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MEDFOBD, OREGON, WEDNESDAW, DECEMBER 11, 1918
NO. 220
Daily ruiruauui
Tear.
WME
ENGLAND NOT
IR NAVY
Lloyd Georae Remove All Doubt ol
Great Britain's Attitude on Free
dom of Seas Insists Upon lndem
nltv From Germany London Al
dermen Prohllilt U o( Materials
of German Origin No Food for
Bolshevik Germany.
LONDON. Due. 11. "! voti wwii
nonce, vou want a permanent penoe,'
Haiti Premier Lloyd George tuiliiv.
"If vou wuiit to prevent llio horror
of war being repented, vou must put
nu end to conscript armies 011 the
continent of Kuropo."
"The nnvy is tt defensive weapon,
not nn of fcnuive one." tho premier do-
clured. "mill that is why wo tlo not
uieati to irivo it tip."
Referring to tho tiuestion of nn in
tlt'innitv. Mr. I.lovil (luoriru said:
"It is indiNPoiiHihin that a puritoa
who in In tho wrong and Iiiih IohI
should pay more tlinn n proton who
him been declared in the right and ha
11 .
won, .
Kaiser In Guilty
T)hto is absolutely nn doubt, the
prutnier ndded, that tho former Ur-
man emperor bus committed u crime
against national right nnd Iboro Ik
absolutely no iliiubt that hu outrltt to
bo held responsible for it. Mr, Llovrt
Ocoruo declared that a far nn tlm
Kuropcon allien are concerned I here
is no doubt that tho demand will be
nut forward to innko tho emperor.ninl
1ii nncomplieoH responsible for their
terrible crime. Tho premier added
"I hope American will tnko the
. lain. ..i,.w ulln til, r,t-..Kill.ill f ' 11 !
rives." ' , . ,
LONDON. Doe. 11. All oimlmce
for comuioreial enterprises, (ho col
leito of nldortnen fur the city anil
countv tl' London have deeidetl. bare
lifter will euntain a clause prohibit
ins tho uxo of materials of (lurnian
origin. The penalty will bu forfeit ure
of "23 per cent of the amount mvolv
ctl. , '
COPKNHAGF.N. Dec. 11. Afford
hiir to ruports from Ilerlin the entente
governments intend to refuse to hcihi
foodstuffs to Uenunnv until a demand
they nro Raid to have nindo for the
dissolution of the Bohlie rs' nnd work
men' councils is carried out. The
nllios. the reports ndd. will reserve tho
right to march into Germany.
COPENHAGEN. Deo. 31. All hul
ono of .the suspected plotters who
woro arrested at tho Hotel Bristol tn
Ilerlin on Montlnv hnvo been released
Tho exception was llerr Hank, n law
...t... ..1 ....1 ...:ii. !.... r..n.
vur wail in Cliiiiui'll wivn mii..i. .v.....
ed n Htudent giinrd and f uriiisliiim 500
rifloa for the men involved in tho dm
orders of last Friday. ,
' Would Prolong ArinlMlfO
AMBTKKDA.U, Deo. 11. Discus-
nlonn over tho proloiiKitllon of tho
armlstlco botwoon tho allies and (lor
many will bogln at Troves, December
13, according to tuo isonii uorman
Gazetto.
Gorman Murk Declines
LONDON, Doc. 11. (British wlro
less sorvlco.) Tho valuo ot tho tier-
man mark has fallen bolow 42 to tb
British Doiind. Before- tho wnr th
mark was worth approximately ono
hilling, or 20 murks to tho pound
.At Homo on Docombor 7, 41.083
marks could bo obtained for ono
Bound storlliiK. At Stockholm tho
rate ot exchnngo on tho Austrian
kronon bus fallen to 77.20 t'o tho
pound storting. ,
TO
AI10 AM. FRIDA
. BREST, Deo. 11. (By Associated
Press.) Tho United States stoamshlp
Goorgo Washington, with President
Wilson and party aboard, ohungod Its
course aftor leaving the Azores nnd
' will nrrlvo In Brest In advance ot tho
time annotlnuod, aocordlng to a naval
wireless dlsnntch rocolvod today.
