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Btcm Historical 800 X Public Auditorium WTJATIIEn Muxiimmi Ywjtei-duy, 45; Minimum Today, 21. POnKCAST Toniglit and Tomorrow: UiiHctllcd, ProbaWy Kani. Medford Mail Tribune' forty-ljlith Tmi, MEDFORD, OREGON, "WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1918 vaiir mines! Dili Tear. NO. 217 iPReSIDENT-Wll t IOPARTICIP CONVOYED BY DREADNAUGHT EXECUTIVE AND TRANSPORT GEORGE WASHINGTON Squadrons and Airplanes Plav About Steamer While Band Plays Martial ' Airs and All Harbor Craft Dig Flaps and Toot Whistles as President Leaves on Unprecedented Voyage Quintet of Destroyers Guard Ves sel Returning Soldiers Cheer President as Their Ships Pass Many Notable Persons Amono Passengers. tNKW YOIIK. Doc. 4. Woodrow Wilson, president o: ihs I'nlli'il Btatoa, sailed toilny lor Europe to partlclputo n una of tlvo representa tives, of ths United Btatos to the penco conferenco to bo held In Kranco. Tho transport George W'nnh Inicton not under wny nt 10:15 a. in. Tho problem's parly Included two othor members ot tho Amorlcan dole nntlon, Hocrulary of Htnlo Itolinrt InitliiK and Hunry Whltu, fonnnr mhnnHnilor to Kruuco and Italy. Cplouol K, ' M. Home and Uonoral Taakor II. Miss, tlio othor two mom tiom are already In Europe Aa tho Oeorgo Washington swung out Into tho North river on a voynito unprecedented In Amorlcan history, President and Mra. Wilson stood on tho fly Iiik bridge,- tho highest point to which piiunatiKun) could climb. An army linnd on tho shoro plnyod "Ovor Thorn." Vrmlik-ntlnl Salute Ah tho kitr limr straightened her vonrno tho presidential solute of V.' uns thundered 1'ruin tho IriiiiHiinrl'H KlIOM. A tho fleet f-turtOcl down tho bnv a squadron of airplanes dropped from tho clouds and executed n series of during loops ubovo llio president's nil in. Tho liner and its onnvov steamed toward tho sou with tho (Iconic , Washington's bund playing mnrlinl nirs nnd with harbor craft of all types, including innhv allied morcluint ships, dipping flngs nnd tooling whistles in Hiiltito to tho departing rlurf oxociitivo. Off Klatcn Island tlio George Washington met ilH ocean convov tho drondiiuuglit Pennsylvania nnd n quintet of destroyers, trim in now vonlH of battleship urn v. Convoyed by Drcndnnught , Tho presidential fleet pnsscd qimr , untiuo at 11 o'clock, tlio Pennsvlvn nin loading nnd tho di'Hlrovcrs deploy cd on cither Hide nnd in tho wnko of tho transport. Gunboats in tho lower bnv fired salvos in salulo. Ah tho Himadron steamed out (o nciv a single nirplnno. traveling only fiO foot above tho water, could bo seen lending the wuv toward tho custom horizon. Across tlio watvrs of tlio Hudson, lust ns tho Gcoruo Wnsliincton wns about to sail, there camo tho roaring cheers of moro than 2000 American soldiers returning to American shores on tho British transport Lapland. From crowded rigging, from densely packed rails, a (id from ovorv port hole, tho homo coming fighting men shouted greetings to thu president; and from tho decks ,of tho presiden tial liner nnd the destroyers guarding lior, niisworiiig cheers enmo buck.. Tumulty Joft Homo A wireless telogrnm Is cxpootcfl to bo roceivod bv tho president Into todav from Socrolurv of tlio Treasury McAdno announcing tho acceptance or rejection ol! tlio treasury score. taryshii) by tho man to whom it has been ol'l'ered. Ho is believed to bo Hoproseiilnlivo Carter Glass of Vir ginia, and his decision 1h oxpootort to bo mndo known nt Washington (luring tho day. With tho transport's dennrturo to- s ALASKA ELECTION WASHINGTON, Don, 4. .Tamos WIckorBhnm; ropubllenn, was olectod Alnskun delegnto In 11)16 .by a plur ality of 47 votes ovor Charles A. Bul ger, domocrat, tho hotiso eloctlons committee formally raportad today In deciding the olaotton content. Mr. Sulzer obtnlnod a cerllflcnte ot elec tion after court litigation In 1D17 and s'npo fien hps oeoupled, iho soot, PARTY SAIL ON day it wos disclosed Unit Secrotiirv Tumulty had been verv anxious to ac company the president, but vielded to tlio wishes of the president, who believed that Mr. Tumulty's preseenco was