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WHSOtt LEAVES FUTURE OF- RAILROADS P
TO CONGRESS WHILE HE MMES PEM51
GOES ABROAD
PmWent Formally Announces His
Intention of Golna to EuropeNo
Private Thought or Purpose, but io
Rein Make Good What Americans
Fought to Secure.
WASHINGTON. Doe. 1. In mi nd
rlrcsH'to voiurrimK in jiiiul soaslnn lo
luv l'rtwiilunt Wilson formally nil
tHIIIIII'Ull his in t mi t ion to bo to I'urih
or tho punco conference, suvine the
nllicd uovornmcuts have accepted
pnnripluM enunciated liy him lor
pour and it is Iiih iiiiniinoiiiit duty to
be present.
Thu president Hiiiil liu will In; in
'!oho touch by calilo niul wirvtak
ii ml Hint ciinervxH will know till (lull
lie docs on tho oilier sido.
No lU'ntrlctlonn on News
Heforrinir to his announcement Hint
tlio KrciH'h mill Hritish uovornniciiN
lind removed nil restrictions upon the
tmnsmissiuii of news of thu eottlV
onco to Amorirfi. tho president uid
bff una taken over tho Ainerienn cu
bit; system on expert ndvieo ho iih
Uiaku n unified system nvuiluhle
lie expressed tho hniio (lint tc
would Imvo the co-operation of Hie
piiuiio unit or coiiL'reKH. snviiiir
til mill; h tho cables and wireless eon
Ht tint counsel mid ndvieo would lie
possible.
Much of tho nddress was devoted
to tho railroad problem, for which the
president said lie now had no solu
tion to offer. Ho roconitut'nded care
ful study liv contrross, Hiivimr it would
be a disservico to tho count rv nnd to
tho railroads to permit h return to
old conditioiiH under private innnncc
wont without uiodil'icnlionH.
ltcndy to Itotnrn Railroads
Tho president declured ho stood
rendv to relenHO tho railroadH from
anvoramcnt control whunover n snt
isfaetorv plun of readjustment could
bi worked out.
Thu president said ho hoped to boo
n formal declaration of pcaeo bv
trcntv "by tho tilno sprinc has
como,"
Tito new lliroe-vcnr nnvnl buildini;
program was endorsed because, tho
proHidcnt said, it would ho unwise to
attemtit to mliiiht Hie American pro
gram to a future world policy us vet
tindeturminnd.
Paying tributo lo tho peoples' con
duct in war, ho sooku particularly of
tho work of women and nirain appeal
for woman miff ratio bv federal
amendment.
flooit ns n Duty
Dcclarine ho had no "private
thought or purpoHo" in ttointr to
Franco, but that ho reirardcd it as his
highest duty, the prcHident added:
"It is now ntv dutv to plav my full
part in making cood what they
(Amoricn'H soldiers) offered thoir
lifo's blood to obtain."
No dol'inito prouram of reconstruc
tion, nan bo, outlined now, Mr. Wilson
wiid. Ho expressed tho hopo that
conirrosR 'would not ohoct to oon
forrinc; upon tlio war trade board or
somo other nirency tho riudtt of fixine
exttort priorities to nssuro shipment
of food to stnrvinir pooplo abroad.
As to taxation, tho president ' In
dorsed tho plan for lovyintf six bil
lion dollars in Jflll) nnd for notify
ing: tlio Dublin in advance that tho
1020 levy will bo four billion dollars.
SAILED TO COLORS
vSANTIAGO, Cliilo, Doe. i Tho
Chilean army reserves from tho dis
tricts of Inuinuo, Horonn, AntoCacns
ta, Tncnn nnd .('opiapo, who woro ro
leiiHod from sorvico in .11)17 and .10.18,
boon recalled lo tlio colors.
