interesting situations arise
relative to the status of "three mem
bers of the lower house. The con
stitution says that the .legislature
shall be the sole judsre of the quali
fications of its members. The ques
tion Is what is going to be done at
the special session with Joseph G.
Richardson. James S. Stewart and
rs. Alexander Thompson
nirhaidson. now assistant
state
treasurer, was one of the Multnomah
county delegation at the 1919 es
sion, and his term, of course, doe:;
not expire until January 1. 1921. O.
UP. Hoff. newly elected state treasur-
urer, wanted Richardson as his as
sistant. Richardson, however was
in t elipiMe until after the session,
for he would have been holding
more than one lucrative public posi-:
tion at the same time, which is con
trarv to the constitution. Hoff made
a temporary appointment to the place
1 until after the session adjourned and
jhen appointed Richardson. Whether
Richardson expects to sit in the spe-
cial session s not known. He ;
fused to comment, yesterday. If h
attempts to sit as a member the ques
tion arisrs whether the other mem
bers will allow him to do so unless
he temporarily reiigns as assistant
state treasurer, for he would be hold
ing two lucrative offices.
Shank Move Residence.
At the session last winter -Mr.
Stewart represented Wheeler county
and Mr3. Thompson represented
Hood River and Wasco counties.
Stewart has since changed his resi
dence to Eenton county and Mrs.
Thompson to Multnomah county. Pre
cumably they will be allowed to sit
as representatives of the counties
they represented at the regular ses-
.sicri of 1919. but this will be strictly
in In tha momhor of thn Iiouhp
I r .
I i in thm &anjit the same situation
. " - i
risei relative to the status of Sen
ator M. D. Shanks, who represented BtK,ni Vk., ,hr,7u onlr has been
OlllSam, Sherman and Wheeler out and t hat the gas WgJ"".;
counties and who has changed Hffff 1 Vl'uIe 2
(Continued on page 2.) advised, however.
jJQJjjj
BANKRUPTCY
IS WARNING
Cummins Tells Senate Rail
way Systems Must Not Be
Returned to Owners With
out Protective Legislation
ANTI-STRIKE SECTION
OF BILL IS ATTACKED
Duty is Plain, Author of
Measure, Tells Senate at
Work on Act
WASHINGTON. Dec. 15. Con
gres was warned today that if the
railroads were turned back to their
owners without enactment mean,
while of legislation for protection ot
the proierties, two-thirds of the roads
would be in hands of receivers within
thirty days. Chairman Cummins of
the senate interstate commerce com
mittee that drafted the pending rail
road bill, declared the senate could
not afford to set it aside or delay its
consideration in view of the appar
ent determination of President Wil
son to end government control the
first day of the new year.
Cummin Kay Duty i Plain.
Breaking into the debate while
Senators were pleading to postpone
action on all railroad legislation un
til after recess Senator Cummins told
the senate. its duty was plain.
Senator Cummins insisted congress
should turn back the roads'if satis
fied the people believed in that pol
icy: "They can go back on January 1
in perfect safety." he said, "if the
country is assured of the bill's enact
ment In one month's time."
In hope of expeciting the measure
the senate remained in session to
night but as new fields of argument
were opened there developed little
indication of final action this week.
Leaders insisted, however, that the
bill would be passed by a "narrow
margin before Saturday" when the
holiday recess is expected to begin,
int .ml Kt.niev 4tt.rk.
During the all-day debate the prin-
clpal attacks on the Cummins bill
were made by Senators Lenroot, re
publican. Wisconsin and Stanley,
democrat, Kentucky, the former In
sisting that the roads should be re
tained by the government until
spring, i
Senator Stanley, speaking in sup
port of his amendment to eliminate
the anti.strike provision, assailed the
section ss "the most drastic and ex
asperating" ever devised to afflict
laboring people.
The anti-strike provision. Senator
Stanley asserted, was put in the bill
over the protest of 2.000.000 rail
road men who had declared they
would not wear the yoke.
Senate Work on Amendments
The senate later went to work on
amendments. One by Senator Walsh,
democrat. Montana, permitting the
roads to retain all earnings, for new
construction work for ten years, was
adopted, as was an amendment by
Senator Jones, republican. Washing
ton, limiting jurisdiction of the trans
portation board over water transpor
tation to inland waterways. An
amendment bv Senator Curtis. Kan
sas, extending the bill's provisions
to short line railroads, was passed
over temporarily.
