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WORLD HAPPENINGS OF CUM WEEK Brief Resume Most important Daily News Items. COMPILED FOR YOU Events of Noted People, Governments and PaclGc Northwest nnd Other .Things Worth Knowing. Tho German government will Invito President Wilson to visit Germany while he Is in Europe, says tho Berlin Loknl Anieiger. Twenty-seven German submarines were surrendered Friday to the allies. This brings to 114 the total or German U-boats turned over. Cuba's delegation to the world peace conference arrived at New York Fri day by steamship on its way to France whither they will sail shortly. Sixteen vossels, totaling 94.S25 dead weight tons, were completed and de livered to the Shipping board by Amer ican shipyards during the week end ing November 22. All but one of these ships were steel. Advance guards of British troops have reached the Belgian-German fron tier in the region between Beho and Stavelot, and aro In possession of more than 14 surrendered German guns. At a demonstration ol 10,000 per sons in Hyde Park, London, Thursday a resolution was adopted favoring an economic boycott of the Germans for their cruel behavior toward prisoners. An extraordinary credit of 1,000,000 francs was voted by the French cham ber of deputies Friday in connection with the coming visits to France of royal personages and heads of other slates. Captain Benjamin B. Lipsner, direct or of the United States aerial mall service, announced at New York that the War department had turned over to th use qf the maij, swvifce "hun dredsfof airplanes." Reiterated reports of outrages by German soldiers in eastern Poland have been received at Berne, Swltzer land. The troops are looting and burning all along their way and treat ing the Inhabitants cruelly, it is de clared. Senator Phelan, of California, pre sented to President Wilson a petition from the priests of the Roman Cath olic Archdiocese, of San Francisco, asking the president's support for the claims of Ireland to be a free and independent nation. Distribution of sugar under the Cer tificate system will be discontinued December 1, under an order issued by the Food administration. In announc ing the order the administration em phasized that the plan for conservation of sugar was in no way modified. The first aerial banquet in history was held at Elizabeth, N. J., Thanks- giving day, on an airplane 2800 feet' above the new flying field of theUnl ted States air mall service, ma'rking the inauguration of the field as the terminus of tho aerial mail 'service between New York, Philadelphia and Washington. The victory meeting at the court house in Montgomery, Mo Thursday, almost ended In a furore when Claude Bell, a lawyer, declared It unconstitu tional for President Wilson to make. the peace trip, and that as spon as the president started on the mission the courts should mandamus Vlpo-Presl-dent Marshall to accept the presidency. The Cunard line steamship Maure tanla sailed from Liverpool Wednes day morning bound for New York. Tho vessel carried a large number of pas sengers. The greatest shipment of mall from American soldiers In Franco ever re ceived, no less than 4,200,000 letters, camo in Tuesday on the Fronoh liner Roclmmbeau. Villa followers commanded by Up. fnnlo folguln attacked the Mexican Control railway otutlon at Villa Ahu mud a, 80 inlloa south of Juarez, at 2 o'clock Tuesday morning and latar torpedoed a southbound freight train on tho HMMIBUroail. WAR INSTIGATORS MUST PAY Lloyd George Demands cx-Kclser's Punishment. Newcastle, England. In ti speech delivered hero Friday night, Premier Lloyd George, dealing with tho ques tion of tho responsibility for tho in vasion of Belgium, said tho British government had consulted somo of tho greatest Jurists of tho kingdom and that they unanimously ami defin itely had arrived nt tho conclusion that tho ex-German emperor was guil ty or 'nn Indictable offense for which ho ought to bo held responsible. Mr. Lloyd George said tho victory ot tho onteuto nllles had been duo to ceaseless valor ot tholr men nnd that it would bo a lesson to anybody who In the future thought thoy, as tho Prussian war lords hoped, "could over look this Uttlo Island In their reckon ing." N "Wo aro now approaching tho peace conference," the premier continued. "Tho price of victory Is not vongennco nor retribution. It Is prevention. First of all, what about thoso pcoplo whom wo hnvo received Without question for years to our shores, to whom wo hnvo given equal rights with our own sons and daughters, and who abused that hospitality to betray tho land, to plot against security, to spy upon It and to gain such information as enabled tho Prussian war lords to Inflict not