Tho naval commanders in all pans
of tho republic uro roiiorled to have
been culled to HunliiiKu for a naval
ooolomoo today,
CONGRESS TOLD
TO WORK OUT
RAIL PROBLEM
TO FULFILL
PRESIDENT
RAILROADS
READJUSTMENT
Cable and Wireless to Keen Conqress In Close Touch of News of Confer
ence Larger Navv Requested Asks Suffraqe for Women No Defi
nite Plan .of Reconstruction Can Be Outlined Now. but Hopes Conqress
Will Make Use of War Trade Board and Other eraanized Bodies
" Taxation Plans Endorsed Asks Co-operation of People and Congress,
WASHINGTON, Due. 2. The, pro-
aldunt until:
Gentlemen o( tho cohkiubh: '
Tho your thut him olupaod alnco 1
luat Htood hoforo you to fulfill my
coniitltutloisul duty to give tho con
gress from tlnio to tlmo Information
on tbo state of tho union, hiu boon
ao crowded with grout events, grout
processes nnd great roaulta that I
cannot hopo to iilvo you an adoiiuato
picture of Ita trnnaacllona or of tho
fiir-reuching chmiKoa which have
boon wrought In tho llfo of our na
tion nnd of tho world. You have
youraelvea witnessed tluwe iVnga. ua
1 huvo. It la too aoon to aaaeaa thorn;
nnd we who alund lu the mldat of
thorn mid uro pnri of them are leas
tuualltlud than men of nnothor goncr-
atlon will bo lo any what they mean
or even what they huvo boon. Hut
aomo urcat outatnndlag facta ore uti
inlatnknblo nnd conatltuto to a Heme
part of tlio public hualneaa with
which It Is our duty to deal. To state
th mn la to act tho atuito tor tho IcKla
litllvo nnd executive action which
must itrow out of them and which
wo huvo yet to shnpo and dotormlnu.
Troop Movement
A year ago wo'hnd font H.1,918
man ovornou8. Slnco then wo Imvo
aont 1.DS0.513, an avornito of 102,
542 each month, tho number In fact
rlalnft la May hint to 24.r,0til; In
Juno to 273.760; lu July to 307,182
nnd continuing to roach similar flg
urca In Aumtat nnd Septomber In
AuRitat 289,570 and In Septomber
207, tas. i.o audi movement of
troopa over took plncp hoforo, ncroBa
throo thousand mlloa of sen, followed
by ndoQuiito oqiilpmcnts and supplies,
and carried safely thru extraordinary
dnnKors of tittuck dmiKera which
woro allko atrungo and Infinitely dif
ficult lo guard agaliiBt. in nil tills
movctnont only 75S men woro lost
by onomy attacks 030 of whom
woro upon a Blnglo English trntiRport
which wns sunk noar tho Orkney Isl
ands. KupiMirted by Nation
1 need not tell you what lay buck
of this great movement of nioii nnd
material. It Is not Invidious to say
that hack of It lay a supporting or
ganization or tho Industries of tho
country nnd all Us productive activ
ities moro comploto, moro thoro In
tnothod nnd otfoctlvo In rosults, more
aplrltod nnd unanimous In tmrposo.
and effort than any other groat bol-'
llgoront had ever been nhlo to offoct.
Wo profited groatly by tho exporlenco
of tlio nations which had already
boon ongttRod for nearly three years
In tho exigent and exacting business,
thoir ovory resource and every exoctt
tlvo proficiency tnxod to the utmost.
Wo woro tho pupils. Hut we learned
quickly and acted with n promptness
and a rondlness of cooperation that
justify our great prldo that wo were
ablo to Borvo tho world with unpar
alleled onorgy nnd (illicit accomplish
ment.
High Quality of Army
But It la not tho physical scale and
executive efficiency of preparation,
Bttpply, oqttlpmont and despatch that
1 would dwoll upon, but the mottlo
and quality of tho otflcora and tho
men wo scltt over nnd of tho sailors
who kopt the sons, and tho spirit of
the nation that stood bohlnd thorn.
No soldlorB or sailors ever proved
themselves moro quickly ready for
the test of battle or acquitted thorn-
solves with more splondld courngo
and nchlovomont when. put to tho
tost. Those of tin who playod some
purt In dlrocting the great processes
by which the war was pushed Irroals
tlbly forward to tho final triumph
may now forget all tp t and delight
our thoughts with tl story of whut
MEDFORD,
HIGHEST DUTY
READY TO RELEASE
ENEVER PLAN OF
our mon did. Thoir officers undor-
Hlood I ho grim aad exacting task
they had undertaken and porformod
with audacity, efficiency and unhesi
tating courago thut touch the story
of convoy and battle with Impersonal
distinction at every turn, whether
tho ontorprlae woro grcnt or small
from their chiefs, Pcrahlng and Sims,
down to the youngest lieutenant;
and thoir men "were worthy of them
audi men as hardly need to be
commanded, and go to their torrlble
Bdvonture blithely and with the
quick Intelligence of those who know
Just what tt Is they would accom
plish. 1 am proud to be the follow
countryman of men of such Btuft and
valor.
