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5sy WEATHER Maximum Yestcrday,-46.3; Miiii.mun Today, 84. FORECAST Tonight and Tomorrow, Rain. M EDFORD Mailt REBUNE Forty-Eighth Tear. Dally Thirteenth Tw. MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1918 NO. 199 Y APPEAL P S TO WILSON FOR FOOD E CONFERENCE ASKED SQLF SEEKS HELP FROM PRESIDENT German Secretary States That Fam ine Impends and Reauests Inter vention of President With Allies to Relieve Armistice Conditions Also Asks That Conference Be Called tat Once. So as to Conclude a pre liminary Peace. LONDON. Nov. . (Dv The As sociuted Press.) Germany has re quested llio president of the United Stales, according to a German wire less message from Berlin, to arrange immediately for the opening of pence negotiations, there being a pressing dancer of famine. The message was sent by Foreign Secretary Solf to Secretary of State Lansing. It adds: "The armistice beinir concluded, the government requests the presi dent of the United States to arrange for the opening of peace negotiations. "For the purpose of their accelera tion, the .German irovernment pro poses first of nil to take into view the conclusion of a preliminary peace and nsks for a communication as to what place and at what time the negotia tions might begin. "As there is a pressing danger of famine the German government is particularly anxious for the negoti ations to begin immediately." WASHINGTON, Nov. 12. The ap peal of Dr. Solf, foreign secretary at Iterlin for intervention bv President Wilson for mitigation of the armistice MYSTERY VEILS AMERICANS END DESTINATION OF WAR BY TAKING FORMER KAISER TOWN OF STENAY Innlorious Entry Into Holland Bcl qian Refuaees Shout Assassin at William Hohenzollern Erstwhile Martial Fiaure Humbled and Bent. With Eves Starina Straight Ahead. LONDON. Nov. 12. William Ho henzollern. the former German emper or, arrived Sunday at Count Rent inek's chateau of Middnchten at Yelp, near Ariihem, according to a dispatch to the Daily Express daled Sunday at felp. An Amsterdam dispatch to the Daily Express dated Sunday says that the former German empress is ill at Potsdam, near Iterlin, and that the former crown princess is ut her bedside. Occupies Chateau The dispatch from Yelp says that an automobile contain:: two members of tbe German court arrived first and notified Count llentinck of the ap proach of the former emperor. The second ear brought baggage, while the third, with its blinds down, rived in the evening. From it the former emperor and two equnrries, all in vivilian clothes, alighted. No one in the village of Vein, which DEUTSCILLAND UBER HOHENZOLLERN! Welcomed as Deliverers bv Popula tionNews of Armistice Spread bv Siqnal Corps German Ruthless ness Still Rampant on Sunday When Town Is Deluded With Gas. WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES OX THE MEUSH AND .MOSELLE, Monday, Nov. 11. (By Associated Press.) The last French town to fall Into American hands before the armistice went into effect was Stenay. A quarter of an hour before 11 o'clock American troops rushed thru the town and in a few minutes allied flags were beginning to appear from the windows. As the church bell sol emnly tolled tie Hour of eleven, troops from the 90th division were pouring into the town. Only a line of camp fires marks the front tonight. Except for the runiole of thousands of trucks and other noises incident to the stirring of enormous armies, there Is not a sound to indicate that two great forces are still facing each other. The greater part of the 800 per sons still remaining In Stenay were In their cellars, fearfully awaiting the .bombardment which they believ ed would surely come, as the Amer icans entered Stenay. Those few who adorns the chateau, was . aware of hw gr6etell ,,, Americallg with tears In urriva . i no luiiuer vm-uimui nm-i IW GERMAN GOVERNMENTTO BE CIALIS I Ministry to Be All Red, With No Bour- qeoise Parties Given Representa tionRevolutionary ...Movement Constantly Spreadina More Dis tricts Comina Into Soviet Control. YANKS KEPI IN TRAIt NAVY-10 POLICE FOREIGN HERS FOR THE ALLIES HUN NAVY 1 RISK SEA FIGH I occupies the ten wine oi inc cnaicun. The dispatch adds that his wile will