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DAILY EDITION
VOU IX., No. 01.
ORANT8 PAHH, JOSEPHINE OOUNTV, OREGON, THITTOMYY DECEMBER 8, 'iol8.
WHOLE NUMBER 2883. :
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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
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1ENACE
IN THE "14 PD1NTS"
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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.
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TO
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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
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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.
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