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University ol Ore. Library DAILY EDITION VX..NoLl0: OROT PABa, JOSTPHISH OOWmr. OREGON, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 4, m WHOLKj WILSON SIS URflU HE FINANCIAL SENATOR ASKS SAYS FDCH HAS TAX RATIO FOR FOR THE GREAT MP PART OF U. S. MORE UGHT ON HOT SET A LI11IT JOSEPHINE CO PEACOTFAB5S IN THE EHGWAR jTHE 14 POINTS -jS IS70 PER CENT SAY 8 OllHIIlNO OP 1'IIUSHIAN MILITARISM PART OK HIM PLAN KOH PEACE Too IhTwdn-uglini In Emort Will Return HMiit With Anicric-n Sol dlon Mid Mutton Now York, Doc. 4. d'rlor to rrtwldont Wilson's departure for Eu rope to attend ttia 'peace conference, It bwame known that he gov deter mined against militarism In any form. The crushing of Prumlan mil itarism vm art of Ills plan for the future ponce of the whole world, the president feels, according to per sona who conferred wlthhlra on the transport George Washington before It aallod at 10:15 this morning. The presldonfs Tarty Included Bwretary Lansing and former Am baasador Henry While, delegates. General mist and Colonel House the other delegates are already In Eu rope. As the transport swung out Into the North River on a voyage unpre cedented In American history, the president and Mra. Wilson stood on the flying bridge, the highest point to which passengers could climb, while the army band on shore played "Over There." ' Tarl. Dec. 4. The ten dread naughts which will escort President Wilson Into French watera will bring tack lrge party of Ameri can aoldlors and sailors, who will arrive at their homes by ChrUtruas. TO BRUSH HIS TEETH Ueorge II. Ross, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Ross, Is In the 65th Ar tillery, Company C, In Franco, says the Portland Oregonian. He writes homo: "The Boche Is going back so fast that we have to use the truck almost continually to keep up with him. Thoy surely had It sort, with concrete dugouts, rugs and stoves. I have picked up various little articles, German gun, bayonet, helmet, etc. We got tired of having the stuff hanging around, ' so we threw It away, except the helmet, which we kept to carry water In tor our radiator.. I picked up a pair of German pants, too, and the darned things were full of tear gas, and I wept over them like they belonged to some dear departed friend. "The' usual method of collecting' souvenirs la to 'get Boche, grab his throat and go through his pockets. If he objects, Just scowl, stick out your lower Up, assume a Jell Wlllard pose and he usually sees things as you do. Few of them get 'by with more than two or three (buttons on their clothes. Moat of them are happy. The, war Is over for them and they are glad of it." In a more recent lotter he writes: "The war there 'Isn't as good as on Che other front. The first thing here an airplane greoted us with three bombs. They lit about 40 yards from s and did no particular damage. One fellow 'got a piece of shell In, the leg, and a hung of dirt slapped ine In the face. Another piece tilt the fellow next to me on his new mus tache and he claims that the short whiskers were driven clear through his Up, and all he has to dp Is to wiggle It to brush his teeth. I "The life for the Germans linst be JiiBt one thing after another, Judging from the way we have been handling shells-lately.' France Is fuller of peace, rumors than 'prisoners." Berlin, Monday, Doc. I. If a few British torpedo boats or light cruis ers, with even a small landing force could roach Reval this week, they could dam the Oolshevlo flood which has ben murdering, burning and plundering Estbonla and Livonia, according to a declaration made to the correspondent by Baron Aex kuoll, of Esthonla, who escaped from that country Thursday. Baron Aexkuell reports that Ger man force had begun to evacuate Narva, when they were attacked and defeated by llusslan troops. Last Tuesday White Ouards, com manded by former 'Russian officers, were attacked hy a superior Bolshe vist force. The White Gaurds, half annihilated, retired. AIL 11K8T1UCTIOX8 REMOVED FROM SUGAR 4 Portland, Ore., Doc. 4. The food administration here has been notified from Washington that all restrictions have been 4- removed from augar. Big .crops are now available, but the pco- pie are asked not to Indulge in a sugar orgy. Cleveland, Ohio, Dec.. 4. To en force their demand upon the Cleve land Railway company tor the dis missal of women employed as con ductors since last August,. 