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j r a-re.'.ty of Or. l.H.rnry- 4 DAILY EDITION VOU IX., No. 01. ORANT8 PAHH, JOSEPHINE OOUNTV, OREGON, THITTOMYY DECEMBER 8, 'iol8. WHOLE NUMBER 2883. : i" BRITAIN 1L LET HIS KEEP STRONG FORT CUl'IK'HILL 8AV8 GERMANY WILL NOT HAVE TO RETURN HEUKLAM TO IIRITIHH Will WP11IIE RAILWAYS Roche lowvlnic Thilr "Wings" JUv hind In llrtrmt, Which Arc lie Ing llrkml up by Allies r London, Due, 5. Winston Span cor Churchill, minister of munition announce, thut the British nvl authorities have decided It will be unnocesiuiry to demand the return of Helgoland to Groat airltaln from KAISERsIS BLUE WRITESFORHOURS Mm Terror In Ills Heart and Even III) Wife Cannot Drive AWay Ilia "lUue Devlin" London, Dee. S. William llohen- sollern wears a dejected appearance, according to the Telegraph' corre pondent at Amerongen, Holland, who says that he hat talked with "some one who has come much In contact with the exile." This per son Is quoted as follows: "The former emperor wore an air of rellof when he arrived at Amer ongen, but that soon vanished. Even his cheery wife cannot now rouse him from moodiness. The dlstln gulshed fugitive has terror In his heart." Horr Hohunzollern keens more and more to himself and Is constant ly less Inclined to go about. The correspondent says that his Inform snt took him to an unfrequented place from which an unshaded win dow In the castle was vixlhtc. Point- Oarmany. He sIho said that his government had decided upon thejing to the window, tho gentleman nationalization of the railways. There will bo no formal surrender of the Gorman alrplnnes. It Is Im practicable to assemble 2,000 , ot thorn, and reliable pilots are prob ably lucking. The Germans are shedding their wings ts they retreat and tho advancing allies are picking them up. , Spencer Chun-hill said: "We en ter the peace conference with- an ab solute determination that no limita tion shall be Imposed upon our right to maintain our naval defense. We do not Intend, no matter what argu ments or appeals addrossed to us, to lend ouselves In any way to any fet taring restrictions wlitph ; will , pre vent the British navy maintaining Its well-triad, well-deserved suprem cy." ssld: "The former emperor sits at that window writing as If against time hour after hour." m N TOUCH WITH THE CAPITAL TRANSACTS BUSINESS WHILE GEORGE WASHINGTON TltAV- ' Eli TOWARDS 'FRANCE KINO GEORGE RAPS HIS COUSIN WHO IS HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR CRIMES WEATHER ! )S "COLD AND f ttEAR Mali os It Plain 'That Those Coming to Conference Moat lie Prepared to Make Sacrifices On Hoard the UoWge Washington, Dec, 6. There Is every Indication that In bis utterances In France, President Wilson will make plain his proposition that all who come to the peace table must be prepared to make sacrifices for a lasting peace, and that armed domination by any one nation shall cease. "No Retributive Penalty, Tio Matter How Severe, Would Be 'Code served," Assorts the King London, Nov. WlltKLHHM STATIONS AUK TAKEN OVER BY THE NAVY Washington, Dec. 5. All the Am erican Marconi radio stations except tho four high power plants, have b)en bought 'by the navy dopartment. It was officially learned today. It developed the department pur chased the great Ssyville station re cently from the alien property custodian. On Board George Washington, Dec. 5. President Wilson worked with his stenographers most of the first day. After he had rested, he received the ambassadors, then strolled with his wife. The ship George Washington Is 50 miles out this morning, proceed' Ing at 17 knots. The weather Is clear and cold. The president slept late. He later examined some wire less messages, Including several ap plications for .clemency. London, Dec. 5. In 'reviewing the question of whether Germany Is able to pay war damages and the war ex pcndlturss Incurred by the allies, the Dally Mall declares that the es timated allied expenditures of 25, 000,000,000 are less than one eovonth of tho main German assets In sight. The railway systems In tho Ger man statos are the property of the various governments, which, In 'addi tion, own forests, mines and large areas of land. The newspaper says that a modornte estimate of the val ue of German mineral deposits Is 1191.000,000,000. "WE ARE DOWN AND OCT" SAYS CROWN PRINCE . . London, Dee. D. The crown prince said to a correspondent of a Ixndon paper: "You Eng- llBh clamor to got father and "me away from Holland. We are down and out and iny fath- or is a broken man. Isn't that enough punishment?" Seattle, Wash., Dec. 6. The weather permitting, Aviator - Hog- land will commence his return trip to Sacramento tomorrow. IRK SMOOTH DEAL E 1ENACE IN THE "14 PD1NTS" ii London, Deo. 6.