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University "tOrUJ. A DAILY EDITION VOL. IX., No. 01. s- -1 rr V7 isa.: GRAXT PASSV JOSEPHET COCWTT. OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1018. WHOLE NUMBER 2523. DEVOID OP US FLEET. EXISTENCE AS WORLD POWER PASSED WITH TUB SURREN DERING OK niU SHIPS MIKE SWEEPERS 1 TlH American Officer Mourns Iluna, In Umnting They Are Not Aa Urate A the Spaniards Edenburg, Nov, 2. Germany national power reased to exist with yesterday's fleet surrender. American and allied wanihliia were ready for a fight. If treachery waa shown. The surrondor waa on a gigantic scale, and unprecedented. An Amer ican officer exclaimed: "Kven the poor old Spaniards, knowing thny had not a chance, came out of Ban tlago, but the Germuns surrendered 'without a hitch. tondon. Nov. 23. Twenty-seven mine-sweeping vessel passed from Onrman possession Monday. They arrived In Dutch watora from Bel- glum and were Interned. AS i WuHhliiKton, Nov. 22. Secretary McAdoo has resigned aa secretary treasurer and director-goneral of railroads, effoctlvo upon tho appoint ment of hla successor, Janunry 1. McAdoo asked President Wllnon to rnilve him now that tho war la over o that ho mlKht return to prlvnte bnslnoss. Thu president accepted the resignation. McAdoo aald hi retirement waa necessary bocause of Inadequate compensation allowed cabinet officers, and also aald that lie noeda rest. He will resume his law practice In New York. 10 LEAVE GERMANY SOON Amsterdam. Nov. 22. All mem bers of the Hohensollern dynasty will leave Germany soon, according to a Frankfort dispatch. Their des tination Is not yet known. liondon, Nov. 22 William Hohen-J sollorn Is reported ill of Influenza In Holland. Ill UN I NO OIL TO BRING SLACKERS FROM HIDING Prince Albert, Sas., Nov. 22. 'Gasoline and kerosene were taken today to Btoep Creek, where they will poured Into the tunnels and hum ed In an attempt to force out two entrenched alleged draft evaders, who, according to reports reaching here, killed a deputy sheriff Friday aal a soldier member of a posse yes terdny. Officers said dynamite would bo used If gasoline and oil do not get the mon out of their under ground hiding place. v AS MINISTER OF FINANCE Basel, Nov.. 22. Ptylllpp Scheldo- mann has resigned as minister of fl nance In the new German govern merit. His place 'has been taken by Herr Lerideberg, secretary of pub licity, art and literature. NOT POWERFUL BULGARS GUILTY on Spread a Reign of Terror Throu(li Macedonia That Waa Disgrace to dvUttMUm Saloiilkl, Oct. 17. (Correspon dence of the Asssclated I- .01 1 Greeks t-nd Serbians In KtaUrn Ma cedonia, who suffered pillage, per secution. "eporttton and murder at the banda of Bui gars before the ar mies of the formor King Ferdinand quit the country under the terms of an armlstloe, are exhibiting dissatis faction over what they term the In dulgence of the entente power to ward Bulgaria. With fully 42,000 of their number deported, half of whom, It Is 'bellev ed, died undor the hardships Impos ed upon them, the Macedonian na tlvee are demanding, according to a Router correspondent who toured the liberated territory, that the Bul garians be rruahod by traditional Balkan methods. During the period of occupation the Bulgarians proved themselves "brutes and past masters In acts of spoliation and violence," said the correspondent, and when ap peals for relief were made to the Gorman authorities no attention was paid to them. Entering Macedonia aa friends, under an understanding with former King Constantino of Greece, the Bul garians established a reign of terror which has been characterized as a disgrace to civilization. They Im posed upon the population a ration ing system which resulted In the starvation of many, following with assessments of taxes and eel cure of provisions to an extent that Impover- Ished the country. Then followed wholesale executions and crimes against men, women and girls of the most revolting character, tho surviv ors declared. At Sores only 5,000 persons remain of 25,000 living In the olty when the Greeks turned It over to thvBulgars. The population of Dc-mlr Jlesir fell from 1 2,000 to 2,300 and In Kavala 8,000 to 9,000 persons died of starvation alone in 