2,400 mo- tormen and conductors went on strike today. The employeg claim that an agree ment with the company for the re moval of the women on November 1 and recently extended until Decem ber 1 whs Ignored. Washington, Dec 4. The nation al war labor board today decided to auk the Cleveland Railway company to dismiss the 150 women employes within 30 days from today. This action was taken after a hearing given Mayor Davis and la expected to end the strike of men employes which 'began this morning. , Vienna,. Nov. 29. Dtaln'tegration of the former Austro-Hun'garlan em pire gaoa on apace and Is accom panied c-y iigntmg nere ana mere and the depredations of marauding bands. Meanwhile, the food situa tion in Vlonna becomes more per ilous each day. Czech-Slovak forces . have occu pied Boden'bachr near the German frontier, thereby cutting oft from Vienna large stores of provisions. The Czeoho-Slovaka have garrison ed the larger part of German Bohe mia and are said to be' pressing to ward the frontiers of Upper Austria. In the south the Jugoslavs have occupied Marburg, which claims to be a German city. Their forces also have entered the' provinces of Car lnthla and Styrla. . In the northeast the Poles con tinue their fight with the Ukrain ians and are advancing over the Carpathian mountains to the - fron tiers of Hungary. They are reported to be robbing the Jews as they go. A Roumanian army, has marched Into Bukowlna'as far as Kolomea on the Jtlvef Pruth. .. It Is claimed In Vienna that this force la clearly out of the limits "of 'the 'Roumanian sphere in Bukowjaa, mm McADOO'S KKPOIIT SHOWS HOW THE) FOUK GREAT LIBERTY. LOANS WERE PUT OVER III TAXES fsu-gent life Insurance Bureau on Globe, Having g 36, 000,000,000 life Insurance In Force Washington, Dec. 4. The fin ancial history of America's part In the war Is set forth hy Secretary Mc- Adoo In his annual report drafted before his resignation, and made public today by the treasury. It Is the history of how the American people paid 'billions In taxes, raised four great liberty loans and created a tremendous pool of credit with which the treasury through it's many war agencies paid the 'bills of the army and navy, the shipping board and other government depart ments, ' loaned billions to the allies and millions to war industries, help ed support the families of soldiers and sailors and tided farmers over periods ot financial stringency. - "The payment Into the treasury ot vast sum In. war taxes and from bond sales," said Secretary McAdoo, "and the transformation of our var ied and complex economic life to the supreme task of winning the war have . been accomplished without shock or financial disturbances. The credit and business structure of the nation remains sound and strong. The results of the tour liberty loans are a tribute to the patriotism of the American people and to the eco nomic strength ot the nation." For the fifteen months ending last June 30, Secretary McAdoo estimat ed that the actual cost of the war, with allowances for the govern ment's ordinary expenses in ordinary times, amounted to 313,222,000,000. Nearly half of this, or $6,499,000. 000, went, into permanent invest ments, in the form of ehips, ship yards, war vessels, army camps, buildings, and In loans to allies or to American war Industries. Ot the year's expenses 31.C per cent came from taxation. . Mr. McAdoo dealt at length with the accomplishments of the War Risk Insurance bureau, which has built up an organization of 14,000 employes, necessary tor the issuance ot about a million checks ' every month to soldiers or their depend ents for allotments, allowances, dis ability compensation and Insurance. "It Is certainly one of the igreatest business enterprises in the world," he said, "and Indubitably the larg est life Insurance concern on the globe, having nearly $36,000,000, 000 of life Insurance In force.' . HOOD RIVER GETS A Hood River, Ore., Dec. 4. H. F. Davidson, president ot the Hood River Fruit association, today re ceived an order from a company in London, England, for apples to the amount of over a million dollars. This is the largest single order placed for apples In the