probably be permitted to join him there. Mystery in .Movements AMSTKUDAM, Monday. Sow 11. A e.reut invsterv still is being made f tbe destination in Midland ot W il- terms to save Germany from starva- J liam llolieiiy.ollcrn. the former Gcr- tion, was delivered to Secretary Lan sing today bv .Minister Sulzcr of Switzerland. It was sent immediate ly to the president. WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 The ap peal of Dr. Solf. foreign secretary at Berlin, for intervention bv Presi dent Wilson to mitigate the "fearful conditions" of the armistice, which lie says threatens starvation and ruin in Germany, had not reached Wash ington todav, in official form. The text of the .message as picked up last night bv wireless, however, was he fore the president and it may be given immediate consideration. Officials sitv Dr. Solf is needlessly alarmed. While evcrv stipulation of the armistice terms- must be kept in force to prevent the possibility of treachery, such rollinir slock and ships as ninv he necessary to provide food and other essentials will be put into use in Germany and on the seas. In view of the situation in Ger many, where outside aid may be nec essary to prevent anarchy, it is pos sible that the president mnv sec fit to take up with t ho allied govern ments the question of giving some kind of reassurance to the humane purposes of the associated powers. Anions other thiiiirs, it is under stood, the plan is to put the German merchant marine into service, us soon as possible, niter the problem created bv the naval revolt is cleared up, and such vessels necessary will be em ployed for sending supplies through German ports. Due precautions will be taken of course, to see that their supplies arc mail emperor. I nice qinercni coun try scuts of the Pcntinek family now arc mentioned as his temporary abode. The former German emperor made an innlorious entry into Holland, ac cording to reports from Kvsdcn. At 7::ill o'clock Sundav morning ten travel-stained automobiles driven by Prussian officers were seen coming slowlv throi!jh the foe: along the Yise-Mun.-lriclii high road. The last Hcleian village. Moulaiid. was still asleep. The noise of the motors brought out n crowd of curious vil lagers. In General s I inform The former rulei- of Germany was dressed in the uiiliorm of a general with an officer's cap and curried n sword. The erstwhile martial figure was huddled and bent on a walking stick, while his eves stared straight ahead. The Diilcb frontier guards stopped the cortege. Alter some brief for malities the automobiles were eon ducted to the railway station at Evsden. Dutch cavalry and military cyclists formed a cordon about the Motion. Crowds of Belgian refugees swarmed around (lie station, crvimr: "Alms (luillauinc! A assin!" An imperial train arrived at the station an hour later. It consisted of four teen ears and William Ilohriizollcrn. who had walked up ami down the platform, entered the train and changed to civilian clothes. their eves. With trembling hands they offered coffee and bread to their deliverers. The town Is not badly damaged by shell fire but, according to the re maining Inhabitants, has been plun dered of nearly everything of value. Ijist Hours of I tat tie Signal corps wires, telephones nnd runners were used in carrying the or ders. Apparently the Germans also had been eiiuallv diligent in "Ctting the or ders to their front line. The duv began with less firing nnd doubtless the fighting would have ended according to plan had there not been a sharp resuniptftm on the part of the German batteries. The Ameri cans looked upon this as wantonly useless. It was then that orders .vere sent to the battery commanders for increased fire. German rulhlcssiicss was still ram pant Sunday. Six hundred aged ineu and women and children were in Mo zav when the Germans attacked it with lias. There was only a small detachment of American troops there and the town no longer was of strn tegieol value. However, it was made the direct target of shells filled with phosgene. The enciiiv hurled them into the town until every street reeked with uus.