1917, while In 1916 deaths number ed 30 a day, largely from malnutri tion. In these and smaller cities the Bulbars not only confiscated the hulk of the foodstuffs, hut forced the ablobodlod Inhabitants to work for the Invaders and carried away vast quantities of agricultural Implements and furniture. Joy In Macedonia over the with drawal of the Bulgnrs is exhibited by Inscriptions on mnny street corners reading, "Chrlstos Anesti" (Christ Is Risen), while the Hellenic army of liberation 1s received everywhere with enthusiastic acclaim. RECEIVE NEW SCALE wasnington, Nov. 22. The war labor board 'has announced an award giving Iriterurbau trainmen at Port land, Ore.,' wage increases. The new scale Is if roan 40 to OOcents per hour, with 54 end 46 cents in most cases. SPRUCE CORPORATION 4 . . HAS BEEN DISSOLVED 4 4 , ' 4 Portland, Ore., Nov. 22. 4 4 Col. Dlsnue has announced, that 4 4 the united States Spruce Pro- 4 4' dnctlon corporation has been 4 4 dissolved. 4 444444444 44 4 Portland, Nov. 22. Within the next 60 days the entire equipment of the Spruce Production division timber, mills, logging railroads and a wealth of other material will be advertised for bids and sold to the highest bidder. Estimates on the value of the property place it at ap proximately $10,000,000. Demobili zation of the Spruce Division will be gin within a" fortnight. . i CRIMES UNITED STATES GREAT HELP III VAST AMOUNTS OF MACHINERY, RAILWAYS, AUTOMOBILES AND FOOD SENT ACROSS 2 ,000,000 EWERS IN LINE Americans Construct IMS Miles of Standard Gauge Railway, Furnish (Ml 7 IxK'omotlves, 13,174 Cars American Headquarters In France, Tuesday, Nov. 19. Tho extent of America's military effort In France at the time the armistice was declar ed la shown by statistics which the Associated Press Is now permitted to make public. While the stupendous figures are amazing, It should be re membered that they show only part of the great effort made In war preparations. On the morning of November 11, the United 8tates had In France 78,- 391 offlcors and 1,881,376 men, total of almost 2,000,000. As has already been announced, .there were 750,000 combat trooiw In the Argon ne action. Behind this man-power lay vast machinery which was required In op erations. Railways and motor roads were constructed and across the sea were brought locomotives, cars rails and motor transport of every kind. Behind this again was the requlf site food, clothing and general sup plies for the men, as well as dockage Land warehouse construction. The American army has brought over to France and has in operation 967 standard gauge locomotives and 13,174 standard gauge freight cars of American manufacture. In add! tlon to 350 locomotives and 973 cars of foreign origin. Eight hundred and forty-three miles of standard gauge railway was constructed. On top of this, the department of light rail ways reports the construction of 115 miles of road and 140 miles of German light railways was repaired and put in operation. Even at the present stage of the armistice. It Is not permissible to hint at the vast stores of munitions and armament held In readiness. The Associated Press, however, 1s allowed to give approximate figures showing what has been accomplished In the accumulation of food supplies. In army terras, one ration repre sents the quantity of each article each man Is entitled to dally. It is Interesting to note the supply of some of the principal ration compo nents on hand today. For Instance, the Americans have 390.000,000 ra tions of beans alone; 183,000,000 rations of flour and flour substi tutes; 267,000,000 rations of milk; 161,000,000 rations of butter or substitutes; 143,000,000 rations of sugar; 89,000,000 rations of meat; 57,000,000 rations of coffee, and 113,000,000 rations of rice, hominy and other' foods. KILLS NEARLY. 