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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1918
NO. 201
UNS
FOCH SENDS
VIOLATING
OF ARMISTICE
WAN
ID
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German Soldiers Destrovlnq and
Plllanlna Brussels and In Various
Points in Belflium 90 Killed in
Biotlna Hiqh Command Notified
Allies Will Act If Violations Are
Not Stooped Soldiers Reported to
Have: Mutinied.
LONDON, Nov. 14. German sol
diers are committing acts of violence
against inhabitants and are destroy-
tng and pillaging contrary to the
terms of the armistice, according to a
. French official wireless message re-
ceived here today.
The message which is from the
allied high command to the German
high command says that the allied
command expects the German com
mand to take measures to stop the
violations. If the acts Increase, it is
added, the allied command will tane
steps to end them.
The Germans are violating the ar
mistice at different points and espec
ially in Belgium and the region of
Brussels. Ninety persons have been
killed or injured in street fighting at
Brussels, the Belgian capital, accord
ing to an announcement made here
today.
Raise Red Flag . .
GHENT, Nor.'4: (By Associated
Press). Brussels has shake nitself
of the German yoke. German sol-
dlers themselveB are removing the
Shackles of the long suffering population.
The red flag floats over the head
quarters of the German commandant
and the officers have been disarmed.
General von Falkenhausen, the
German governor-general of Belgium
has resigned.
YANKS FREED
H
GERMAN
PRISON
GAMPS
2532 Americans Given Fredom on
Sinning of Armistice Include All
Captured to November I Aust
trians Release 40.000 Italians,
Among Whom Are Some Americans
PAIIIS Wednesday, Nov. 13.
(By Associated Press.) More than
2532 American prisoners in German
camps were released immediately by
the signing of the German armistice,
according to the latest figures pre
pared by the American Red Cross in
Switzerland.
This number includes all the Amer
icans captured to CCovember 1st. It
is estimated that only a few hundred
more Americans were captured after
that date.
Of the total number of prisoners to
be released 2380 are army men, 12
are from the navy and 140 are civil
ians. In the camps were 241 army
officers and 2139 non-commissioned
officers and privates, and three naval
officers and nine sailors.
A majority of the privates were at
Rastatt.
There were 117 at Giessen and 103
at Llmburg.
There were 103 officers at Vlllen
gen, 43 at Karlsruhe, 29 at Landshut
and 20 at Rastatt.
Soldiers Mutiny
GHENT, Tuesday, Nov. 12. Re
ports are current that German sol
diers in Brussels have mutinied and
are pillagjpg the city.
Belgian advance scouts are now
half way from Ghent to - Brussels.
Should reports of the mutiny be con
firmed, a flying column will be sent
to restore order at the Belgian cap
ital. . "
To Give- Up Nflvy
BERLIN, Nov. 14 (By Associated
Press.) The German light cruiser
Koenigsberg on November 13, at 1
p. m put to sea with plenipotentiar
ies of the workmen's and soldlers'J
council of the German fleet In order
to meet the representatives of the
British admiralty.
The chief of the high seas fores,
Admiral Hipper, Is taking part In the
negotiations as expert adviser for the
deliberations concerning the execu
tion of the naval conditions of the
armistice.
Admiral Hipper commanded the
German scout division in the battle
with the British grand fleet off Jut
land Mny 31, 1916. He also was In
command of the German squadron
which fought a battle with a British
Squadron under Admiral Sir David
Beatty off Helgoland in January,
1915.
E
S BY
PORTLAND, Nov. 14. By approx
imately 600 votes Judge A. S. Ben
nett of The Dalles, has been elected
justice of the supreme court to suc
ceed the late Judge Frank A. Moore,
according to official and Incomplete
unofficial returns from all the coun
ties of the state.
The figures from Grant county
alone are Incomplete and Including
them the returns from all counties
give Judge Bennett 12,43y; Judge
Coke 11.841; Conrad P. Olson 10,265
and Judge Campbell 6086.
Freed by Austrian
TRTEST, Wednesday, Nov. 13.
