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MEDFORD, OREOON", (SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1918
NO. 220
MBUNE
PEACE PROPftG
BERNSTORFFJ
DUTCH ASK 10 FIVE ADDITIONAL WILSON'S SHIP
INTERN HER DIVISIONS MY PASSING THRU
10
KAISER
IN EAST INDIES
Holland Will Surrender Bill Hohen
zollern nnd Crown Prince If Allies
Insist, but Will Urae That Thev
Be Placed Upon an Island and
Guarded by Dutch Fleet.
LONDON. Dec ".If Hie ullie in
hit upon Ilia delivery of Ilia former
(li'itnmi emperor nnd crown prince
In mi intcrnutiiinul court of iiiHlico,
llulltinil will Yield, but will first ltriso
Unit Ilia ullii' nlcnt themselves
willi mi undertaking bv llolhuid In in
torn tliciu fur lil'o in olio of tlio Dulch
colonic, according to nil Amsterdam
dispatch to llm Impress.
' llolliiml. it in understood, will sug
gest llml I leer Iloheiizollerii nnd bin
Hon bo lln I on nn island in oilbcr
Iho KiihI of West Indies, where bo will
bo guarded bv n Dutch fleet.
It in iiIho ntiticiputcd Unit Holland
will bo nshed for compensation for
pcnnilting n violnlion of her lieu
Irnlilv bv nllnwiiig (lenmin troops to
pirns through tbu iiroviiicii ol I.iiiiburur
on their retreat fro iiilliiltmim and
recoiviiiir German lii from Ant
worn. Thin coiniionxiilinii. snvs llm oor
' respondent, nmv possibly bo tlio ces
sion of certain territory nlong Iho
Dcluinn frontier owned bv Holland
since lH.'lll. perhaps tint Noiitbcrn part
of Dutch Limhttiv. I lie population of
which region is claimed to bo princl
pnllv Belgian.
Intenmtionnl Trial
PAIII9. Doc. 7. (Ilnvwi). Tlio
formation of nn International Jury to
try tlio former Gorman omporor I
ruining wido support In Franco, tlio
Mntln sayn. -
Attornoy General Lcscouvo, nftor
nn Investigation, hay transmitted to
Iho mlnlittry of jimtlco tlio charge of
murdor mndo against the former om
poror by Mndiuno Prlour. wIioho hua
. band wan killed In ilio torpedoing of
tho mull atonmor Sussex. Tho nttor-noy-gonornl
said that bo considered
Iho chargo admlssablo In tlio French
courts.
AMSTERDAM, Doc. 7. Tlio preal
dont of tlio Hamburg soldiers' nnd
workers' council has doclnrod to Iho
Woaor .oltuiiK of Hamburg Hint ho
know positively that 20 bngB of mint
ed sold hnvo boon sent to Amoron-
on, Holland, for William Holionzol
lorn, tho formor Gorman omperor.
Troop Quell Hinting
; LONDON, Deo. 7 Tho llorlln rov
ernmont hna rovoked ita doclalou to
dlaarpi tho troopa roturnlng to llor
lln, according to a Contral News ills
natch from Amatordnm.
Last night thoro woro aorloua rlotB
In llorlln, tho Dorlln corroapondont
of tho :Polltlkon reports. Shots woro
exchangod outalde tho rolchstng.
Whon durknosB foil govoriimont
troops occupied tho university build
Jng. :
Reckless I'lnnnco
MUNICH. Friduy. "Dec. 0. (Via
Geneva, (Bv tho Associated Press,)
Anxiety m bomg hIiowii bv the Ger
niiin press over tho financial stability
mid evon tho honesty of ninnv of tlio
hundreds of workmen's, nnd soldiers'
councils now conducting nl'fnirs in
this country. Hulinblo reports, snv
Hint tlio disbursements of theso coun
cils for the nnst two weeks hnvo to
talled SOO.OOOiOOO marks. IE this
rale ot expense continuos, tlio vtsunl
cost of operating (;io covcrnmont will
excood tho total Oornmn liinlsot with
Its onormons outlay for militnrv -'
ltocp by sovornl timos.
TAKES A SHOT AT
.1
MSDON, Portugal, Friday, Doo. 0.
An unidentified man fired nt-Dr.