nedced in Washington. After llin president stepped nlionrd, tlio ship was virtunllv sealed, even uriuv officers of high rank beinb bur red. (Icnrgo Creel, who did not go aboard at the time the president did, found ilil'ficultv in later joining the peneo party. Ho was obliged to ex ert official pressure in order to be nlowed to go abroad. Noted Men Alsuird Tito Clcorgo Washington carries many noted persons on this vovago. Ilesides the peneo delegates tliev in clude Hear Admiral 11. S. Knapp and Captain William V. l'rutt, who will report to Ailmirnl lleasoii. niiviil rep resentalive, now with Colonel House on the pence mission, ns tho admiral's assistants: lioar Admiral Carv T. (Inivson. the president's phvslciuii; Oeorgo Creel, chairman of the com mittee of public information: Clilhertj Close, confidential clerk lo the presi- j dent; ltrig. lien. W. 11. Harts, former aide lo the nresident. who will com-1 maud tho militarv aides nnd messen gers at the conference: Brig. Gen. Churchill, chief of military intelli gence division: iiaymond I). Kosdick. chairman of the commission on train ing camp uetvities. who will direct welfiiro work for the wur department among American soldiers in France, nnd 3 members of tho peaeo informa tion eommisisoii beaded bv Colonel House. John W. Davis, newly appointed minister to (irent Britain, with Mrs. Davis, and tlio Crouch and Italian ambassadors, with their fnmilies, also wore on tlio passenger list. A few miles cast of niinrnntinc the presidential fleet met tho transport Minneknlida, inbound, with li.llll) troops aboard. ' The Oeorgo Washington soiled with n complement of 73 officers and 1.0 til men of tho I'niled Slates nnvv. with Commander V. M. 1'crkins. executive officer, nnd Lieutenant .Commander Ji il. Peters, navigating officer, serving us chief aide to Captain Mc ('aulev. A detachment of 71 marines, led bv Major David II. Miller, formed a gunrd of honor to tho president. Activity nt Dark Long beforo President Wilson's special train arrived from Washing ton today thoro was unusual activity about dock No. 4 at llohoken, whore tho transport Ooorgo Washington was moored. Workmen woro busy throughout tho night putting on the finishing touch 08 on the liner nnd cnmplotlng tlio olaborato decorations of tho pier, Tho usual barrod zono wns widely oxtondod nnd only those armed with spoelnl pasaos wcro allowed to ap proach tho stroots loading to tho dock, Military pollco kopt an all night ,vlgll ovor tho routo rrom tho railroad station to tho plor, while hundrods of ugonts of tho socrot ser vice and of tho army nnd navy Intol llgonco services watched tho side stroots and kopt luiiulultlvo persons (Contlnuod on Pago Two.) OMAHA, Nob., Deo. 4. At 3 o'clock this morning the trainmen ot the Omaha nnd Council Bluffs Stroot Railway company went out on strike, Tho men demand recognition of thalr union and bettor working con (lltlona, Inoludlng shortening of working hours. Tho street railway company has rotusod to deal with the mon as a, union, ATE1PEAG LIEPSIC SOU Soldiers' and Workers' Council De cide to Dissolve German General Headquarters Ultimatum bv Foch Denied Beatty Refuses to Modify Terms of Armistice. COI'EXIIAGK.S', Dec. 4. The Sol dlors' and Workers' council at Lolp lo has'declded that Gorman general hoadiiuartora shall bo dissolved and Hold 'Murslml von Hlndenbug ar rested, according to tho Lokal An telgcr, of Berlin. COPENHAGEN. Doc. 4. Tho re ply of Admiral Bcatty, commander of tho British grand fleet, to a re quoBt by Germany for mitigation ot naval terms of tho armistice, refuses any concosnlon regarding merchant hipping or fishing boats in tho North sea, tho Uerlln Wolff bureau tatos. Deny l ltlmntiini LONDON, Doc. 4. The Express claims to bo able to dony tho roport from Uorlln yostorday a now ultima tum had boon sent to the Oerman govornmont because all the locomo tlvos to bo handed ovor .under tho terms of tho nrmlstlco cannot bo de livered at oneo. The nowspapor says that It Is truo that Germany Is not kcoplng up to tho stipulated schedule and that Marshal Koch has given warning that Germany will bo re sponsible