Tho president now Is expected to
roach Brest at 10 o'clock Friday mor
ning., Instond ofr at 8 o'clock lit the
afternoon. He will loave tor Paris
at 4 o'clock In the attornoon
Tho authorities are erecting a pa
vlllon on quay No. 8 whore Prosldont
Wilson first will sot foot In Franoo.
The Interior, which will be docorated
with. Hobs and flowers, will contain
nlutform where tho French mlnlston
will oxtond tboir flrBt greetings to
tho president. . .
LILLE MOTHERS"
ASK THAT KAISER BE
HELD! FOR CRIMES
rAUIS. TiifHilav. Dee. 10.
l.cifitl oi'tiou iiuaimtt tho former
(lerinan emperor bax been com
menced by nn orminiznlion of
"Lille Motbera." Tho demand
fur prosecution Htate that tho
comiunnderH of tho (iennnii
army in . April, 1UKI. directed
Unit minor irirlB bo carried away
from their familioH, that they
were submitted to odious treat
ment and forced into close con
tact with notorious women.
Tho Htntoiiicnt of complaint
hiivh that whereiiM said com
iiiantlerH were thus euillv of tho
crime of abduction and that they
wero under command of their
former emperor, prosecution in
dumnuded. .
4.
STATES WILSON
London Express Has Information
That Differences Over Freedom of
the Seas Has Been Reconciled
Details of England's View Threshed
Out by Expert on London Times,
LONDON, Doc. 11. As a result of
nformal conversations ,: rogarding
resident . Wilson! freedom of tho
seas proposals,- tho British govern
ment now Is In possession ot concroto
suggestions which are more under
altmuublo than tho "free seas" clause
a .Mr. Wilooa 14 poiuu, accoiom
to luu txpionu. ,
I'losiuuui Wilson, the nowspnper
du, uus (aioimuiiou ouowiug uu.iu-
uu.y luut oruui untam tauuoi sur-
ouuer uis rigut ot bearcu, tuu con'
iruuuua law uuU luo ngui. to uuiorco
UIOCKUUD. It IS UUUOlblUOU tUUk MT.
Wlisou s, prupusais uu Mil luciuae
ibu auuuuuuuivui ot auy ot iuodi
rigais and xnai uioy aita genorauy m
oowino antaaoulsuu lu littiisu tutur-
usui us has uoon supposou.
LONDOiV, 'Doc. ' 11. Expounding
tbo uriusu view ol llio neouom ut
tuo sous, taa iubui coiresponueut o
iuo 'I'liuus uuscrtuus tuo uuam uruisn
posltlou on tuu u.uesuon us toitowa
A rouuiuuss lo voutinuo us ueroto-
(ore ilia treeuom oi lua ueas in tiuioo
ot puuco, wuicu lias UVVU CUII'IOU ou
uy cugmuu, tor oxaoipie ua lu iut
uuniisstuu oi lureigu vuooeib to couoc-
wido iruue, mum tuuu oy uuy ouiui
imporiuut coiuiuuruiut couutiy uuu' to
uurvo to tuo vouvuiuiou lutu u true
sou ot any sua now iremuu us
crosou bou. -
"A strong couvlutlon, . groats
strougthuuuu una liurueued uy iuo
tussous ot uis war, to uiuiuiuiu tuu
minimum, ot ninety mv our peopn
una empire una to ue no puny nTuaj
agiooutuui uoutltciing of luuipuriug
wtlU tt." - .