northwest. Mr. Davidson, who left this after noon tor New York! said that he was going east to arrange for shipping space. He announced that the price offered by the -British consignees was in every way satisfactory and. would leave a good margin of profit after all expenses were paid. Mr. David son said that the greater part of the apples would come from Hood River. RAISED CLAIMS WILSON'S FAMOUS 14 PRINCIPLES ARE SUBJECT TO VARIOUS MEANINGS SHARP WORDS 1 PASSED Committee Members State rrivatejjr That Cummins' Proposal Will Not Be Passed Washington, Dec. 4 Senator Fre- Hnghuysen, of New Jersey, republi can, started a general discussion ot the president's 14 principles In a speech advocating a resolution call ing on the president to make a pub- lio declaration interpreting his prin ciples, which the senator said were subject to various Interpretations. He declared the president should not on behalf of the American public make radical proposals until he is sure that they are endorsed by the people. Walsh, democrat, declared that there has been a lack ot criticism until recently, and said the people are justified in the general lelief that the 14 principles are acceptable. Knox and Polndexter dissented sharply. The action on the Cvmmins reso lution, proposing that a senate com mittee be sent. to Paris for the peace conference, was postponed until to morrow, after an executive session of the senate committee on foreign relatione. Committee members said privately that the resolution would not ibe approved. SAYS ADMIRAL WILL E Copenhagen, Dec. 4. The Wolff Bureau asserts that the reply of Admiral Beatty, commander of the British grand fleet, to the request by Germany for mitigation of the naval terms ot the armistice terms. refuses any concessions regarding merchant shipping or fishing in the North Sea. J E Philadelphia, Dec. 4. Assurance given by Secretary-Daniels In a re cent address here that the nation has no intention of abandoning its program ot building up the merchant marine has had a stimulating effect upon recruiting for that branch ot the service. . - . William G. Rice, chief of the sea service bureau, which supplies of ficers and men tor transports and cargo ships, said men ' are being shipped dally into active overseas service and that this will continue Indefinitely. He- declared that there is a glorious future in store tor the American merchant marine, and that the prospects' of fame ana fortune for those who enter this sen-ice are more alluring today than ever before In the nation's history. Recruiting therefore will go on, he said, for the merchant marine . needs many more men. VICTOR BERGER INDICTED BY THE GRAND JURY ' LaCrosse, Wis., Dec. 4. Victor L. Berger, socialist congressman-elect, of 'Milwaukee, and' his campaign manager Louis A. Arnold, were In dicted by the federal grand jury on 16 county involving alleged viola tions ot the espionage, act, during his senatorial campaign last March. London, Dec. 4. The Express claims to ds able to deny the Ber lin report yesterday that General Foch sent Germany a new ultimatum regarding the transfer of locomo tives, and says Germany Is not keep ing to the stipulated schedule and that General Fooh baa given warn ing that Germany will be respon sible for further delay. The . Ex press denies that Foch has fixed a time limit. BARCCH OUT JANUARY 1 Washington, Dec. 4. President Wilson has accepted the resignation of Bernard Baruch, chairman of the war industries board, effective Jan uary 1. The board will then cease to exist. ' ' ENGLAND SAYS KAISER SHALL STAND TRIAL London, Dec .4. Chancellor Bonar Law has confirmed the statement that England had de- -f elded to press the allies as -f -'Strongly as possible that the surrender of the former Ger- -f man emperor be demanded, and that he shall stand trial WITH THE WORKMEN Copenhagen, Dec. 4. The sol diers' and workmen's councils at Lelpsig have decided that the Ger man general headquarters shall be dissolved and von Hindenburg ar rested, according to the Berlin news papers. . Paris, Dec. 4. When the Ameri can troops entered Treves yesterday the German revolutionary committee tried to get in touch with them, but the American command refused to grant the interview. HOGLAND EXPECTED IN SEATTLE THIS AFTERNOON Eugene, Dec. 4. Lieutenant Hog