pun ishment but damage and injury on tho land that had received them as guests? Never again!" Mr. Lloyd George said tho Interests of security nnd fair play demanded that it should bo mado perfectly clear Uiat the people who acted In this way merited punishment for tho damago they had Inflicted. MOONEY SENTENCE COMMUTED TO LIFE Sacramento, Cal. Tho sentenco of Thomas J. Mooney, condemned to bo hanged December 13 In connection with the deaths of ten persons from a bomb explosion in San Francisco on Preparedness day, July 22, 1916, was commuted by Governor W. D. Stephens Thursday to imprisonment for life. In giving the announcement of the Governor's decision to tho Associated Press his private secretary, Martin Madsen, said the commutation was signed early In tho evening, but that further than the written statement there would bo no comment. The statement reviews the case fully and quotes In their entirety tho two messages from President Wilson, In which tho action now taken by the Governor was suggested. Tho commu tation, says the Governor, reduces tho case to the status of that ot Warren K. Billings. "I refuse to recognize this case as In any fashion representing a clash be tween capital and labor," he adds, and he characterizes as absurd tho propa ganda that would make Moqney ap pear as a martyr to tho cau.se of lib erty. In support of this statement ho quotes a letter from Alexander Berk man outlining tho plan afterward adopted for the Mooney campaign. .He denies that Mooney is a trilo friend or labor, and characterizes, his provlous record as such that it does, not enlist faith In him among law-abiding" citi zens, but says in conclusion 'that-tiHa particular case has been deci'dc'd; bfjern its merits. ' . , Allies Demand ex-Kaisery London. The entente allIes"'iiwK!,de cided to demand that UoHjyuLfiur render the former Emerprttf jit many to Justice, according tlio'DaHySj London. At a Berlin- meeting of tho Sotdlors' and WorkHierVij Coyncll', Herr Barth, secretary forspejuJ poWy1 In the Ebort Ministry, declared thaTa counter revolution was In full swing, according to a Copenhagen dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company. Several Generals havo Issued count er revolutionary proclamations nnd havo attempted to dlssolvo the Soldiers' and Workmen's Councils, Herr Barth said that tho chief army command hud been ordered to come to Berlin, and that tho dismissal of Gen eral Eberhard hud boon dornunded, owing to tho arrest of inornbor of tho NoldlorH ami workmen's councils on tho wootern front No roply hud boon racolvad, Hurr Barth continued, hut If tho order It disregarded, tho ohlof of the unity oommund will ho urnjHlod, AMERICAN PEACE DELEGATES NAMED Wilson, Lansing, House, Bliss, White, Included. PREMIERS TO ATTEND Chief Dxccutlvc Expected to Return to United States Before Con Terence Adjourns. Washington, D. C. Tho representa tives ot tho United States at tho peace conferences, will bo: President Wilson; Robert Lansing, secretary of Btato; Henry Whlto, for mer umbnssador to Franco nnd Italy; E. M. Houso; General Taskcr II. Bliss, representative of tho American army with tho supremo wnr council nt Ver sailles. This Announcement was made Fri day night nt tho Whlto House. In the absence of any official explana tion It wns assumed thnt the president goes as president ot tho United States and that Secretary Lansing, Mr. White and Colonel Houso and possibly nlso General Bliss will bo delegates with ambassadorial rank. It was recalled Ui.it tho president's announcement that ho would go to Franco "for tho purposo of taking part In tho. discussion nnd settlement ot the main' features of tho treaty of peaco."' said that It was not likely that ho could remain throughout tho sessions of tho peaco conference and thnt ho would bo accompanied by dele gates who will sit as tho representa tives of tho United Stntes throughout tho. tfonforenco." Whlto House officials would add nothing to tho formal statement, nnd no one professing to bo In tho con fidence of tho president would tnlk. There was only one surprlso In the statement tho appcaranco of tho name of General Bliss as ono of tho representatives. It had been taken for granted thnt tho general military representative of the United States on tho supremo war council would take part In tho discus sions at Versailles, but tho general Idea had been ho would bo attached to tho delegation In a military capac ity, Just as Admiral Benson probably will bo present as a spokesman for tho navy in tho great naval problems to bo solved. Tho premlors of Great Britain, Franco and Italy aro expected to nt- tend tho peaco conference ns repre sentatives of their governments, but, llko tho president, may not