(By Associated Press). The Amen
lean Red Cross, working with the
Italian authorities, has succeeded In
gathering here sufficient food for
40,000 of the Italian prisoners now
pouring In here on their way home
from Austria. Among the released
prisoners are American, British and
French soldiers.
Improvement in the situation in
the Interior of Austria Is reported.
If Is reported that allied prisoners
everywhere are permitted to walk In
the streets in their own uniforms.
When they enter a public place the
people invariably rise and salute
them.
At the moment of departure from
the Internment camp some of the
Americans hoisted the Stars and
Stripes and the people cheered for
President Wilson. The prisoners ex
plained this changed attitude as re
action against Germany, all the Aus-
trlans considering that the Germans
were the cause of their disaster.
RELIEF EFFORTS
AWAIT ACTION
OF HUN FLEET
Problems Connected With Policing
and Provisioning of Central Pow
ers Depend Upon Immediate Disar
mament of German Warships to
Permit Freedom of Effort on Seas.
Here's Service Rendered --0
Our Fighting Men
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LONDON, Nov. 14 Problems con
nected with the policing and provis
ioning of Russia and the central
powers hinge primarily upon the im
mediate disarmament of the German
fleet, the Russian warships held by
the Germans and those under control
of the Ukrainian government in the
Black sea. Warships which are held
by the Bolshevists in the Finnish
Gulf must also be put out of com
mission. Without freedom of the movement
in the Black and Baltic seas, the en
tente powers and the United States
will have great difficulty In affording
economic relief to central Europe, as
well as Scandinavia. Consequently,
the attitude of the German navy
toward the armistice terms is watch
ed with eagerness by entente officials
who are anxious to prevent starvation
among the belligerents and restore
normal, social and economic condi
tions among the suffering millions.
Speedy Action Necessary
Speedy action is necessary for the
relief of regions adjacent to the Bal
tic Bea as many of its ports will he
Ice-bound within two months. The
United States and the entente powers
have shown no disposition to deal
with the Bolshevist government.
While Russia remains In the the con
Irol of the soviet, therefore, there
seems to. he little hope of feeding
Moscow, Potrograd and other large
cities there.
If the Russian Bolshevist move
ment against Finland should be suc
cessful, Finland would also be placed
temporarily beyond relief. Food con
ditions are more favorable in Ukraino
and in the Caucasus regions, where
there Is much grain store, and which
the peasants would probably sell.
Can Fowl Armenia
Georgia and Armenia can be fed
with comparative ease when the aV
lies are free to navigate the Black
sea. Germany Is supposed to have
about 250,000 troops in Ukraine and
in the Russian Baltic provinces.
well as 50,000 In Finland. , These
troops will remain until the entente
requests their withdrawal. Adequate
provisioning of them is of prime im
portance to prevent their disaffection
and possible alliance with the Rus
sian Bolshevists.
NOT SHOT; SAFE
SALEM, Ore., PCov. 14. Justice
Conrad P. Olson, of the supreme
court, Is ill at his apartments in the
home of Charles K. Spauldlng on
Court street. His .Illness appears to
he either Influenza or a nervous
breakdown. , f
WASHINGTON. Nov. 14. Official
information reached the statu depart
ment through neutral sources that the
Conner German crown prince has ar
rived in Holland and has been intern
ed. LONDON. Nov. 14 The former
German crown prince lias not been
shot, but is stavinir nt the residence
of governor Limboiirg at Maastricht,
the Dailv Express snvs it learns, lie
crossed the Dutch frontier uecoin
pnnicd bv a dozen intimate military
associates.
BASEL. Wednesday, Nov. 13.
The revolutionary movement is
spreading strongly in Knst Prussia.
A semi-official dispatch from Ilerlin
reports that Koenigsberg. Allenslein
Instcrbcrg. Gambinnen and Loetzen
arc in the hands of the revolutionists.
Governor Von Hntocki of I'osen. for
mer. German food minister, has put
himself nt the disposal of the revolu
tionists.