- (icrinnn Itllthlcssness Not contented Willi this (ho Ger mans again drenched the place with gas lust nii:ht, even while thev were eviictiatint' Stenay, a few miles to the norlh. Prompt work bv the Atneri can-, saved most of the eivihans from PAIIIS, Nov. 12. The new Ger- WASHINGTON. Nov. 12 An im- man government, It appears, consld-1 nortanl part in the proposed al'ter- ered the armistice conditions at a sitting lnte on Sunday at Herlln. Hav ing decided to accept them, It tele phoned instructions from Uerlln to Spn, German hendquartors author izing the delegates to affix their sig natures to tbo agreement. The courier who was waiting at Rpa left Immediately for the lines atnd crossed thorn without Incident north of C'himay. He reached the chateau do Francfort,at about 2 o'clock In the morning and found the German plenipotentiaries waiting. They ashed, after they had read their instructions, to Hee Marshal Foch who was In medal train on a switch near the chateau. Marshal Koch, with Admiral Sir ftosslyn Weinyss, first lord of the Hrltlsh navy received them. A dis cussion which is described by the Temps correspondent as being "rath er long" look place upon certain clauses, particularly that concerning the maintenance of the blockade. The German delegates signed the docu ment at 5 o'clock. Premier Clemenceau, receiving correspondents today, said on the question of the blockade: "The German plenipotentiaries In sisted, above all, upon the question of food. We will malnluln, It Is well understood, the blockade during the term of tlio armistice. Neverthe. less us tbe situation In Germany and Austria Is desperate, wo will do everything possible to feci! them that we can In fairness to ourselves. It is tho question of transport which dom tbe-wiir international policing of the seas is expected to fall lo the Ameri- nn navy, l or that reason. II was learned todav. there is no prospect of any reduction in the present naval strength, and Hie administration in stead plans o press urgently for the nnssage of the additional three-year building program. Because (he country has been less hnrd hit by the war than Hie great Kiiropcnn powers, it mnv assume n liproportionate share of the sea po lice work for a time at least. Secretary Daniels said tmlnv it is his desire to keep the building pro gram moving forward so rapidly there be no doubt of the ability of the 1'iiitcd States to furnish its full quo in of naval power when the time comes. I nil German submarines nnd other war cratt designated m the nnnistiec terms have been surrendered nnd the ivtiiiiindcr of the cnemv's naval forces l.'surincd. Secretary Daniels said to- Ijiv, the American navy will in no wsiv relax its vigilance. The navv department hud not been nfficiulv notified early todav of the sfiitialinn as to the German licet, said lo be under control of revolutionary omniiltccs. Officer here can see no serious threat of a renewal of hostilities be- llllse thev believe thev crews of the Gorman ships realize the utter hope lessness of tiieir situation if thev at tempt defiance. Not Wanted by Dutch Dispatches dater Monday in Am tcrnidam reported that the former devoted to the purposes for which ! German emperor is lo be interned and thev nre intended. President Wilson also quoted the llandcNglml as suv- hns nlreadv instructed Food Admin istrator Hoover to proceed to Enroiw nnd represent the United States in dealing with the situation which will include the enre of the German popu lace ns well as the victims of Ihc war in France nnd Helgiiim. serious cull sco lie n ces. Po.irlv elml ii ml showing plainly Inates all tlieso problems.1 evidences of malnutrition, the in habitants irowded about the Ameri cans, kissing their hands and hailing them as deliverers. Thev virtually I had bci n prisoners of war for four yen rs. The little children between G aid 1(1 years spoke German nltertuit.'iv with l-rrii' h. It was the first tune thev hud. seen Americans, and thev showed plainly their nmazetiiclit. By 2,000 MAJORITY ST. PAl'L, Minn., Nor. 12. Offlc lal and unofficial returns from every county In Minnesota Indicate that state-wide prohibition was adopted at the recent election by a majority of about 2000 votes. ing he was nut wented in Holland. Another di-patch said (hat officials j ot t lie miteii government and tue iicr