Tlio Stuy-nt-IliimoH
Thojo of us who stayed at home
did our duty; the war could not have
boon won or the gallant men who
fought It given their opportunity to
win It otherwise but for many a long
day wo shall think oursolvos "ac
cura'd wo woro uot thoro, and bold
our mnnhoods cheap whllo any apeak
that fought" with these at St. Mihlol
or Thierry. Tho memory of those
days of triumphant bnttlo will go
with those fortunate men lo their
graves; nnd each will have his favor
ite memory. "Old mon forgot; yet
all shall be forgot, but he'll remem
ber with advantages what touts he
did that day."
What wo all thank God for with
doepest gratltudo Is that our men
went In force Into the lino of battle
Just at "tho critical momont when the
wholo fate" of the world socmed to
hang In the halanco and threw their
frosh strength Into the ranks of free,
(lorn in tlmo to turn tho whole tide
nnd sweep of tho fateful struggle
turn It once for all, so that hence
forth It was back, back, back for
thoir enemies, always back never
again forward. After that It was
only a scant four months before the
commanders of tho central empires
know tlieiimolvcs beaten; and now
their very empires are In liquidation.
Vnlty of Nation
And thruout It all how fine the
spirit of tho nation was; what unity
of purpose, what untrring zcult What
elevation of purposo ran thru all Its
splendid display of strength, Its un
tiring accomplishment. I hove said
that those of us who stayed at home
to do tho work of organization and
supply will always wish that we had
boon with tho mon whom wo sus
tained by our' labor; but wo can
never bo ashnmod. It has neon an
Inspiring thing to ho here In tho
midst of flno mon who had turnod
nBldo from every private Interest of
thoir own and dovotod the whole of
thoir trained capacity to the tnsks
thut Btipplled the sinews of the wholo
great unilortukim;.
Tho patriotism, tho unselfishness,
the thorogolng devotion nnd the ca
pacity that mnrkod thoir toilsome' la
bors, day after, day, month attor
monti, have made thorn fit mutes
and comrades of tho men In the
tronc.hos nnd on the sen. And not
tho mon here In Washington only
They have but directed the vact
achievement. Thruout Innumerable
factories, . upon' innumerable, farms,
In the tlopths of coal mines and Iron
mlnos nnd copper mines, whorever
tho stuffs of Industry were to ho ob
tained aad prepared, in tho ship
yards, on the railways, at tho docks,
on the soa, In every labor that was
needed to sustain, tho bnttlo lines,
men have vied with oaoh othor to do
their part nnd do It well. Thoy can
look any ma-nt-arms In tho face and
Bay, wo also strove to win and gave
tho best that was In us to make our
(Continued, op Pago Two.)
I
OUT
OREGON",, MONDAY, DECEMBEJS 2, 1918
FRAMING
14 '
ft' i.
1 -it
lfcro arc tlio men who framotl the
inlxllro tcniw were ilmftcd in tl(o
INI ' ii
hi " I tit
H-.-J9 .-- . -
crnl lttnilillant, Italian rordgn Minister Sonnino, Orlando, tho Italian premier, Colonel Kdward M. Honse,
Cenorul. Tnskrr II. IIIIkh, next a man
Horhlan mln Intel1, Vwnltch. On tho
Kir Henry WIlMiir,- VitAA Mnnttinl Hlr-
lihiyd George, tho I'Ycnch premier, G
14
BY
Government Expenses Reduced to
Seven Billions From 24 Billions
Principal Saving Is in Military Es
tablishmentAircraft Manufacture
to Be Continued On Smaller Scale.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 2. Cessn
lion of war will result in n reduction
of covernment expenses for the fis
cal venr 10J0. sturtintr next July X.
to $7.44;i,4f5.8:l8 from the $24.5119.
0011,000 nppropriutcd for the current
year, ncconlintr to tentative estimates
submitted to eontircss toduv bv See
rcturv McAdoo. trnnsniittiiur the re
ports of the vnrious depnTtmetns.
The principal reduction wns for
the military 'establishment, which esti
mates its needs at $1.!)22,0I)U,000 lu
1020 ns compared with the 12.274,
000.000 appropriated for this your.
.Hoforo the armistice it lmd been
figured that the armv nloni would
need more than $1!),000.000.000 for
1020.