BASEL, Switzerland. Wednesday,
Nov. lit. The revolutionary trovcrn-
menls at Mnnhcim. Kastutt and Heid
elberg have summoned the Grand
Duke of Baden to abdicate.
AMSTERDAM. Nov. 4. German
troops who mutinied at Tleverlno
camp in Ilelginm, snvs the Handel
stilato, attacked another forco sup
porting the former emperor. This
force was defeated and fled to t lie
Dutch frontier where it was dis
armed,
MILAN, Nov. 14. A heating ap
paratus powerful enough to force
beat thru a pile of sand bags twelve
feet thick and to dry without scorch
ing the wall behind it is needed to
preserve one of the world's master
pieces, "The Last Supper" of LcOu
ardo da Vlncl which Is painted on the
wall of the church of Santa Maria
delle Grazlo here. The dampness
which accumulates in the sand neces-
sary as a protection from air raids Is
fast fading the colors of the picture,
already damaged by time.
The restoration necessary for
Leonardo's picture Is ununited to the
frescoes of Lulnl and ota?r masters
painted on the same wall. How to
give each set of masterpieces the
treatment required and still guard
against tho danger in the air Is the
problem. So tar the experts of the
Itulian ministry or fine arts liavo
been unablo to find a solution.
iW Viok Wf ft
Cofon and ilmmltnutM on tlio firlnir linn nrn tlm jmndiiltv nf tlin Snl-
vatifm lassies but each on of tho seven orjcunizntioiis you nro a-skctl to
help support rendoi's soino needed sorvico to tho boys in tho tmny, tit
homo niid abroad.
HOOVER 10 LEAVE
TO
FEED EUROPE
WASHINGTON. Nov. 14. Food ,
Administrator Hoovpr will sail lor
Europe on the White Star liner Olym
pic proboblv on Saturday, it was
learned at the food administration to
day. He goes at President Wilson's
-request to direct the work of feeding
the starving populations of war-torn
Europe.
Food Administrator Hoovor had a
final conference with senate leaders
today and told them legislation to
exiend the life of his organization,
limited to the declaration of peace,
will be unnecessary.
Many months must pass before
final peace is concluded and in the
meantime the food administration
will be closing up its task.
With the expiration of the food
control law, ho said, obligations of
the government, Including particular
ly tho guarantee for minimum prices
for 1919 wheat, still will be binding
and will be fulfilled.
Mr. Hoover plans to return to
America by Christmas. He said he
would study especially problems of
German provisioning, the important
question for decision being whether
this shall be done on a cash or credit
basis.
Altho Mr. Hoover did not ask for
extension of tho food control law,
several senators said It Is a question
for congress In view of possible rapid
iacrcase In prices at the expiration of
the law.
run miL
Field Marshal Notifies Armv That He
Remains to Lead Troops Home in
Order and Discipline New Ger
man Cabinet Composed Exclusively
of Socialists.
LONDON". Wednesday. Nov. 13.
Field Marshal von lllndonburg re
mains as head of the supreme Ger
man army command, according to
German wireless message received
here, which gives the text of the mes
sage he has sent to army comman
ders ordering them to lead their
troops home in order and discipline.
The order of the field marshal
reads:
"To all and especially the army
group under Field Marshal von Mac-
kenscn (In Roumania):
"I remain as hitherto the head of
tho supreme army command In order
to load tho troops home In order and
discipline I expect the command.
staffs, officers, non-cbmmlssloned
officers and men to continue to do
their duty. This is to bo mado known
to all the troops."
Yanks Cross German Border Foch
to Make Solmn Entries Into Strass
burn and Metz on Sunday in Pres
ence of Poincare and Clemenceau
Natives Wild With Reloiclnp
Hoot Leavlna Germans Great
Preparations Made.
WASHINGTON", Nov. 14. With
drawal of all voluntary censorship
requests under which American pub
lishers have been working since the
United SlateB wont to war was an
nounced today by George , Creel,
chairman of the committee on public
Information after conferences with
Secretaries Baker and Daniels.