-Prcldent-'' Wil ton's address to the American con- cress was extensively commented upon by this morning's newspapers, The Morning Post Insisted upon the Importance of the exact relation ot President Wilson's; 14 points' to the peace settlement being 1 under stood. ' The newspaper thinks the points were accepted too 'hastily by the 'allied .governments. It roues however, upon the president's defi nition ot them as an outline of the basis of peace and regards them as a "Serviceable Instrument with which to -begin the work. 6t securing peace." ' The Dally News asks -anxiously for evidences of the acceptances of 'the spirit of'the-lV'pomts.'the letter of which was accepted, with one ex ception, 1y the alllos. ' "In ll the world," It Inquires, "who are the statesmen who are hacking not the letter", -but the eilr It of President Wilson's policy? The situation la full of menace. If It Is to "be redeemed it roust be -by -the peoples of every country." iPcking, Oct. 30. About. 200 war prisoners from "Siberia are enjoying lite In the enemy Internment camp naar the summer : palace here. So pleased are they with their environ mht that some of them have written lotters to their friends Inviting them to tome to China and enjoy Its hos pltallty. -At first 'thsse sojourners claimed that they were Italians eager to re turn to Italy but "when an attempt was made to.shlp them on an Italian transport for Italy they refused to go and asserted they were Austrian The Chinese authorities have exam Ined them and alt hive claimed to be soldiers thus'preventlng the Chi iwca t:ora setting them tree and tompe'l ng them to work tor a liv ing. ;'. " - FIND rfiABY-S PICTURE st An Incident ; pf the. wearisome fighting In "No Man's Land"- in France recently, was the finding ot a Grants Pass baby's picture on that shell-torn area, by a soldier from Colnneetlout. Airs. L. .'-J. Hedhind ot this city, luts Just ' received the picture, which was of her 'baby, and which she. had)eat to her husband who. Hvaa ''recently wounded In the hip while fighting In- "No Man Land." --Mr. -Hedhind Is - still in France.'.'' : ' '.'. '" ":: AVIATOR TO RETl'RN RICE OF WHEAT TO BE $2.26 PER BUSHEL SAKS KAISER OF CRIMINALS 1 LIE DRIVES Work, However, to Continue on Tre mendous Scale Membership Be -newala Are Urged WOULD GIVE BILL THE. LIMIT Washington, Dec. 5. The guar anteed price for the 1919 wheat fixed at $2.26 a bushel, Chicago, buyers will stand even though the Iever act under which the price was fixed should become Inoperative through conclusion of peace, In the opinion of the food administration. The administration today Issued a statement Interpreting the Lever act and pointing out that the law pro vides that "all rights or liabilities under this act arising before Its ter mination shall continue and may 'be enforced In the same manner as if the act had not terminated.", Wheat growers In many parts of the conn try, It was said, have become appre hensive that the guaranteed 'price for the 1919 crop might be rescinded thsough conclusion of peace. 