for further dolnys, but ho has not fixed a tlmo limit for the cnrrylng out of tho cIuiibo rclatlvo to railroad equipment ' ' I'Vur IloUbevlk Outlii-cak AMSTERDAM, Doc. 4. Tho Ber lin govornmont, according to the Doutsche oitung or Berlin, seriously fours a noUhovik outbreak under the leadership of Dr. Llobktioclit. the radical socialist. Tho extremists are said to have a. quantity of artlllory I and munitions coneouled. GH.VEVA. Dec. 4. (Hava). The Polish government has sent an ulti matum to Germany asking tor the immediate ovacuatlon of Polish ter ritory by Gorman soldlors who are said to hnva been committing atroci ties, according to the Goneva Jour nal. If the Gorman answer Is not satisfactory, It is added, "most enor getic measures" will bo taken by the Polos. I I GENEVA, Doe. 4. Tho now Tur kish govornmont Is procedlng vigor ously against tho Young Turk pnrty of Envor Pasha. Tho Gorman gov ernment at tho srequost of the Turk ish govornmont has nrrestod Envor Pasha, Tnliuit l'asha, Djomal Pnshn, N iiz I in Boy and Churkl' Boy. prom inent mombors of tho former Turkish govornmont who fled recently to Borlln. In Constantinople tho Ottoman govornmont hns arrostod 200 prom inent Young Turks. Tho Turkish logullon nt Berna has begun a search for certain Voting Turk lenders known to bo In Switzer land. ALL RES TRICTIQNS OFF ON USE OF SUGAR ' PORTLAND. Ore., Deo. 4. The state food administration here was advlHed from Washington today that all restrictions on tho use ot sugar had boon lifted, as largo crops are now available and the shipping shor tage Is less Bevoro. Tho state admin istration urged Oregon people not, to Indulge in. a sugar orgy." ORDERS ARREST OF HINDENBURG SOW-SAILS GERMANY'S CONFESSION OF GUILT $rt JJ-. -ff UZZZI 'rlwT.-' . ' 77: 4wfv "! , "--- vl HI Z lrawil 1 yjzzd , When the adjustment of 'damages for' sinkings" by'-sbmartaca comoa before the peace conference, Germany will find a "bit of her exaggerated propaganda turned against her inconveniently. This chare was circulated throughout Germany aa evidence ot the effectiveness of the U-boat warfare.- Each tittle speck la supposed to represent & sinking.' The chart is headed "England's Plight". The zig-zag Una from -the Atlantic around through the North Sea to tho Channel is markod "Blockade Limits." In the lower left-hand corner is printed! this quotation, signed "Churchill": "It is entirely for lack of ships! that 1 have had to reduce by hundreds of thousands ot tons the steel! for shells, for the making of which the factories, fuses, guns and; gun crews are all waiting." In right-hand corner (large type): "12 months of Unrestricted U-Boat Warfare in the Northern Theater of Sea War." At the foot of the map.. "No ship destroyed by mine or before Fobruary 1, 1917, is Included lo this map." " . TO AM WARIWiTH SANTIAGO. Chile. Dec. 4. The Bolivian government has offered to Chile the service ot its consuls in Peru if Chile desires. In official circles It Is declared that tho government is working on plnns for a peaceful settlement of the difficulties with Peru. Commercial and official circles believe that there Is no danger of war. BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Dec. 4. The Amerlcun government has Informod Peru that she may count upon the friendly approval of the United States in efforts to obtain the ploboscite In the provinces of .Tacna and Arlca provided for In the treaty of Anconn, according to a vorsion reaching Santiago of tho oxchanges between tho Peruvian and Amorlcan governments, dispatches rrom Santi ago report. Peru jvas told, however, according to this version, that the United States could not enter into any discussion regarding tho prov ince of Tnrnpaca, the former Peru vian province annexed by Chllo after tho war with Peru. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4- Tho Chil ean consul-gonornl nt Lima, Peru, has loft for Chllo upon Instructions from tho Chilean foreign office. SALEM". Dee. 4. Jmlgo A. S. Ben nett of The Dulles has nhead of him n full term of six venrs on tho su preme court bench, instead of onlv tho two remaining vcars of the unex pired term of the late Justice Krank A. Moore, according to .an opinion given hV Atlornov General' Drown ''to Governor Withyeouibo,, ' As the constitution provides Hint justices of the supreme court shall be elected for ..ft, term of six. venrs. the nttornev general holds that this hp plies to Jndgo Bennett, nnd tho gov ernor will ir.suo the certificate of elee tion aecprdinKly, FOR EUROPE E CONFERENCE POSTALiRESISTS ABSORPTION BY WASHINGTON. Dec. 4. Amalga mation of the marine cable system of the Western V'nion Telegraph com pany nnd Commercial Cable company under the direction of George G. Ward, vice president of the Commer cial company, wns authorized today bv Postmaster General Burleson. ; XKW YORK. Dec. 4. Although of ficial announcement -was lacking, it wns understood here todav that the postoffiee department has ordered the amalgamation ot the Western C'nion and Postal Telegraph land lines under control of tho Western Union lnnnagcment. Complaint in an injunction suit against Postmaster General Burleson was filed lv the Commercial Cubic ompunv here today seeking to pre vent the postmaster general from as suming control of the company's mu rine ruble system, , The complaint alleges that if the oost-iuaster general is not euioined from carrying out his purpose the company will sustain irreparable damage. It was filed bv Charles K Hughes and William W. Cbok as counsel for the couipanv. E REST1 FOR USE OF PAPER WASHINGTON.- Dec. 4. All re strictions of the use of newsprint paper were withdrawn today bv the war industries board, effective De cember 15. In making Ibis announce ment,' Chairman Baruch urged the adoption of permanent rules bv pub lishers prohibiting wasteful practices ami continued voluntary conservation Pi' rending niuttcv space for a time, BRITAIN TO PRESS PRISON SCANDA ALLIES FOR TRIAL OF EX Bonar Law Savs Surrender of Ex Kaiser to Be Demanded Former Emeperor Wears Deiecfed Air and Has Terror in His Heart Spends Most of His Time Writing. LOXDOX. Dec. 4. William Hohen zollern wears a dejected appearance, according to the Telegraph's corres pondence at Amerongen, Holland, who savs that he has talked with "some one -who has come much in contact with the exile." This person is quot ed as follows: "The former emperor wore an air of relief when he arrived at Ameron gen, but thut has vanished. Even his cheerv wife cannot now rouse him from moodiness. The distinguished fugitive has terror in bis heart." Hcrr Ilohenzollern keeps moro and more to himself nnd is constantly less inclined to go about. The cor respondent says that his informant took him to an unfrequented place from which an unshaded window in the castle was visible. Pointing to the window, the gentleman said: "The former emperor sits at that windowwriting as if against time, hour after hour." -. British to Try Kaiser LONDON. Dee. 4 Andrew Bonar Law. the chancellor of the exchequer, tho British government' had decided to press the allies as strongly as pos sible that the surrender of former Ennieror William should be demand? cd nnd that he should stand trial. Mr. Bonar Law also announced that he had appointed a committee to examine scientifically into the ques tion of how much the enemy- would be able to pay. In the absence of the American and oilier allied representatives, it is un derstood that the inter-allied con ference hns made all the prelimiuurv arrangements possible for the peace conference. It is understood a general agree ment was reached on the mutters de liberated upon, but out of courtesy to the United States, in tile absence of Colonel House,' it will be necessary to acquaint President Wilson in de tail with the decisions before they are made public. Crown rrlnco to Abdicate LONDON. Dee. 4. Tho abdication of the Ucruinn crown prince was ex pected to be published todav. says the North Germnn Gazette, the form er semi-official organ, uccording to advices received here. TO BRING HOME TROOPS PARIS. Dec. 4. The ten Ameri can dreadnnughts which will escort President Wilson into French waters will turn about immediately after their arival to carry homeward large party of