CLUB SECTION
IS ON TONIGHT
Postponed Meeting ol i Com -
merciajuoay i-rt.-
cfency Big Race
t .
The annual election of the foiu
mercial club which was to have been
held tonight in the clab auditorium.
Nominations for the presidency in
clude R- C. Paulus. incumbent, The-
. .. x- ? Alton Mr.
oaore uowi uu - .. .
nmh havpvor. has announced tnat
he will not be a candidate because
of press of business affairs.
Schools Open Dec, 29,
Cff Snnnlv Is Ketumid
With a market moderation In the
temperature yesterday and last nlxhi
another snow or a thaw is promised.
The snow Is'still an impediment to
traffic and water. pipes are still froz
en np In many public buildings.
Srhvl authorities have decided not
to open the Salem schools uniil De-
cember 29 an nme n C?
I BvTll maul" ll uiav rr
v. l. nammon. mioar i
tem eas nlant. announced last
- i&a,ein
I . . .. . t . V Kaa n thtv .fl
! FLIERS SPOT SARDINES
FISH PATROL IS LATEST
GOOD CATCH REPORTED
SAN DIEGO. Cal.. Dec. 15. The
aerial fisheries patrol, established
here today, was successful in its
first effort. Two seaplanes from
the naval air station at North Is
land within few minutes after
taking off sighted two schools of
sardines about IS miles north of
this city and a short distance from
.shore. The news was flashed by
radio to a submarine chaser, whose
commander soon relayed the mes
sage to waiting fishing boats. A
few minutes later those boats were
speeding to the section named In
th dispatch. They reported a good
catch.
OREGON TO PLAY
HARVARD JAN. 1
Lemon Team likely to Leave
Dec 18 for South Train-
in? Out of Question
Kl'GENK. Or.. Dec. 15. Tentative
(Inn eip made her? today looking
to the t(-part tire of th h'avy f. - Kt -
ball MiUi.d for Pa.adna on Thurs
day. I-cember 1. to meet the Har
vard I'ini in the'Nrw Year's Diy
rrime. Toe uate now aimed at f.tr
departure Is one d ly earlier thai
that Inst set the n-swa for the
chart m' beig that untoward weather
rniiti"ns here have made adequate
training operations Irajossible.
FOREIGN TRADE
IS II -BILLIONS
New York Bank Compiles Ap
proximations on Business
of World
NEW YORK. Dee. 15. The for
eign trade ot the United States for
1919. the first year following the
war. will probably exceed eleven bil
lion dollars as compared with $ 4.
259.000.000 for the fiscal year of
IS 1 4. all of which preceded the war.
according to approximate figures
'compiled by the National City bank
and mada public today. Oespite this
great gal nwhlch is partly due to
increased prices. Great Britain still
retains the leadership in world trade,
according to the bank's statistics,
with a total for 1919 that will prob
ably exceed that of the I'nlted States,
possibly reaching the $12,000,000.
C00 mark.
Hugo release
NOT CONFIRMED
American and Mexican Offi
cials Get No Details of
Freeing on Rancher -
EAGLE PASS. Tex.. Dee,. 15.
American and Mexican government
officials here tonight had not receiv
ed details of the released of Fred G
Hugo. American ranch manager who
was liberated by Vlllistas without
payment of $5,000 ransom demanded
by Francisco Villa. Hugo was re
leased when the Villistas left Mus-
qult. Coahnila. last week, after loot
ing the town, and is now at Murquls.
Several prominent Mexicans held by
Villa also were released without pay
ment of ransom.
It was reported today that Fran
ciseo Pardo. the Spaniard whose re
lease by Villa was captured Sunday,
paid the rebel chieftain $8000 for his
freedom.
jSnBI portflnJ,
i.c.m fnr tllS.OOOCaih
PCRTI.AND. Or.. Dec. 14 Sale of
the Strand theatre, a motion picture
house here, to a Seattle syndicate
-hh i.y j. Aranson and Mischa
Guterson. was announced tonight
The de-l was said to have been made
fr $125,000 cash. S. Morton Cohn
I ... iv.
was the seller.
Campaign of Sutherland for
President is Reedy to Start
WHEELING. W. Va.. Dec. 15.
i Plan? for a natlin wide campaign in
belnr
tmd. West Vircinla. who Is
hrmd a Republican candidate
for rresld.nt. were perfected here
tonight.
Temperature Drops to 40
Below in Alaska Interior
XKXANA. . Alaska. Dee. 15.