For Loaguo of l'cuco
A rouuinuas us tur us cuuiputlblu
with Buluiy ut tao lutl bouse to pto'
uiotu uny piuuitcuuio scuuuto tut'
Liuguo ot tNutioasi .
tu suori a i. in! resolution us lo
essuuiiuts uuu uu opu U.1UU UB
bucouuury matter.
tu louuiug' up to this conclusion,
the voirwvuuuuul suys:
"lite more lua utitish point
view is uuuemooU .iuo iuo. a it v.i
coiumona itseit lu impurtiut optutou
tno doner we loK u luu huobuou
trom me Amuncuu ungio iuo uioru
tho Ultieruuces ute imeiy lu bo u
mlnlBhod. ' We are dealing wliu luu
world as it mill is, uuu so tar us luo
froeaom ot me suits' luiortoras wuu
mo protection ot our vttut mteieuu
it niauns a oue-siuou aisuiuiuuieui to
the ueirimum oi lingiauu uuu bntt
mud only. 1
Itoosovolt Praised
"It 1b ludispuuule tuat tuo BrltUU
tloet saved emanation anu At
Kousevelt In ucitnowibuglng me ouii'
irution which America owes to llio
urlttBtt mtvy suys: "rue poculiur po
altlon and tuo .vuul neous ot tho. Brit
ish empire render It imperative uuu
uor navy should i bo tho nrst m iu
world.' Thore, expressed accurately
and goneroilHly, is the first OBBontiui
of the British polloy. ,
J "Doubtless neutrals experienced
much lnconvonlence by rouBon
them, but would the United Stales
have refrutned, In a life and death
striiBEle. from using any ot , such
measures?"
INrAGREEMENT
WITH ENGLAND
NAPOLEON WILL
BE MOTIF OF
WILSON SALON
President to Be Surrounded On All
Sides by Likeness of Little Corpor
al-Will Sleep In Bed Shaped Like
Larue Gondola Murat Mansion
Being Filled With Rare Treasures
PARIS. TucHday. Dec. 10. When
Preaidciit Wilson BlartH work In his
study in the Mural nimiNion all parts
of whicji nro now ready to receive the
iMtinLMiishcd iniost from tho united
BtaleH, bo will bo surrounded on all
ides bv tbo likencHs of Napoleon,
A marble bmt of Napoleon .is on it
pedestal directly in tho rear of
desk at which President Wilson will
work. Kverv wull panel has upon It
a painting. either of Napoleon or one
of bis eenerabi or of their families.
Tho simplicity and cleuance of the
study nro impressive.
Munv of the priceless works of art
and other ornumcntH which were re
moved during the lonsr runue bom
bardment bv tho Germans of Pans
have been returned to the mansion. In
cverv room, iu everv hall, there is
soma object to recall the days of Nu-
poleon.
The president s study on the second
floor bus a laruo bav window and a
massive iiiahotranv desk and a row
chairs which ait in tho window. The
room is fumihhed in red and contains
low rot'S of book coses on ono side.
In tho center on heuvy wood pedes
tals are a large ituldvn cade and a
bronxe statuette of a ehunrin'i: French
lrutroon.
JHMl IlIKO IsOUUOia .
Tho president's bedroom adjoinins
his study. It is lurcu in sir.o and its
walls nro of blue. Tho three-auurter
side bed which President Wilson will
occupy is niuboiruny uuuid with .brs(
and is shaped like a nondolu. The
bedroom also- contains pictures ot
Napoleon, principally when- ho was
emperor, llanmng over tho bed Pres
ident Wilson will occupy, is a silver
crucifix.
At the sido of tbo bed is nn Amen,
can electric light and n modern Amcr
ican telephone. These modem iustru
nients look strnnurlv out of place
amid tho fiirnishiniis of tbo room,
many of which came down to the
Murats from Napoleon nnd once were
used bv Napoleon.
In tbo president h tnntc in the dress
ing mom ndioininc tho boudoir is a
large bath. It is not tbo kind Ameri
cans know. Instead of tilo the floor
is covered with carpets of erent tbicH-
ness nnd there nro pictures on Ihe
walls. Tho president's suite occupies
nearly tbo entire second floor of the
house.