Mr. Creel Issued this statement:
"It has been agreed that there is
no further necessity for the operation
cf the volunteer censorship under
which the preBS has guarded from
the enemy the military policies, plans
and troop movements of the United
States. The agreement may be con
sidered as no longer binding, and tho
card carrying the requests of the gov
ernment Is herewith cancelled.
"Tho secretary of war and the sec
retary of tho navy, and all others
concornod with the direction of
America's war efforts, Join In sincoro
acknowledgment of tho debt of grat
itude owing to the press of tho Unit
ed States for the honorable discharge
of a high responsibility. Without
forco of laws and no larger compul
sion than their own patriotism, the
overwhelming majority of newspa
pers have given unfultorod obedience
to every desire of tho government In
all matters of military secrecy, carry
ing thru successfully a tremendous
experiment in honor and trust."
Socialists Control
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 14. The
new Gorman government has been
organized with the following cabinet
mombors:
Premier and Interior and military
affairs: Friedrlch Ebert.
Foreign affairs: Hugo Haase. -
. Finance and colonies: Phllipp
Scheidemann. ,
Demobilization, transport, justice
and ht,a h: Wtlhelm Dlttmann.
Publicity, art and literature: Ilorr
Lnndsberg. ,
Social policy: Richard Darin. -
Announcement of tho mombors of
the new German government con
firms previous reports that the cnb-
lnot would be -composed entirely of
socialists. The majority socialists
who supported the Imperial govern
ment during the war are represented
by Ebert, Scheidemann and Lands
berg, while the independent socialists
are Haase, Dittman and Barth.
Who tho Ministers Aro
Ilorr Dittman was sentenced to
Imprisonment lust February In con
nection with labor troubles In Berlin.
Ho was released by the imporlal gov
ernment a few days beforo Its down
fall. Richard Barth formerly was
editor of the Socialist Vorwaerts and
is a member of the Spartacus or Bol
shevik element of the Independent
socialists. It was reported thru Co
penhagen under date of Monday that
ho had resigned from the government
after a stormy moetlng of tho cab
inet.
HIE BREAD BACK
10 LEAVE SERVICE
WASHINGTON. Nov. I I. Secre
tary Daniels announced todav that
men who lelt college to enter the nav
al service and who now desire to re
sume their college courses will be
permitted to resign from the service.
Such men. Mr. Daniels said, should
make application In Iheir command,
ing officers,
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. Wbilc
bread made entirely of wheiil Hour
went buck on the American table to
day nl'ter an absence of more than
nine mouths. Householders and bak
ers, beginning today, are permitted
to purchase wheat flour without sub-
slilules, (he food administration bav
ins withdrawn its restrictive regulations.
PARIS, Nov. 14. America troops
have crossed the German frontier to
ward Metz and Strossburg.
GENVA, Nov. 14 (Bv Associated
Press) Tho trrealcst enthusiasm
prevails in Alsace-Lorraine. Thou
sands of Qormans are leaving those
provinces. The German authorities
nro being booted bv tho crowds.
French and Americnn troops ore ex
pected iluilv. '
Heccptions on a Inure scale are bo
ins prepared for tho allied troops
under tho noses of thoQ crman offi
cials. ,
There nlso is iov in the Rhino
towns because oE cessation o allied
iir raids.
Foch. to F.ntcr Sunday
PARIS. Nov. 14. Marshal Foch.
commnndoiin-chief of the aUiedar
mies, will make solemn entries into
Strnssburir and Motz on Sundiiy in
the presence of President Poincaro
and Premie Clemenceau.
Tho cabinet todav considered auos-
tions concerning tho organization or
Alsnco-Lorraino under French occu
pancy. Throe limb " commissioners .
wcro appointed. Thcv nro Georges
Mnringor, coinniissioncr-scnorul of
national security for Strnssburir I
Albert Tirmnn, state councillor for
Mot, and Henry Poulet, stuto coun
cillor for t'olmar.
SHI
s
FLEF FROM PORTE
PA IMS, Nov. 14. Turks rending
in Switzerland are informed that Ta
Inal Padia. former grand vizier and
minister of finance, Knver Pasha,
former minister "f war, anil Diemal
Pasha, former minister of murine,
have lied from t'uiisliuilimiple. Tbev
are accused of embezzlement and oili
er crimes, according to advices re.
ceived here.