American soldiers nnd sailors. Tho trip will be so timed that tho men will arrive tit home ports bv Christmas. Vice Admiral Wilson nt Brest 19 making arrangements nnd determin ing the transport capacity of each battleship. A largo number of fold ing steel beds will be mounted between decks. , . i E FOR MARINE CORPS WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. Recruit ing for the marine corps will be re sumed at once under an order issued today by Secretary Daniels. Enlist ments will be for four years, former standards will be maintained and there wilt be no limit on tho number of men to be accepted. Bmergoncy sub-stations established during the war in small towns will not bo re opened for ihe presepl, . EMPEROR DUE TO KELLER SAYS GRAND RY Interference of Parole Officer Blam ed for Trouble at State Peniten tiaryGovernor Also Censured and Warden Murphy Exonerated Place Prison in Hands of Board. SALEM, Ore., Dec. 4 Excoriation of Parole Officer Joe Keller, as tho "active head of a system of espion age, clandlestinely reporting to the governor on various prison matters without the knowledge of the various wardens and In such a way as Impro perly to reflect upon and to under mine them"; deprecating of alleged interference by the governor in pris on management to such an extent that he "has seriously hampered every warden and undermined his authority," and a general exonera tion of Warden Murphy's adminis tration at the state penitentiary, are some ot the high lights in the report of the special grand jury Investigat ing that institution, handed down yesterday. .. ... No Indictments Returned Ko indictments were returned aVf tho reports were that some would bj returned prior to the regular term of court early In January. The grand jury assails the System of bookkeeping at the penitentiary. i calls for an accounting bv the narolo' officer of at least $170 alleged to have been received from the paroled men for the prisoners.'., loan fund. Tho report also states that the par ole officer is practically the dominat ing head of the state parole board, and that he has complete control of paroles, paroles even being denied at his suggestion after they had been recommended by the board. The board, the report Btates, gives the parole officer practically unlimited power in the matter of paroles.:. Governor Blamed Also . While stating that "on the whole. the administration ot the present warden" .(referring to. Warden Mur phy) "has been successful, efficient and economical insofar as he has had control of affairs," the report asserts that "he has not been allowed to con trol, resulting in needless Increased expense, decreased efficiency and in some instances, injustice -to prison ers." The blame for this difficulty is lodged mainly with the governor and the parole officer. ' The jury recommends that - the prison be placed in the hands of the board of control, that the warden ap point the parole officer and have full authority over him, that a segrega tion ot habitual and first offenders be brought about, that the law pro hibiting competition of free and con vict labor be repealed so far aa it pertains to employment of prisoners within the prison walls, and that new sentence laws be passed, mainly one allowing reasonable maximums and minimums within the present Utmits and that good behavior of a prisoner will allow his release upon the expir ation of such minimum, as a matter of law. (Continued on Page Two.) E . LONDON, Den. 4 Recont pogroms In Lemberg woro committed by ro--leased Ukrainian criminals, who also sacked and burned many homes of Christians, according to the Polish press bureau, quoted In a dispatch from Stockholm. Allegations by the Jewish press Incriminating Polish soldiers are declared to be f nlse. More than DO men involved In tho disorders have been arrested and executed. The Mail's Vienna correspondent, who has returned from Poland, ascribes recent outrages to Itutheu ian raiders who claimed they -were Ukrainians. They seized Lemberg, the correspondent says, and opened, the prisons. There were absolutely p.o Polish troops in the city, he says. )