2,000 London, Nov. 22. An explosion of munition trains In Belgium Thurs day caused casualties estimated at between' 1,500 and 2,000, according to an Amsterdam dispatch. The in jured are being taken to Budel, Hoi land. One hundred and fifty dead have already been counted. The cause of the disaster was bonfire built by the children, 'which spread to the German munition trains nearby. Destruction In the vicinity wag enormous. The Dutch military aid has been sent across the border. WINNING WA OUTLOOK MUCH BRIGHTER FOR CHROME ORE PRESIDENT SAID TO HAVE SIGN ED AN ORDER GIV1NU PRO- ' TECTION TO PRODUCERS MINERS WELL REPRESENTED Grants Pass, Through F. S. Bramwell Is First City to Take Steps to Help Miners In regard to the chrome ore situ alios, f. a. .b ram wen states that a concerted movement Is being made by the Chrome Producers' Associa tion here and In California. It Is said that President Wilson has signed an order giving protection to the chrome miners who have spent large sums of money and who have already developed mining properties, but that no encouragement Is offer ed for further prospect. It appears that conducting this promised protection has been placed in the hands of Secretary Lane, and It Is expected that some one from the chrome districts may be appoint ed to look after the matter at this end of the line. However, Mr. Bramwell says that while such an order has been signed by the presi dent, they are meeting with some stubborn opposition, but be seems to think the matter may be so adjusted as to fix a price on chrome so that those wanting to operate their mines here end elsewhere may be advised and know Just what the chrome win bring, and In this way know wheth er or not they can operate at a pro fit Mr. Bramwell says the man sent by the combined Interests of chrome In this section Is now In Washington working like a demon. Mr. Oazzam leaves for Washington tonight to help Mr. DeKalb, so that it Is safe to guess that the whole question will be settled soon. It is to be hoped and is almost an ticinated that some gentleman from here will be appointed to administer and adjust conditions as they may develop. Our senators and congress men are being urged to this end. It may be of Interest to know that the first gun fired to Washington in the interests of chrome went . for ward over the signature of F. S. Bramwell, as president of the Chamber of Commerce of this city, While a very strong organization has been formed In San Francisco, it pleasing to know that Grants Past leads in this important matter. BRITAIN'S UNDER SECRETARY 0F 8tATE HAS RESIGNED London, Nov. 22. Lord Robert Cecil, under secretary of state for foreign affairs, resigned after a dis agreement regarding the establish ment of a Welsh church. John R. Clynes, ' British food controller, re signed. - FORD'S SON TAKES OVER LOF Detroit, Nov. 22. Henry Ford has announced hfs retirement from active participation in the manage ment of the Ford Motor company, His son, Edsel, has taken over con trol of the factory. Ford intends to publish a national weekly newspaper, dividing his time between that and the traotor Industry. ' RYAN RESIGNS TO ATTEND TO HIS OWN AFFAIRS Washington, Nov. 22. John D. Ryan has resigned as director of the air service, and as seeond assistant secretary of war. ' He will return to private business. mam. CITIES DWINDLE Roulers, With Population of 28,000 Now Ha 1,100 Many Lose Everything They Possessed Havre, Oct. 31. (Correspondence of (he Associated Press) Conditions In some French and Belgian cities and towns near the FrancoBelglan border are reported as "In general, good" by Major John van Schaick Jr.. acting Red Cross commissioner for Belgium who was one of the first Americans to enter some of these places after the Germans evacuated them. In a message to the Red Cross headquarters here, he said: "There la no great emergency like general famine, there Is no ' great amount of sickness, there Is no tre mendous shortage of clothing hut there Is need, of prompt assistance on our part to meet what distress exists. The roads are horrible, es pecially on the Passchendaele ridge. Roulers a town of 25,000 Inhabi tants ha now but 1.100 civilians left. Iseghem a few miles distant, a town of 18,000 Inhabitants has 1,100 left. 