land, flying from Sacramento to Se attle, left here at 10:10 this morn ing, and is expected to reach Seattle this afternoon. BELIEVE BOLSHEVIKS . HIDING ARTILLERY Amsterdam, Dec. 4. The f Berlin government reports that it seriously fears a Bolshevik -f outbreak under the leadership -f of Dr. Liebknecht, radical so- -f ciallst extremist. ,.,The govern- -f -t- nient believes that the 'Bolshe- 4- viks have artillery and muni- tlong concealed. . Salem, Ore., Dec. 4. Governor Wlthycoui'be 'has denounced ' the Marion county grand Jury peniten tiary report, vindicating Warden Murphy, as "prejudiced and unfair," and said that it was Intended as a whitewash for Murphy and did not say a single word about graft, which it was called into special session to detect. ; . v , , -( .'' :. v.. The report charged" that Parole Officer Keller was the active bead of an espionage system and depred ated the governor's Interference. '.' : ASSESSOR POLLOCK, JUDGE GIL LETTE AND WXLFORD ALLEN SAVE COUNTY MONEY T PLACED AT 60 PER CERT Real Value of County Property $11,- 208,505, an Increase of $162,780 Over Last Year The visit of County Judge Gillette and Assessor Pollock to Salem last week to appear before the stats tax commission relative to the tax ratio given Josephine county, resulted in the saving of several thousand dol lars to the taxpayers, of the county. After a conference of two hoars or mors with Mr. Galloway of the tax commission he consented to raise the rate to 68 per cent, which was with in 3 per cent of the previous year. Mr. Pollock and the county Judge went to Salem with a mass of infor mation which was placed before Mr. Galloway, and an effort was made to present the matter before the gover nor, secretary of state and state treasurer, who are also members of the commission, but thaee officials were temporarily occupied with an imDortant cnnfflrnnpA and unnlA n n be interviewed. ;-. the Courier, now a resident of Salem,. Is due the credit nf hmrlnar 4ha rH raised another 2 per cent, (bringing the final fixed rate to within one' point of the last year's ration, which r was 71.' - ; !'. U- T.H 1. . il . - - ... Courier, has supplied the following, statement which gives a correct idea, of the tax situation: "For this year the total local as sessment of the county, not includ ing public service . corporations which are assessed by the state tax commission and which have not yet been returned, or certified, to the county Is 36,725,103, which the as sessor and board ot equlUzatloa .MM. I- . 1. - ...11 . , - H . W W U, U1B property and has made returns to' the commission under oath that it is the full cash value, but the commis sion found, tentatively, that It was but 60 per cent of Its real value, and notified us to that effect, and gave us until November 30th to show why it should not be so rated. It the valuation ot the locally assessed property as quoted above at $6,725, 103, Is but 60 per cent of Its real value 100 per cent or real value. would be 111,208,505, or an increase over last year of 1,262,786.69 on which we would have to pay' a, state tax, while we believe the real value of the property within the county s less, and surely is not greater than last year. "To Illustrate more fully, last year the total valuation placed on the lo cally assessed property, that Is, all property aasesed by the county as sessor but not Including public util ities corporation such as railroads, telegraph and telephone lines, in Jo sephine county was $7,062,460, which the state tax commission de termined to 'be assessed at 71 per cent of - its true value, . and were therefore required under the law in equalizing the several counties to estimate the assessment at 100 per cent or $9,945,718.31. On this our state tax was $25,645.90, and with a rating of but 60 per cent of true value and applied to our assessment . this year It would 'bring our state tax. (provided the state requires the same amount of revenue as last year) to approximately 129,000, or an 'increase in round numbers of . $3,550, -And this is not all the tale ot woe that such a ratio brings. Last year the tax commission found the true cast! value of the public utili ties corporations,' railroads, ' tele' phones and like property, to be $2, 735,077.52, but as Josephine county (Centiausd ea Fags Fsur) J