I'l-cncu iHtiis rropnrcu
Tho Princess Murat's maid was in
the mansion today nuttine; on the fin
ishing touched for tho reception of
President nnd Mrs. Wilson. While the
correspondent entered the mansion
tho maid was busilv cneused in pine-
inif two little French dolhvcnllcd At
safe and Lorraine, in chairs.
Tbo reception rooms and salons are
decor utcdwilh beautiful Mural paint
oil's nnd hnvo cxmusiio chandeliers,
The litiht from them is diffused
tlirouttlt crystals. 'The state dinlnir
room, in which !I5 irucsts can bo enter
tamed, contains the Murat tttimlv nil
vcr nnd irold tublownro. All tho Mir
rat family csrvants, butlers, cooks
and maids, are ready for tbo visit of
the Amenaen president and his wife,
Tho suite of Mrs. Wilson, which is
situuted in tbo rear of Ihe mansion,
consists of n hiuh ccilinscd salon
Tbo wall eases hold colections of
.old chinawaro nnd vases ndorn the
tops. Tho room has in it it urnud
piano, munv chairs and setlccs and
n divan.
' Luxury for Mrs. 'Wilson
Mrs. Wilson's sleepinsr chamber nd
loins the saloon. A drcssins table
occupies ono side nnd in (he room are
comfortable fbairs nnd settees. Soft
(Continued on Page Two.)
FLU RAGES UP AND
DOWN THE COAS
. SHATTER, Dec'. 11. Nino hundred
nnd eiirht.v-fottr influenza nuaruntino
plucards have been posted on Scuttle
homos sinco Saturday, health ouv
oinls nnnoumied , today. Yosterdav
120 new cases wero reported. Today
total, at nuon, was 242. Fifteen
doutlis from pneumonia followincf in
fluonzn wore ropoited vestcrdav.
I.OS ANGKI.ES, Calif.." Dec. Hi-
Six hundred and fifty now casos
influcnr.it and four deaths wove rc
ported to the health department her
up to noon todnv. This was 1.15 more
cases than were reported yosterda
U( tho sump bpur,
INTHEHANDSOF
PRES. WILSON
Count Zernln, Former Minister For
elan Affair) in Austria Discusses
Problems of Peace Ludendorff
Blamed fdr the Prolonoation, of
the War. ' :
VIENNA. Monday, bet-.1 I). (Bv
tbo Associated ' Press.) ruith in
President Wilson wus expressed bv
Count Cxcrnin, former Autrn-Ilunsit
riun foreign minister, today in tits
cussinu the problems thul must be
settled before pent is made secure
Count Czernin phintod General l.u
dendorff ns the man who stood be
tween the central empires nnd peuec
on numerous occasions, ltecoiintimr
the desoritte efforts on the part of
Austria to reach some sort of peace
before the final and absolute col
lapse of the German and Austrian
empires. Count -Cernin suid r - ,
The German poeplu wanted peace
lone alio and eve Kniperor William
wanted to see the end of the wur. but
the attitude of Enirlnnd. prevented
steiw being taken. Kmpcror William
said to mo on one, occasion :
'How can we eel peace with Entr
land declaring t hut wc. must be de
strovedf :
Wo understood thnt the only way
to nrranue matters was to set Eu
land und'Oennnnv to acree. i.
" Sow Conerul Smuts ; .
"I sent Count Munsdorff to Switz
erland to see General J. C. Smuts
who was in Switzerland last March
in the interest of the British eovern-
mcnt.) He succeeded but 1 wus un-
ablo to tell lust wbut terms bncland
would make. I do not recall that Mr,
I.lovd Gcoruc mentioned auv condi
tions lo-t r-ubwaiivsi ucrmanv assur-
ed mo that no definilo offers were
recoived from Enclund and I believe
this was true.
"England uppeored to intend to
crush Gormnnv nnd Franco showed
a similar attitude. President Wilsou
was the only bead of nn allied power
who did not appear to have this In
mind. Kinperor William could not
brine himself to vield Alsace and
Lorraine. '
Kniscr Opposed n ar . .