Navy Estimates Increased
Tho navy's estimates For 1020 nro
$2,."i0;i.000,00ll as compared with $1.
'jill.OOO.OOO iipropriated for tho cur
rent year, mi increase of a billion dol
lars despite the tdosint! of the war.
Thoro is not him; to show what it was
estimated the navy would have needed
hud the war continued.
These estimates may be pared
down considerably when the actual
needs of the eovvrntnent in closintr
out war contracts become clearer.'
Includim; !r'."74,2;t7.0(!fl estimated
for fortifications, the total contem
plated outlay on the iirmv amounts
to $2,.07,000.000. A striking I'isrure
in the armv estimates is the $144,
1)43,000 tor air service production..
The npproprintiniis last vcur under
this Jcad were $700,000,000. H is
evident that tho war department Is
proposim; to continue construction
a n'd manufacture of aircraft. ,on a
fnirlv In rise scale. : i'
Practically nil estimates for va
rious navy, purposes show substan
tial increases over appropriations for
the rurrcnt venr. ' ,
Kdmond.ltostnnd Dead
v' PARIS, Deo. 2. (Hnvns). Ed
niond Rostand, the poet and play
wright, died this' afternoon. Ho. had
been Ul frpm grippe,
COUNTRY AV
BILLIONS
WARS
CESSATION
THE ARMISTICE TERMS AT VERSAILLES
' , ill i 'C
terms of Germany's anrrunCer, gro
, II ' ' '
- TtV: O'jT V .' JT M'-T.i, VJ
VorMailloa puluce. On tho left side of tho
whoso nanio Is not given and then the
right, from left to right, nro Admiral AVcmyss with hack turned. General
Doughw Ha iff, ; Gienil HnckviHo West, 'Andrew'" I10nnr"La-, Premier
corgos (.'lenienccnii nnd tlio French foreign minister, Stephen Pichon.
OF
Tfivnnv r. o Kino. v;,.l,.
olns of Srontenecro. has been
deiHised bv the Skupshtinn. the
Monteuecro national assembly.
nccordine to a messnee received "
hero from I'raeuc today.
The disnatch was sent from
Pmimp hi- tl.o fnh.SIni-alr
press bureau by way of Copen-
hngen. It snvs that the Skup- T
shtimt voted the deposition on "
Friday last and declared for a
union of .Alontenecro with Pccbia
under Kins f'cter. .
The Linilv of the kins; was in-
eluded ill the act of deposition.
AGAINST BY HUNS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. The war
department today Issued tho follow
ing statement based on a cable from
General Pershing dated November
29 and sent in reply to an inquiry
cabled by General March:
, "American prisoners released from
German prison camps complain ' of
poor and scanty food and bad hous
ing conditions. Only a small percen
tage of those who are sick are hospi
tal vases. The majority are suffer
ing from slight colds and the pros
pect Is that all, will recover rapidly
with proper food and bousing. There
is no evidence of discrimination
against the American prisoners.
, . "Among seven thousand prisoners
of all nationalities who have been re
leased there is no authenticated in
stance of brutality against the Amer
icans. "The majority of tho American
prisoners state that tho Gorman sol
diers also suffered food privations
but that in cases whore the supply of
food was Insufficient, food for the
prisoners was cut oft before that for
the. German soldiers."
.WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.--The food
administration's "conservation wook
for "world relief", cnmpaisin got into
full swing today over the cpimti'Vi
YANK PRISONERS
NO! DISCRIMINATED
I ' 'i-u '
WWm'i?k . -; -. '.' t "
uped about the table at which the nr.
table, from left to right, are Gen-
Greek premier. Vcnizelos and the
Mackerizen and Arnim Head Conspir
acy, Financed Bv Munition Makers,
to Bring Back Hohenzollerns and
Reinstate the Monarchy Many
Arrests Follow.
LONDON, December 2. A plot to
restore immediately imperialism and
tho return of Emperor William has
been discovered In Berlin, according
to a dispatch from Amsterdam to the
Express.
According to the dispatch, which
was filed at Amsterdam on Friday,
tho chief men behind the plot were
Field Marshal von Mackensen Gen
eral von Born and General Count
Sixt von Arnlm. Large sums of
money are said to have been placed
at the disposal of the leaders by munition-makers.
The plot collapsed owing to the
fact that a secret service agent over
heard a telephone conversation.