Marking the ndien end of a here
tofore unnsnally mild winter ea!oti.
theremometers here today rerfs
tered 40 degree below iero. The
cold wave Is general throaghoat tb
Interior, according to reports.
HISTORY OF
A.E.F. TOLD
BY PERSHING
Americans Won War is Impli
cation in Report Submitted
by Genral to Secretary of
War Baker
ALL OFFENSIVES ARE
RECOUNTED IN DETAIL
Highest Praise Accorded AH
Ranks and Allies Are Ghr
en Commendation
WASHINGTON. Dee. 15, Gei?ei
al Pershing. In his special repor to
Seerrtary Hkker. on the ope rat lens
of the. American army la r'rarce.
u. ine.
1sys in
that tl
n effect, aithougu not in teiui
be Amei lean army won ih
war
It was this spirit of determina
tion animatin- every American soldier.-
says General JVrshlog refe.
to the Meme-Aronne battki.
"that made it Impossible for the n
enemy to maintain the struggle un
til 19I." ...
"Twenty-tw.. American anj four
Kieneh divlsiqcr" says Genertl rr
n:iig. -had enraged aid dee'.-.ively
!?aten 47 Gt:man div.sioos. rrpre-
Mming z j per cent of the c.:a.v'
pur aiv.sioaai strength 03 the
vieni front. Of th enemy divis
ions. 20 hri been drawn fmn. tk .
IVencgh front and 1 firm th Iir:,
Ush iront. Of the 22 American di
12 :id at varioMt ti E2e ifur-
Ins this pe Sep:?mlr- 26 10
Xov ember II. lli ec cngaTed
on other frojts than our own. The
ilrst array hid sufrr. lnm f
about 117.tno In klUM and wound
ed; It had captured it.uvo prison- '
cts. 7 cannon. 2000 machine can
and large i-alrtles of material."
.ith the American array holdlaa
the helghu dominating Sedan, the
rprt say thw German line of rra-
municatioas definite! strndertxt
reeognlxln th.u nothing bat es-
ration of hoitimi. con Id ssve Lis
armies fro.n complete dlsas'tr he
appealed for an immediate an&r-
tlce i.Xov. .).-
Report I Story of A. 1- F.
General Pershing' repo.: f-silowa
In detail the grown of the Aaaetl
can overseaa forces from the data of
hla departure with a smaa staff.
May 28. 1917. until It numbered
more than 2.000.000 men. Every
step of organixitlon. every confer
ence of the allied generals and the
import sr. decisions reached ara re
corded. The document comprising a pam
phlet of about 109 pages, or S5.00t
words. Is divided Into three auctions:
Period of organisation. "Opera
tions' and "Supply. Coordlnatitts
and Administration."
Summarizing the military situa
tion which existed in the spring of
1917. when the I nited States aligned
Itself with the allies. General Penh
lag said:
"In the flvemonths ending Jn.a
20. 1917. the German submarines
had accomplished the destruction of
more thia 3.250. 0v0 tons of allied
shipping. Duriag three years Ger
many had seen practically all of her
offenvives except Verdun crowned
with success. Her battle llnea were
held on foreign soil and she had
withstood every attack since the
Msrne. The German general staff
could foresee now the complete elim
ination of I!nii. the possibility of
ciefeatinr Hair Wfort the end of th
year and. rirall. the campaign of
19K agalnrt the French and Rrt
tlh on the western front which
raigl t tetminate. the war.
"Financial-problems of the allies
were difficult supplies were beeom
inc exhute3 and their armies had
tuffered tremendous losses. Dis
couragement existed not only among
the civil population but throughout
the armies as well."
M IHr Qak-k U Aim
Wi'bln one month of his arrival.
General Pershing recommended def
initely that 1.000.000 men should be
In France before May. 19li. it be
ing evident that "a fore of one mil
lion Is the smallest unit In which
modern war will be a complete, well
balaaced and independent fighting
organization." Plans for the future,
the recommendation added. "aokl
be based on three times this force."
The general was equally specific
in choosing the ground for American
I operations. He says:
unr mission was or restive ana
It was essential to make plan for
striking the meny where a definite
military deetec roald be gained.
While the allied -Iv-a had endeav
ored to maintain 19 offeashre. th
Hrltlsh la order to guard the Can
eel ports, were committed te oper
ations in Flanders and the French
to the portion of the front protect
ing Paris. Doth lacked troops to
operate elsewhere on a larg sle.
"To the east the great fortified
district east of Verdun and around.
(Continued on page 2.