Sidono Pnos, tho president of Portu
gnl, In tho Btroot hore today Tho
nhot mlBBod Its mark and tho presi
dent's nggroBBor was arrestod.
OF OCCUPATION
Second and 7th Renulars. 28th. 33rd
and 70tii Divisions to Occupy Lux
emburg and Reinforce Armv on
Rhine If Necessary 130,000 Men
. to Return Home at Once.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 7. Fivo nd
dilionnl divisions have been definitely
assigned to Iho American nnnv of oc
cupation now advancing into Ger
iiuiny, General March nniioiiticcd lo
day. Thev arc Ilio Second and Sev
enth reuulitrs nnd tho 28th (Peiuisvl
vaninl and (be .'I'Srd (llliiiuis) Nation
al Guard and the 7tllli (XorthciiHt
lYniiKvlvnnin. Miirvlund nnd District
of Columbia 1 National armv.
Thce fivo divisions havo been itlv
eii Iho tak of occiipvinir l.iixembiirir.
General March announced, and co to
KiK'cil'ie areas around Moiitmcdv, St
Mihiel and Loimuvon. Thev form the
second line of the armv of occupation
rcailv lo reinforce the other iirmv on
the llhino it' iicceKMiirv.
The Kl'liciiil conipoHition of the
American nnnv of occiipalion. the
Third American iirmv, as reported bv
General I'crxliiinr. follows:
First, Secoinl, Third. Fourth. Fifth,
Seventh reeulars.
Twentv-eiubtb. ,')2nd (MichiitAn and
Wisconsin.)
Thirtv-tbird and 4'2tu. (Hainbow)
National Guard.
Seventv-iiinth. 8Uth (Kaii'sns. Mis
souri, South llnkota. Nebraska. Colo
rado, New Mexico, Arizotui) National
nnnv. ...
lili'Kinnii ill lommanti
Maior General Joseph T, Dickmnn
is in coiiminnd of the entire force.
i'lin personnel assigned bv General
Pei-shinif for enrlv return borne tiven
General March as ft.a'J'i officers nnd
12i,rlii men. Additional units ol
tho O'Jnd mid 87lb divisions, with
some const nrlillerv reuiaieiils and
enuinecrs, nro included.
General March announced Hint at
home durinir the pnst week more thnn
2(10.000 men bnd been relcnsed. The
tidal number of officers released up
lo vestcrdnv wns 7,!'8. The disebnrec
svstem is heme rnpidlv speeded up as
the men in clinruo become more ac
customed lo tho operations.
Announcement was mndo of the
snilintr from Franco of tho transports
Susiiuehciinii, Snntn Anna and Oc-
Kalb, with sick, wounded anil casuals.
The Sanln Anna and DeKulb mnv be
expected in New York nboat Decem
ber 17. The DcKnlb lias on board 11
nnvnl officers and S744 navul enlisted
men. The Kiisciuehuniia is duo in
New York December 10.
Tho total of retiirniin: troops nl
jendv nclniillv embarked for homo
was nnnonnced ns 854 officers, 17,-
303 men, 185 civilians, two nurses and
two prisoners.
Now (Hnllslincnt Inw .
Sineo the slnv oC the armv of oc
cuimlioii abroad is indefinite. Gen
eral March said it would bo ncees
snrv lo ask conuress for new enlist
ment legislation. Under the present
aw. no provision is mndo for such a
force ns will bo needed nftor the four
months from tho snrninir of pence
when tho wnr nnnv must bo disebiiru-
ed.
To set nt rest numerous rumors re
cnrdinir enormous casualties in the
27th (Now York I division, General
Mnre.li announced that after a envo
fill oxnminiitioii of casiialtv lists it
bnd boon folind that the total casual
(Continued on Pago Two.)
TO
SECURITY LEAGUE
WASHINGTON. Deo. 7 By unnn
ImoiiB vole today tho Iioiibo rulos
committee docldod to report a rule
giving right of wny for action on the
resolution calling tor nn In voallmi-
Hon of tho Natlonnl Socurlty Loaguo
nnd Its nlloged activities in tlio Inst
campaign, lnoludlng charging mom
bora ot cougross with, disloyalty,
SEVERE STORM
The George Washington Maintains Its
Fixed Sueed Despite Gale Presi
dent Improves in Health Cold
Yielding to Treatment Enoys Dav
of Relaxation ani Rest.