Many arrests have been made In
Berlin and other cities while the
government has long lists of suspects
who bad planned to seize members
of tho present government. ,-j
Hohenzollem's Connection
No direct evidence of William Ho
henzollem's connection with the plot
has been found, It is said, but it is
believed that the outline of the plan
was brought to Berlin by two of his
suite who recently went to the Ger
man capital for the ostensible pur
pose of taking the wife of the em
peror to Amorengen, Holland.
Lieut.. Dr. Gustav Krupp von Boh-
len is said to have been In control
of tho financial arrangements. Field
Marshal von Mackenson Is reported
to have attempted to Induce Field
Marshal von Hlndenburg to join but
the latter refused, saying that he in
tended to retire after the demobili
zation of the army.
Court in Sympathy
The whole Prussian court, it is
said, was In sympathy with the plot-
tors and it is said that Prince von
Buelow and Dr. Georg Mlchaells, for
mer imperial chancellor, had prom
ised to help. , The plan was to organ-
lze a provisional government under
Field MnrBhal von Mackenson i or
some military leader and then urge
WUHftm Hohonzollef ti (9 return,
PLOT TO RESTORE
EX-KAISER FOILED
BY GOVERNMENT
NO. 215
AUCANS
CROSS LINE
OF INLAND
General Dickman's Armv of Occupa
tion Enters Germany. Advancing 12 :
Miles in E'.emv Territory Rece.lv-:'
- ed in Silence by People Who Main
tain Studied Air of Indifference
Even the Band Fails to Jar Popula
tionSoldiers Watch Yanks.
AMERICAN ARMY OF OCCUPA
TION, Dec. 1 (By Associated Press)
No demonstrations, either friendly
or hostile, marked the entrance of
Major General Dickman's army, into -Germany
today. The frontier was
crossed early in the day and by night
fall the Americans had moved for
ward 12 miles, reaching Bagden on
the left and Saarholzbach on the
right. The line extended alonp the
Saar river and thru Saarburg and
Treves.
The reception given the Americans
differed from that encountered in
Luxemburg and parts of Belgium and
France. , There they were welcomed
as deliverers. The attitude of. the
population of Rhenish Prussia was
different. It was evident that even
the children had been schooled In the
role they must play.
Otllcers and men were not Bur
prised by the lack of display of flags
and the absence of the -cheering
crowds o which they had been ac
customed, but they did not expect
the calm silence.
Viewed in Silence ' -
On the Luxemburg, side of the Mo
selle river the streets of the villages
were filled with those out to Bay
good-bye to the departing troops or
by those who paused to or from
church. Across the Moselle ' the
streets of the villages were almost
deserted. Perhaps 85 per cent of the
population remained within their
homes and in a majority of cases the
blinds were drawn. Here and there
a German stood in the doorway
watching the troops pass and occa
sionally groups assembled at street
corners, but there were no signs of
either pleasure or disapproval.
Larger crowds "were encountered
in Treves, the largest place occupied
later in the day, but even there most
of the people maintained always a
studied air of indifference. ' So far
as possible the men In khaki were
Ignored. Once in a while the young
sters under six years of age were car
ried away by the excitement and dis
played enthusiasm over the march
ing troops, but their forgetfulness
was corrected promptly . by some
older person.
Brown Governor
Brigadier General Preston Brown,
tho, military governor for occupied
territory has established his head
quarters at Treves, which also has
been made advanced general head
quarters. ' General Pershing will spend part
of his time at Treves. Civil affairs
wilt be directed by Major General
Harry Smith.
The troops marched into the head
quarters town with bands playing,
but even the music nnd the presenco
of dozens of high ranking American
officers failed to jar the population
from its attitude of calm silence.
A curiouc feature of the situation
was the presence along the line of
march of large numbers of discharg
ed German soldiers, both officers and
men, still in full uniform. Along the
roads and in Treves these gray-clad
men moved In and out of the groups
of mon in khaki or stood on the sldo
walks watching the marching col
umns. At several places In the city
and in the country district, Germans,
nrmod with rifles were seen acting as
civilian guards.
The allied commissions which have
been in communication with tlio Ger
mans have notified the local author
ities both In Treves and In othor
places that whore the civilian author
ities are not troublosome and whore
they cooperate with the forces of oc
cupation, they will be permitted to
remain at their posts and will not be
disturbed except Insofar as It Is nec
essary for the carrying out of mili
tary measures, 1 . ,