romaln throughout tho conferences. Tho gen eral understanding horo Is that pres ent plans are to havo tho conference first agrco to tho broad principles of the treaty and leavo the working out of details to further sittings. This would: enable tho president and tho ontcnte premiers speedily to return to tho 'cAjrituls of their respective coun tries., WHso'rf Hajled as Leader. ' WniiMilcrnn T). (',. Officials of the 1ndeii'ndent,Ordor of B'rinl B'rlth pre- sctHcdr to. President Wilson -'Chunks-Hjvlnfcj thot' goltf tmedal awarded him bj tho Bocloty'fost.pctobor as the man who rcntlered-tho most 'distinguished service to 'humanity during tho past ' Adojph.Krnuse, of Chicago, prcsldpnt .Jio;iiocIoty, ftmd a formal-aalutlon, fialllii tho President aifachnniplpn of permanent Tpeapp, ,.not,eaucr in mo f I K 1 1 t""jtl irVf i t ftp I tar I a "n , ; cuelty and miser?,' and expressing th'o,;bdllef.that tho people of tho United States aro "fortuuato In having- nt tiffs tlrno as their leador a man whoso words carry weight, not only with tho allies, but even with tho defeated nations.!' Ellmlnatlna Hun Problem. Paris, "In tho reorganization of tho recovered provinces thcro will bo dif ficulty in carrying out tho necessary elimination of tho German elements, which aro said to provall," says tho new mayor of Motz to a correspondent of tho Journul, "Wo hopo tho pouco conference will Inhu (his, into consideration, It Is iifeC'tMUfury (hut thorn ho the Htrlolgst Inquiry before nuturallzullon Is grunted," NAVY MAY CONTROL RADIOS i Acquisition nnd Operation of All Wire- less Station Proposed. Washington, D. 0. Pornianont rov eminent control of nil radio communl cation through acquisition and opera tlou by tho navy department of all shore wireless stnttouH in tho United States used for commercial purposes 1b planned by tho administration under u bill now before congress. Koprosohtatlvo Alexander, chairman ot tho houso merchant mnrlno com mittee, who Introduced tho measure In tho house, announced that hearings on tho bill will begin before hln committee December 12 and continue until nil Interests havo been given nn oppor tunity to bo heard. A similar bill In traduced In tho sonato by Chairman Fletcher of tho committee on com morco has been approved by President Wilson. Besides providing for tho acquisition and operation of tho stations by tho navy, tho bill directs that tho socro tary of tho navy shall no far oh may bo consistent with tho transaction of government business, opon radio sta Hons to general publlo business uudor regulations proscribed by him and shall fix tho rates for such service, Ho also shall establish special rates for tho handling ot press dispatches by transoceanic or other special sta tlons. Reasons why tho government re gards It as necessary for tho navy to oporato or control radio stations in this country arc given In a statement prepared by offlclats of tho navy de partment nnd mado public Monday by Representative Alexauder. MOVEMENT ON FOR RHINELAND REPUBLIC Berlin. Tho movement to withdraw from Germany and crento a soparato republic Is gaining ground rapidly In tho Ilhlnoland, nccording to reports from Cologne to tho Socialist Vor wacrts. Tho movement finds strong support on tho part of tho Clorlculs as a result of tho Prussian govern mont's announcement of Its intention to disestablish tho church. Herr Theodore Wolff declares In tho Tagblatt that all south Germany Is dissatisfied with conditions In Berlin nnd Is beginning to consider tho quos tlou of leaving tho capital to Its fato. Ho points out that tho reported ag grcsslon against tho custom border of Germany may havo fatal consequences In regard to tho provisioning of Berlin. Count Itovcntlow in tho Tagcs Zolt ung, takes tho same standpoint, do during that only a speedy preliminary peaco can provont a catastrophe. $31,000 In Bullion .Missing. Seattle, WaBh. Thlrty-ono thousand dollars In bullion that is said to havo been placed aboard tho steamship Ad mlral Watson at Anchorngo, Alaska, November 1, was missing wlion tho vessel arrived In Scnttlo several days ago, and search extending from An chorago to Seattle had failed to find any traco of It. Officials of tho Pacific Steamship company, while admitting tho possi bility of robbery, held out hopo that tho gold will bo found somowliero along tho coast, where It has probably been dropped by mlstako, though in quiry by cable nt all points has failed thus far to locato It. Mjercy Workers Go North. Juneau. yVHfx natives reported to bo dying by tno hundreds in various parts of 'tha' AIaska. const, nrrlval of a ertf,nft'"lif doctors' nW-mit-HOK from 'Seattle to fight .tkd'spanlsh Influenza epidemic has been hulled witli relief by tho