ON nOAUD U. S. 8. (IKOHCE
WASHINGTON, Doc. 7. (lly wlrc
lena to tho Asaoclnted PrcBS.) Preul
dont WIIbou'b ahlp today la running
thru a aovoro wind and rain storm.
It U mnlntiiliiing Us fixed speed,
howovor, and Ib duo to pass around
tho Azores on Sunday.
Aftor reaching tho Azores, tho pre
sidential liner will pick up more
units of tho naval escort.
Mr. Wilson slept until a lata hour
this mornlns and thoro were no con
foronces with his advisers.
Improves In Health
ON BOARD THE U. 8. 8. GEORGE
WASHINGTON. Dee. 0 (By wire-
leas to tho ABgocluted Press, 6 p. m.)
President Wllsons third day at oa
found his much improved In health.
Ills cold Is yielding to treatment and
his volco la rested and much stron
ger.
Having cleared the work which
hod accumulated at his desk, the
president onjoyod a nay of rocrontion
and exercise. Ills ahlp ran In some
what belter weather this morning
after a night of heavy weather. This
afternoon he promenaded along the
decks nnd Joined a party at tho mil
watching the Pennsylvania, the tlng-
sblp of Admiral Maya's squadron
rlso nnd fall with tho heavy swells.
The son was bright with warm sun
llRht. Mr. WIlBon engaged In the
conversation on timely topics, swap
ping stories and oxporlencoa with
those on board,
Tho party Included offlcors In the
lower grades whoso stories of exper
iences In tho suhmarlno zone nro tre
mendously Interesting. Whon It was
learned that a film starring a famous
comedian was to bo shown during
tho ovonlns on board the ship, tho
president anno-incod that ho Intended
to bo present, evidently anticipating
tho entertainment with pleasure.
Consults Jusscrnnil
While Mr. Wilson wns on deck ho
oorneBtly conferred with Jules J.
JiiBaernnd, the French nmbnssador to
the Unitod States, nnd Count Dl Col
loro, the Italian ambassador at Wash
ington, and had a short conversation
with Secretary of State Robert Lan
sing and llonry White colleagues of
the president on tho peaco commis
sion. No 'formal conferences have
been hold so far and It seems appar
ent that plans for tho pence negotia
tions have been well laid out.
Mr. WIIboii has been Bollcltous of
tho comfort of thoae accompanying
him and Ib personally seeing that nil
ordors aro carried out. Ho roads
evory wlrolcss moasngo recolved and
peruses tho ship newspaper with
much Interest. Dotoro leaving the
George Washington ho Intends to in
spect the ship from stom to storn and
moot tho officers and crew.
STEAMER GEORGE WASHINGTON UPON WHICH THE PRESIDENT IS TRAVELING TO FRANCE
PHOTO OP i
WASH INGTON
INTERNATIONAL.
f ILM SERVICt-M J8BT -"-A"-" "'-"i "'' ' -JR
ANDA iiST COSTLY TO,
BUT MOST SUCCESSFUL
AMERICA'S PEACE ENVOYS
S . h:
' President Wilson will sit In the organization period of (he peace
conference at Versailles and set forth America's attitude.' Secretary
baker, it Is expected, wil! replace him later. Secretary of State Lansing,
by virtue of his pout. Is familiar with all of the diplomatic activities of
the government. Colonel House has been personal representative of
President Wilson throughout the armistice negotiations. General Bliss
la now member of the Inter-Allled war council. 'Henry White, former
ambassador lo Prance, is itiotcn that the Republican party may have
a meuibership in the peace conference.
BRITISH STAMINA
NF.W YORK. Dec. 7. Britain Dnv.
proclaimed a holiday bv Governor
Whitman, wns celebrated today bv
a generous display of the Union Jack
and a scries of dinners nnd fetes.
Kpecinl services will be held in
nearly all the citv churches tomorrow.