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CONTROL STEEL
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. Tho
steel commltteo of tho Amerlcun Iron
and Steol Instltuto In a conforonce
today asked tho war Industries board
to contlnuo supervision of tho Indus
try for a tlmo while readjustments
Incident to the stoppago of tho war
are completed.
Tho steel commltteo met with the
war Industries board to consider tho
steel situation with rclutlon to read
justment of the Industry ns the coun.
try changes to a pcuco bnsls.
Steel Administrator Heploglo has
recolved tho estimates of the French
and Itulian governmeilts of the stool
required for reconstruction In those
countries amounting to many mil
Hons of tons.
SEATTLE, Nov. 14. Tho Seattlo
Metal Trades Council, composed
mainly ot shipyard workers, has con-
currod in an appeal to bo taken by
tho Pacific Coast. Metal TradoB Couu
ell from an award mado recently by a
federal wage commission known as
the Macy board. The .awards were
not high enough, the local body has
decldod,
Announcement was mado today
that tho Seattlo council will suggoHt
to tho coast organization, ponding
the outcome of tho appeal, a strike
vote be tnken. Should the appeal bo
fruitless and should the strike vote
carry, the strike, according to the
local workers plans, would start Do-
cembor 8.
WILL OF MrlS. SAGE
LEAVES BROTHER 8 MILLIONS
NKW YOKK. Nov. 11. The will
of Mrs. Mnri!iircl Olivia Sage, who
was Ibe widow ol' Russell Suite, was
filed for pi-nbale todav, disposing ol
nil estate valued at aboiil $."ill.lllllt.Olin.
Ol Ibis. K.mH.imi is lieiiueathed to
her brother, Joseph Slocuiq,
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Prisoners Arrive
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
RANCH. Nov. 14.'--(Bv Associated
'ressl The advance guard of sever
al hundred Russian, Polish and Ital
ian soldiers, freed bv the Germans In
Lorraine, reached tho Americnn lines
tho region of St. Hilairo today.
The first group numbered 45.
Thcv said thcv wcro released sev
eral days ago, the Germans tolling
them lo slart I or the American lines
immediately. Tho released prisoners
frcro utliral principally in German nn-
forms. Thcv expressed tho opinion
that tlio Germans had set them frco
so ns to bo rid of them during pre
parations for moving northward.
Tho men were taken in hnnd bv
Americnn officers and given addition
a! clothing and plenty of food.
VOTE ON STRIKE PRUSSIAN CROWN
BY
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. Remov
al of restrictions upon highway Im
provement was announced today by
the United States highway council.
No further applications for approval
of projects will bo rouulrod and pre
vious disapprovals aro revoked. The
council pointed out, howevor, that Its
action did not affect highway bond
Issues, which still must bo passed
upon by the capital Issues committee
of the treasury,
LONDON, Nov. 1L The property
of the Prussian crown will bo con
fiscated, ijccordintf to a German wire
less message received hero todav.
According lo a proclamation issued
b'v tlio new Prussian government tlio
entailed property of tho Prussian
crown will be placed under tlio admin
istration of tho ministry of finnnco.
Tho property which is not entailed
but which is personal lo tho former
king und his family will not bo nffoct
cd. '
T1ASKL. Wednesday. Nov. 13.
Reports that tho former Gcrmnri
crown princo is with nis lamer in
Holland lire denied bv a dispatch
from Merlin bearing Tucsdny's ditto.
The dispatch stales Hint he is with his
troops at tlio front.
COPENIIAGKN. Wednesday. Nov.
in. Onccn Wilhelniina of TTolland.
neconling to tlio Frankfort Gazette,
wished lo extend hospitality to tho
former German emperor while ho re
mnincd in Hjillund. However, tho
newspaper ndds, as Holland ilself
fears the coming davs, it was found
desirable Hint William Hohcuzollorn
should live as a privato iptHyidwal. .
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