man minister at Tbe Hague had gone to 1'vsden to meet the German exiles. AMSTKUDAM, Nov. 12. A sol diers' council has been formed at the front and will sulmilt Its demands to Field Marshal von Illndenburg to morrow, says a Wolff bureau dis patch from German general headquarters. M 75 PERCENT NO MORECOFFICERS' 10 BE TRAINED WASHINGTON', Nov. 12. Treas ury advisers today recommended lo Secretary McAdno that war risk In surance rates on hulls, cargoes and seamen's lives be reduced 75 per cen t. This means that rates on ships and their cargoes thru tbo former war zone will be reduced from two to one-half of one percent, with other rntes cut accordingly. Secretary Mc- Adoo Is expected to upproto the sug gestion Immediately. WASHINGTON, Nov. 12. Orders went out today to the heads or an military departments to discontinue at once Gin acceptance of applli utlons for ndtnh-'sloii to the central officers' training ramps. No derision has been reached regarding tbe classes now In progress at these rumps but It was Intimated here that Hie stu dents would bo permitted to complete the course. Cancellation nf oil draft calls yes terday practically has nullified the famous work or fight order promul gated last summer. The work or fight order falls by reason of the fart that tbo only penally attached was that of being placed In class one, A BALE ON PEACE XKW YOltK, Nov. 12. Cotton dropped $10 a bale 111 the ninrket here today. Traders seemed unuble to Interpret tbe peace situation In Its relation to tbe staple. The recession of 200 points for the January option was tile maximum movement permit ted hy n rule adopted October K, by the board ot malingers of tho Cotton Lxchaimo designated to prevent ex cersivo fluctuations during any one (lay's trading. AMSTERDAM. .Monday. Xov. 11. German Socialists and Independent Socialists have reached nn agreement to form a joint cabinet from both par ties the Wolff bureau reports. This cabinet, it is said, consists of Pllilipp Sehcidemnnn. vice president of the reichstng. llerr Lnndsbiirg. member of the reichstng. and llerr Geiterl. So cialist, nnd Hugo llunse, Kieliard Hiirth, editor of the orwnerts nnd Wilhelm liittmiinn, member of the reichstng, indeiitmdents. Government AH ltml COPENHAGEN. Monday. Nov. 11. Germany's new provisional govern ment will be nil red, that is to snv the llourgeoise parlies will not be rep resented in it. This will not be bci cause of their unwillingness to par ticipate, but becnuso the Socinlists dofinilelv refused to permit the Pour. geouise to enter the new government. The plan is to give the independent Socialists the vice chancellorship and two other secretarial positions There are indications, however that independents will ilciiiaud more, Support Kroin Press AMSTKUDAM. Monday. Nov. 11. An agreement lias been reached be tween tho Socialists and independent Socialist parties in Geriuiinv nnd the new regime seems to have secured ample support from I ho press. In addition to the Wolff bureau tho So- ialists are now represented by three newspnpers. Hie Vorwaerts, the Uo kal Anzoiger. formerly the emperor's favorite newspaper, and now rcn- cbristcued the "lied Flag " and the former semi-official organ, the Ger man Gazette, which has taken the new title of "The International. The revolutionary movement is con tinually spreading. Uocnigsbcrg. Frankfortt-on-Miiiii and Strassbiirg are now controlled bv the Soviets. It is officially reported that there nre no disorders. The statement issued bv Hie Herhn soldiers nnd workers' council savs all public services have been placed under the control of the council and that all the leading offices are being tilled bv the comrades. The admin istration it adds, is relaincd, "but its leaders are inspired wilh the new spirit of liberty." The foundation of tbe new German republic was proclaimed bv Pllilipp Scheidemann from the steps of the reichstng building. PEACE CONFERENCE LIKELY TO BE HELD Mutinous Sailors in Control of Ger man Navv Threaten Battle Rather Than Submit to Terms of Armis ticeWireless Calls Indicate Re sistanceMomentum of Revolution Increases France Had Been of Invaders Before Armistice Siqned INFLUENZA BAN LIFTED Al VAMCOUVtK. WASH VANCorVEII. Wash.. Nov. P- llcullll