, General Pershing, in a cablegram
received bv Judge Parker, said :
"Steadfast in adversity wounded
with a thousand wounds. Greht Brit
ain's hammer blows have never weak
ened nor fullered. But for the ten-
j hcitv of her people, the wnr would
mve been .lost. To those of ns who
linve-bcen associated with them nnd
fought with her gallant troops, words
' 0f praise seem inadequate to express
our admiration. Those things our
kinsmen have done have brought ih
sopnrnblo union . between them and
ourselves. We offer our right hand
of friendship that our two nations
mnv be more firmly linked together
to insure tho future of tho world."
s.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 7. Fifty
thousand government employes were
given a partial holiday todnv to take
part in a "victory sing' as a cerebra
tion of the signing of the armistice
and in observance of Britain s Dnv
The exercises were to be held on the
eHiiihc near the White House. and it
was expected that tho singers and
audience would number nioro than
100.000.
James Martin of Phoenix, visited
in Medford Saturday.
AVIATOR STARTS
H 20-MILE GALE
SEATTLE, Dec. 7. Lieutenant A.
F. Hoglnnd, army aviator, took to
the air hero today at 10:23 a. m.
and after circling several times over
the Jefferson Park golf links, head
ed south on his return flight to
Mather Field Sacramento, Cal.
A twenty-mile south wind was
blowing as -Lieutenant Hogland got
away. As long as the wind contin
ued, the lieutenant said before he
left, his speed would be cut to about
,45 miles nn hour. On his trip north
from Siftramento, with tho wind at
his back, he made about 60 miles an
hour.,
' Lieutenant Hogland expected to
make his first stop at Eugene, Ore.,
late to lay. llo planned to spend the
night nt Eugono and leave there to
morrow at 10 a. m. for Sacramento.
Weather permitting, he hoped to fly
from Eugene to Sacramento without
stopping. -
A small pouch of mall from Seat
tle to Sacramento was carried south
In the biplane today. On his trip
horth. which he completed Wednes
day, a pouch containing about twelve
letters was brought from Sacramen
to. Lioutenant Hogland'a flight is be
ing made to determine the route for
a possible aerial mail route between
California nnd the northwest,'
Frederick G. Pelouze' and wife ot
Eaglo Point, wore 1-enewIng acquain
tances In Medford Saturday.
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GERMAN EFFORTS
PUBLIC OPINION IN UNITED STATES
REVEALED BY
Subsidizing of Newspapers Abandoned
Could Not Be Kept Lusitania Incident Wrecked Dernberg's Organi
zation Peace Propaganda and Embargo Efforts German University
League Made Use of Co-operation of Roger Sullivan Secured
American Press Association Optioned lor $900,000.
WASHINGTON'. Dec. 7. Ship- j
wrcck.of German propaganda initiated
in America bv Bernard Dembure wns
attributed bv Coun Von Bernstorff
in his explanation to the Berlin for
eign office to the impossibility of
keeping secret the fact that nn Amer
ican newspaper is subsidized and to
the sinking of the Lusitania.
The former ambassador's expla
nation was held before the senate
committee investientimr brewery nnd
German propaganda today along with
other secret documents from the files
of the department of iustice bv A.
Bntce Bielaski. chief of the bureau
of investigation.- . .
" BernstofTs Troubles
. In n letter to the foreign office in
1915.- Bernstorff said djyj -subsidizing
of papers always ended with bis
being held responsible for all the ar
ticles of such papers. For thnt rea
son, he said, he had sneeeded in get
ting free of all relations with the
Fair Plav of Marcus-Braun. and that
he also would like to be free from
The Fatherland, which, he added,
"has shown itself of little value."
A communication from Bernstorff
to Berlin dated November 1. 1916. an
nounced that reorganization of Ger
man propaganda had been started to
avoid complications since the public
sentiment was aroused against the
sinking of the Lusitania.
Xo Lonjser Compromised . .
The Bernstorff communication to
Berlin announcing reorganization of
his propaganda after the sinking ot
the Lusitania. as decoded bv the de
partment of iustice. was read as fol
lows: "As you will have learnt from mv
previous report, we have since the.
Lusitnina case endeavored to wind
up all the so-called German propa
ganda nnd especially to get rid of nil
dubious individuals. I can now sny
with a good conscience that we are
ne longer compromised. Some of the
old affairs still hang on. but we nre
more or less settled, although thev
Will cause some future expenditures.
"At the beginning of the wnr many
things were undertaken which we
would not have undertaken if we
could have seen that the war would be
so long, because nothing can for long
be kept secret in America.