territory. The mission Is in charge of Dr. Emll Krullsh, of tho public health service. Towns on tho wost coast .of Prince of WaloH Island and Kodlnk Island havo Buffered heavi ly in deaths resulting from Influenza. Jews Appeal to Nation. Wushlngton, D. C. A delegation of Itoumunlau Jews of America UHked Secretary Lansing Friday for Inter vention by tho United flUiloa In bolialf of Jews In Itoiimanlu. Thoy wild Itoumunlun .Town havo boon restricted In clvlo rluhtu for ninny youni nnd thoy now hopo In tho soolul reconstruc tion of Europe that their lot may ho Improved, STATE NEWS t IN BRIEF. J. I). Farroll, formerly president of tho Oregon-Washington Ball Itoad & Navigation company, now un official with tho railroad administration, has been appointed by Governor Withy combo uh member of tho state fair board. Tho publlo service commission will moot soon to docldo on a date for tho hearing of tho Increased rate ease of tho Paolflo Telephone & Telegraph company. It Is until either December It or 12 will bo not an tho time far tho hearing, which will ho held nt Port laud, A total of 1.1,O0O,00O In Insurance has been taken out by 1310 student inetnhorH of thu 8. A. T, O. nnd 20 of ficers at tho Oroiton Agricultural col lego. Every man Interviewed by Lieu tenant E. W. Hills, personnel adjutant, has taken out the muxlmkmi of 1 10,000 allowed by tho government. A largo amount has already been subscribed toward tho erection of a mouumont to tho memory of Baker county soldlor boys who died during tho world war. Tho monument will he constructed from native granite and placed at tho corner of Washington and Main street In Baker. A whirlwind came In from tho sea Wednesday und twisted Its way ucrons ono corner of Newport, tearing up ev erything In Us OOfoot-wldo path. The residence of Mm. Mario Chatterton was completely wrecked. A largo sec tion of the Hod and Gun Club hall was torn off and scattered In all directions. Threshing nj'achlnoH do not come under tho provisions of tho public util ity act, and the statutes, us they stand today, glvo no authority compelling a threshing machine owner to thresh all of tho wheat In a certain section. Thin Ih tho gist ot nn opinion by Attorney General Brown to C. C. Cnte, county agent for Jackson county, Harbor improvements to cost ap proximately $1,600,000 woro author ized by the Port of Astoria commis sion at its meeting recently. The projects Include construction of a dry dock of 1G.000 tons capacity and the creation of a third pier at the port dock, with a warehouse- equipped with modern cargo handling mnchlncry. Uudor tlib supervision of Assistant Statu Highway Engineer Clyde Grutro tho work of graveling tho John Day highway between Mayvlllo and Fossil has begun. Mr. Grutzo expects to complete this stretch of four or five miles by Christmas. Tho work will thou begin on a stretch of road be tween Thirty-mile bridge and Condon. Plans nro under way for tho forma tion of a new regiment of state mllltla and were presented to the members of tho Dallas homo gunrd company, Fri day, by n representative of tho adju tant general's office. Tho local guard consists of young men and tho Indi cations are that enough ot thorn will onllst in tho now organization to hold a company hero. Tho Pollf County Poultry associa tion has bcon revived nnd this year the annual exhibition will bo held at Independence during tho wook of tho corn show. An appeal has been sent out to fancy chicken raisers asking them to exhibit fliclr birds at tho show. Professor Brewster, of tho Ore gon Agricultural collage, will act an Judge ot tho exhibits. Sixty acres of what Ih known as the Cncklo place, near Independence, own ed by Bennett Bowers, has boon pur chased for tho state's model farm. Professor Scudder, of tho O. A. C, will oversee It. Tho purchase monoy was furnished by a Portland banking In stitution, which will retain titlo nnd should tho farm run behind financial ly, will stand good tho loss. Kocdnport, tho city of sawmills, cluluiH to havo received tho first com mercial lumbar order following tho closing of government, work In spruce, whlto cedar and fir linos. Tho order camo to tho C, McC, Johnson mill, which had boon operating hut a fow mnntliH. Tho mill Ih asked by a Seat tle lumber company to hurry out nn order of 2,000,000 foot of fir, to bo whipped by rail. HoldlorH nro advised to retain their government iusuranco policies aiid not allow them to lapse, In a statomont Issued by Insurance Commissioner Harvey WoIIh. "My advlco," suld Mr, Wells, "is (hut government Insurance bo continued for tho reason that many of (ho Iiojh will coino buck moro or Iohh physically Impaired and will find It Impossible ( obtain limurunutt In rugulur ooiupuiiloH,"