mitlliirillcs here lilted the hun toduv on publie gatherings of all sorts, due to decrease ill eases ot' Spanish ml biciin. The quarantine of the Vancouver barracks was lifted lust night mid several thousand sol dices, alter having ebaleil all day at their inability lo ioiu in the gcncriil iolbl icatioii. look part in the evening deijiiiiintiatiuii on the streets, h s BY ASSOCIATED PRESS, Nov. 12 Mutinous sailors who are In con trol of most of the units ot Germany's navy may, even at this late date, risk battle against the allied fleets rather than surrender their vessels linden the terms of the armistice. Wlrelesa messages to the vrrtous units have been picked up, calling upon the sailors "to defend tho country against this unhenrd ot presumption." Tho mossage directed that the units as semble in Snssnltz harbor on the east of the Island otRucgen, off the Prus, slan coast. Allied warships heve entered tho Dardanelles nnd British naval forces have occupied Alcxandrotta. Itovnliitlon Increases Field Marshal von Illndenburg', who was reported to hnvo fled to Hol land with his royal mastor, has Join ed the revolutionary forces. He has asked the soldiers and workmen's council to send delegates at once to main headquarters. Everywhere In Gormnny the mo mentum of the revolution which, swont the old regime out of power seems to be increasing. There are evidences of friction be tween the military authorities and the Boldlers' and workmen's council in ninny towns In northern Germany, the authority of the hitter being questioned. It is reported that civil administrations have been provision ally organized where there Is any danger of a conflict between parties. Allied I tal I te. Lino When the last shot was fired the allied battle line from the Dutch bor der to Switzerland was approximately; ns follows: The frontier of Holland north ot Solzaete to Ghent to east ot Audon ardo to Grammont to east of Mons to east of Mnuheuge and thence east of tho Franco-Belgian border to north of Itocrol. Thenco the line wns along the Mouse from the Mezleres to Sedan and across the river In tho region of Stenay. Then southeast ward of Pont-a-Mousson. The line then paralleled tho Lorraine frontier to west of Marklrch where It entered, Alsace, whence it ran southward to Switzerland on a line about twenty, miles west ot tho llhlno. France hnd been entirely clonred of the Invudors except for the nnrrow strip ot territory from the Meuse to. Alsace. WASHINGTON, Nov. 12. Indica tions are that the United Slates gov ernment will bo represented at the forthcoming peaco conference by at least half a dozen prlnclpuls, with a numerous body of secretaries, coun selors, translators anil clerks, and It Is assumed that even the smallest ot tho nations which will participate will seek to make a show In point of number of delegates. This fact may Involve the transac tion ot most of the business of the conference by selected commltteos which will represent In Ihelr compo sition every element and whoso re ports will come before the full con ferenco for ratification. While It has been urged that tho conference gather in somo historic spot in France, objection may lie ugalnst that proposition based gen erully on the accepted view that such meetings Hhniild be held at n point where they can be qulto free from the charge of any local influence. OF ALASKA RAILROAD SEATTLE. Wash.. Sow 12. E. 0. Mcl'orinick, San Francisco, vice pres ident of the Southern Pneifie railway company, nnd other members of n federal commission, have returned from Alaska, where thev were sent bv Secretary of the Interior Frank lin K. I.ane to studv tho resources of the territory, especially alone tho line of Hie Scwnrd-Fairbanks govern ment railroad. Mr. Mcl'orinick said he found rap id construction progress mado on tho mail, especially in the eon! regions. A forinul report dealing with the coat possibilities is to be made to the sou-' returv. CROWN PRINCE RUPPRECHT OF BAVARIA IN FLIGHT THE TIACU'K." Nov. 11. Crown Prince Huppreclit of Havana, com niutiilcr of tbe German northern nrniv group, and his stuff biive fled from l.iege, where Hie Garrison bus revolt ed, according lo Hie IIcIkuui news paper, l.es Nuuvelk'a, , , ,