"Since the Lusitania case we have
strictly confined ourselves to such
propaganda as can not hurt ns if
it becomes known. The solo exception
is perhaps the pcuce propaganda,
which. tins cost us tho largest amount,
but which nlso has been tho most suc
cessful. .
Inlverstty l,cavio
"Latterly. I have been using the
embargo association nnd have en
tirely reliable private intermenuiries.
"I have also made uso of the Ger
many inivcrsity League, lounitcu
s'neo tlio war. This has done its
best to take the place of the German
Association (word not decipherable)
which has not been of use during the
war on account of its mnnngemcnt.
The longue has published under mv
BANllSiPLACED
Mayor Gates has issued an order
forbidding any public dances until
further notice because of the spread
of influenza through dunces. The
present recurrence of the epidemic
is laid to the dunces thnt followed
the lifting ot tho ban. . The f'Moose"
dance bus accordingly been called off.
Fewer cases of colds and influenza
are reported today than any dav dur
ing the week, nnd the epidemic, which
has been of an exceedingly miid char
acter, is evidently exhausting ilsctf,
TO INFLUENCE
SENATE INQUIRY
as Unprofitable Because Secret
collaboration an excellent collection
of reports on the war which will bo
of great service to our cause.
"The support which I have already
given the league, is entered in tho
first ouarters accounts from 1018,
item No. 208. On the occasion ot
later installments to them I will refer
in this report. 1
"I ask that this mav be sanction
ed." '
To Influence Congress
The communication was read bv
A. Bruce Bielaski. chief of the bureau ;
of investigation of the department of
iustice. The name of the association
whose name could not be decoded, he
told the committee, might have been
the German-American National Al- ,
lianee. V-'-V " . i.Z- '
Two other communications from
Bernstorff to Berlin, in which he stat-.'
ed he desired an authorization to use
funds to influence congress and which
were made public by the state de-
.partment some months ago. also were
rend to the committee.
A letter wns rend, signed bv P.
Reiswitz, Gcrmnn consul at Chicago,
referring to the embargo league, 'It
said: .-..' ; !.,- v'-
"For the purpose of inner organ
ization, to which we attribute particu
lar unportance, we have assured our
selves of the co-operation of the lo
cal Democratic boss, "Roger C. Sulli
van. " Sullivan was formerly leader
of the Wilson campaign, and is n
deadly enemy of Wilson as the Jattcr
did not keen his .word to make him
senator..
Documents In Record
The state department late today
made public the complete texts of
all the Bernstorff documents read
into record by Mr. Bielaski. These, ,
with a mas of other evidence disclos
ing Gcrmnn intrigue before and after
the United States went to war, are
in the department's files.
H. F. Albert, Biolnski said, obtained
nn option to buv for $900,000 the
American Press Asoscintion. a New
York organization with branches In
17 other cities furnishing plate mat
ter to small newspapers.
Referring to J. F. J. Archibald, Bie
laski said he started to Germany and
Austria as a representative of tho
Wheeler syndicate, bearing letters
from Count Von Bernstorff and Cap
tain Von Papcn. saving he was "nn
unscrupulously independent iournnl
ist" nnd saying he wns going to Gcr
mnnv and Austria, "to gather fresh
impressions." Archibald's conection
with tho Wheeler svndiente ceased
however, according to the witness.
when his articles became so pro-Ger
man that the papers asosciated with
the syndicate refused to print them.
Another writer alleged to be on the
payroll of the German embassy was
William Warram. associate editor of
Freedom, a foreign language publica
tion at Cleveland, Ohio, who. Bielaski
said, wrote a motion picture scenario
called "Blood is thicker than water,"
containing a scene showing Austriun
Workers in the United States refusing
to make munitions for the allies and
the subsequent burning of the plant.
il 10,000 ARMENIANS
AMSTERDAM, (Dec.: 7. Turkish
forces massacred 10,000 Armenians
while evacuating the towna ot Baku,
OKI and Ardahan In the Caucasus,
according to reports received by the
Vorwaerts of Berlin, j ';;V-',".-i'-"'-- j
. In fighting In Baku more than
30,000 persons were killed. In some
towna the entire Armenian papula
tlon was exterminated. The Turk
permitted Tartar troops to plunder
the Armenians,
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