28. What does King George really think of Ms cou sin, William Hohenzollern, former German emperor? According to a writer in the Daily News, which Is usually very careful as to the trust worthiness of what It prints. King George regards him as "the greatest criminal In the world today." . The writer says that he was "talk ing a few days ago with a well known statesman who has had many opportunities of hearing the king ex press his views ot the kaiser. And he thug summarizes what the "well known statesman" told him: "My informant says that the king's feelings and expressions are so strong that they could hardly be reproduced verbatim, but that the substance of them Is that the ex. kaiser Is the greatest criminal In the world today; that he Is directly re sponsible tor, the outrages on the Belgian and French civil popula tions; for the bombing and air raids on the Innocent inhabitants of un fortified towns; for the torpedoing ot passenger and hospital ships and the sinking of survivors In their boats; for the first use of poisoned gas; the poisoning of wells; that he has not only permitted these things to proceed, bat was in many cases a personal assenter to and director of them and that tor such a man no retributive penalty, however severe, would be undeserved." FOR AED CROSS MORE TROOPS ARRIVE AT HB,V Portland, Ore., Dec. 5. The Red Cross baa held Its last war tnnd drive. The Christmas roll call cam paign Is the very foundation ot Red Cross effort. These are tacts brought oat In a telegram Just received by Wilber E. Co man, etate chairman of (be Christ mas roll call drive, ' from H. P. Davidson, chairman of the war coun cil of the American Red Cross. That the Red Cross would make no further -war fund drives was a tremendous surprise to Red Cross leaders, but Mr. Davidson telegraphs that' he makes the announcement af ter consultation with President Wfl- son. It Is probable, also, that there will be no other -war drives for any organization whatever. Despite the fact that so war fund campaigns will be held. Red Cross effort Is to continue on a tremendous scale. It la probable that notwith standing the enormous amount of work still to be done by the Red Cross, both In this country and In Europe, fls sole source of revenue will be dues from memberships. For this reason a greater and greater effort la to be made to make the Christmas roll call campaign thoroughly "Universal Member ship." Most memberships will expire the first of the year and everyone Is urged to renew their membership during the Christmas roll call cam paign. The dues are $1. IS THE FOURTH TRANSPORT TO BRING RETURNING SOLDIERS. 1,922 ARE ABOARD HM WILL DISCHARGE 100,000 Private Yachts and MotorboaU Be ing Turned Back to ' Owners. Tooths May Return Home New York, Dec. 6. The transport Orca, with 1,922 American troops aboard, has arrived from Liverpool. This Is the fourth transport to tiring returning soldiers. Washington, ' Dec. 6. The dis charge of 20 per cent of the navy's war-time-' personnel, about 100,000 ' men, lias been authorized. Secretary Daniels said these ' men will he relessed as quickly as 'pos sible. Private yachts and motor- boats -which -were taken over by the navy are being turned back. Seven hundred craft -will be stricken from the lists by February. The release of enlisted men Is au thorized to give youths who Joined only for the duration of the war 'a chance to return to dvtf life. SPOKANE BUTCHERS 4 f VOTE TO STRIKE Spokane, Wash., Dec. 6. -f f The Butchers' and Seat Cut- f ters' union here voted unanl- f mously to strike next -Monday unless Thomas J. . Mooney Is 4- granted a pardon or re-trlal by 4 4 then, and their strike will con-4- tlnue until It is granted. 444.4.. 4 4 4 4 TO E Portland, Dec. 6. "The ratifica tion of peace terms, the government ownership of the railroads, tele graph and telephone lines' question, and ' legislation contemplating ' 'the reclamation of public lands and put ting the country on a sound finan cial basis -will ibe the big problems that will confront congress during the present session," . said United States Senator' Charles L. McNary to day. " . .'; The senator Is In the city en route to Washington, and said that he was leaving Oregon sooner than he had expected, because he desired person ally to appear before the shipping board, and present to It the ship-1 building problem confronting .'the city ag a result 'of the .government's recent action In cancelling contracts for ships. TO KEEP BUYING STAMPS Federal Manager W. R. Scott is urging upon all employes ot the Southern Pacific and Western Pa clfl'c railroads the Importance of Investing further In war - savings stamps. The following telegram from W. G. McAdoo, director gen eral ot railroads has been bulletined over both systems: "It Ig ot the -utmost