'Our camions have rushed a lot of food up to iTurcoing, Lille, and Rou- baix. Other camions took emer gency rations up to some of the oth er little villages this aide of Roulers. Ambulances brought back sick and wounded Belgians who had been un der bombardment." Telling of his trip to Iseghem, Ma Jor van Schaick described an Inci dent typical of the return of the Bel gians to their homes which had been occupied by the German, military forces. We had with us a school mas ter," wrote the Red Cross commis sioner. "When the "war .began he burled all his little fortune, an ac cumulation of the savings of a life time In the garden of his house In Roulers. He returned with our dri ver, wonder whether he was a poor man in his old age or wether he had enough to live on comfortably for the rest of his life. He found his house burned, his garden ploughed with shells and no trace whatever of his money. 'I will start again,' said he. It was a tough thing lor mm to una that he had lost everything. While some of the inhabitants have been taken away to work," re ported Major van Schaick, "they are in the minority. Many thousands, of course, have been sent back behind the German lines. There are thous ands who remain. They need the help of the American people. I ON BERLIN BOURSE London, Nov. 22. The greatest panic on the Berlin bourse in three years occurred Thursday when was reported that the . extremists In several. German coast towns had usurped the power of the local au thorities, says a Copenhagen dls patch. v 4444444444444 4 BILL IS STILL KINO 4 SAYS OFFICIAL LONDON 4 4 London, Nov. 22. The Dally 4 4 Mall says the high official Brit- 4 4 ish government has declared 4 that "William Hohensollern Is 4 is etlll the German emperor and 4 4 king of Prussia, as far as the 4 British government is Inform 4 ed." 444444 4 4 4 4 4 4-4 4 4 4 INVESTIGATION REVEALS ALLEGED CROOKEDNESS San Francisco, Nov. 22. A Teport made public by John Denamore, an Investigator sent here by Secretary of Labor Wilson, revealed alleged crookedness in '. the prosecution of many criminal cases in San Franc- ciaco courts including the charge that an attempt was made to manufature evidence against Mrs. ORena Mooney, The report involves some persons who figured in famous graft cases, NKATl OF lAFOLlETTE IS ABANDONED SENATE ELECTIONS COMMITTEE HEARS ALLEGED DISLOYALTY CHARGES VOTE 9 TO 2 0 BASIS FOB HIS EXPULSION Two Democrats Against Dismissal May Contest the Adoption of Ma jority Report Washington, Nov. 22. Investiga tion of the alleged disloyalty speech of Bob Lafolette at St, Paul over a year ago, was abandoned today by the senate elections committee by a vote of nine to two. Members of the ' committee said that however much Lafolette's speech might be deplored, there was no ba sis for expulsion from the senate. Two democrats, Pomerene and Walsh, voted against the dismissal charges. There may he a contest' in the senate over the adoption of the majority report, which will be sub mitted December 2, when the senate convenes. Pomerene will - submit the minority report DR. MARIE EfflJI IS . iiit f "Bin Portland, Nov. 22. Dr. Marie Equl, a local woman physician and member of the Industrial Workers of the World, was found guilty here yesterday of violating the espionage act by referring contemptuously to American soldiers and by other al leged objectionable remarks in the I. W. W. hall here. The defendant was found guilty on an of five counts on which she had been indicted. During the trial former Governor Oswald West of Oregon, appeared as character witness for Dr. Equl, and Mayor George Baker of Portland, as a witness against her. FOR DESTROYED LOOMS '..' -r - ;t. pt ' ... . . ... ,i i A--! !. -a, 4 London, Nov. 21. The aim of re construction in France' and Belgium wlh be to restore the means of pro duction, asserts Dr. Christopher Ad dison, British minister of recon struction. "The textltle trades in Germany," he said, "may have counted upon the advantage which the destruction of looms would give them in the mar kets of the world. The burden of the restoration of ' the machinery must fall upon' those who destroyed it." . It would be within the power of ' the allies, said Dr. Addison, to with hold from Germany cotton or other goods until the Germans, made good the machinery they had destroyed. In the economic weapon, he pointed out, civilization had a great means tor obtaining international Justice. HUNS TO HOLD GREAT POW WOW AT BERLIN Copenhagen, Nov. 20. The . gov ernment of the German empire has telegraphed to the -governments of the different German free states, in viting them to a conference In" the' chancellor's house in Berlin. w v r