importance that our people shall continue . to save In order that they may elp the government complete the victories we have gained In Europe, meet the expenses of the war and provide the means of supporting our army - In Europe, until it is released from duty and of bringing It back to Am erican soli. , - V - :- "We must, therefore, keep up the war savings campaigns and Induce every one to Invest to the extent Of his means In war savings stamps and thrift stamps." , CUMMINS' ' RESOLUTION LOST Washington, Dec. 5. By a unan imous vote the senate foreign rela tions committee disapproved Cum mins' resolution for a senate commit tee to go to Paris. FIFTH LOAN EXPECTED TO BE $5,000,000,000 SAY TERRORISTS ILL Y Paris, Deo. 5. A terrorist revo lution, under the leadership ot Dr. Ltebknecht, will break out in Berlin Friday night, according to Zurich advices. Dr. Llebknecht Is reported to have 15,000 armed men. . There appears to be no authority at Berlin, ' and gangs of marauders are terrorizing the people. Washington, Dec. 5. Retirement of liberty bonds by the treasury has begun. This was revealed In the an nual report of the treasury depart ment for the fiscal year ending June 30,1918. iA- total ot 1250,000,000 ot the first, second and third bond Issues had been bought back by the treas ury on November 1. This does not represent quite five per cent ot each Issue which under the liberty loan aet the treasury is permitted to buy back each year. , . It was Indicated that after this year the full five per cent ot each issue would be retired. This will eliminate the piling up of a great sinking fund, reduce the Interest navments annually and permit the retirement of all bonds on their ma turity date, 20 years hence. - Secretary Mc'Adoo estimates that In the fiscal year ending June 30 1919, public debt redemptions will aggregate $695,000,000. The grand total of expenditures for the year Is estimated at 127,718,128,000.' which is approximately " 17,000,000,000 more than the estimated total re ceipt.. The 1 recent .treasury an nouncement of a fifth war loan, therefore, was accepted to mean that the taext loan, scheduled .for early In April, 1919, would be for $5,000,000,000. This belief was based on calculations of further re duction In ,' expenditures, officials said.' : - .' -.',' ' ". AMERICANS PREPARING E Washington, Dec. 5. American manufacturers are rapidly forming export associations ' which plan ' to -carry the products of the United States to every- nation on earth, to create and , enlarge , demands for goods "Made In America" and tofur nlsh cargoes for the American mer chant marine to transport , over the seven seas. The trade Invasion of other countries will begin in earnest when Europe has been supplied with food and reconstruction materials and the world gets back to a normal peace basts. . ! To avoid collision with provisions of the Sherman anti-trust a-:t and the Clayton law, the new associa tions are filing statements of their purposes with the federal trade com mission, taking advantage of the Webb bill permitting 'such combina tions solely for the purpose of ex port trade. This act enables Ameri cans to combine their strength to complete successfully wRh similar combinations In other countries. Up to the present, 52 statements have been tiled, embracing -combinations ot machinery and tool makers, paper makers, lumber manufacturers and general exporters. . CLARENCE REAMES HAS THREE RIBS Seattle, Dec. 5. Clarence ' L. Reames, special . . assistant ' United States attorney general, who sustain ed serious injuries . when he , was struck down by an automobile Mon 'day, la In an Improved condition at the Columbus sanitarium here today. Reames was resting easy and appar ently out of danger. Louts H. Heymanson, head of the Puget Sound . Manufacturing com pany, driver of the car that struck ' Reames, was 'released Immediately following his arrest by a department of Justice 'official. In his statement to the -police Heymanson stated Reames apparently did not see the automobile. The automobile fender hurled Reames clear ot the machine, but he struck the pavement with sufr flclent force to break three ribs and sustain severe ' lacerations. V