"RcEnrdiue Emperor Wlliam I feci
that ho did not want the. war. but ho
did not know bow to eet out of it.
I was minister td Rumania when the
war heuan and I honestly believe that
no one wanted hostilities to hetrin, 1
have tbo impression thnt neither Em
peror Francis Josef. Emperor Wil
liam nor their ministers wanted war.
I miuht explain thnt fact by savmi:
thnt there was too' much diplomatic
bluffing, with every one looking for
the other fellow to recede from his
position. ,',
Everv "wav to cot. out of tho war
was tried bv us execptme war .with
Germnnv. When one considers how
much weaker than Germany wo were.
ho can see how impossible it was for
mo to dictate terms. Now., if Presi
dent Wilson finds it difficult to im-
pross his views on the ontcnte. how
was it possible for a man like mo to
do anything with Gcrmnnvf ;
llopo In President Wilson ' ,
"I hone than an agreement to dis
arm will be reached; President Wil
son is tho man who is able to brine
this about. 1 believe bis plan for a
Lcauue of Nations is feasible nnd
would solve "the whole problem.
"1 sidled the peaco treaty of Brcst-
I.itovsk, but wo cot nothinor from it.
This fact is worthy of mention. It
was Ludendorff. who forced Dr. Uich-
ard Von Kuchlmann. the German for
eian secretary, to make tlint peace.
Wo occupied tho southern end of the
line, whorcus Germany had her troops
ncninst the lino in tho north. General
Hoffmann then declared he -would
move on Pctrograd if Leon Trotzkv.
,tho Bolsbeviki ionium minister, did
not sign tho treaty. . i ,
Jjiidoiulnrff Oto Oostnelo . -'
"Dr. Von Kuehlmunn and I bad
hoped to make peace with Russia on
tho basis of President Wilson's prin
ciples, but Ludcndortf always tele-
(Continued on Page Two.)
FRISCO TO RETURN 10
USE OF FLU MASKS
:' SAJ FRANCISCO; Due. ll.-t-Dr.
William C. Hussive, tutv hoalth otti
ccr, announced envlv today that he is
to rcnuost. Mayor James Rolph some
time during tbo day that tbe board of
supervisors ' bo called together .nn
once to reinvoko the ordinance com
pelling the wearing of protective
masks hero because ot the insistence
of n recurrent mtluenzn epidemic.
Forty now wc$ woro reported. . .
RUSSIA MUST
HAVE PROMPT
'.olonel Lebedeff. Russian Army Hero,
Comes to Washington to Urge Im
mediate -Assistance Bolshevik)
Menace Crowing Along, the Volga
Front.
NEW YORK. Dec. 11. Colonel
Vladimir I. Lcbcdoff. of the Russian
army. lormer (tecretflry or navy m
Prince Lvoff's nnd Kcnnskv s cab- 4-
inct. and one of the leaders of the -
party of sociulisl-revohitionists. has 4-
come to Ihe United States to enlist!
the sympathies of the American dc-1 4
mocracv for the movement of the
Russian people who were fitrbtinit for
months on the Volga front, together
with the Czech-Slovaks, sustaining
the lino against the Bolsbeviki. .De
prived of the aid from the allies which
these Russian forces had been led to
expect, thev have been compelled to
retreat, and today Russia is menaced
bv the Bolsheviki danger unless help
is given her. It is to enlist this help
that Colonel Lobedoff has come to
this countrv. Later he is going on
the same mission to France.
Veteran of Jap War
Colonel Lebedoff was an officer In
the Russian armv in 1004. He took
part in the Russo-Japanese war. and
urns wounded, lie was decorated for
brnverv in the Far East. In 1005 he
joined the revolutionary movement
in T?.,i..iii lin.l tn lnvi thnr pnnntrv.
and lived in exile abroad, mostly in I
France.
At the very beginning of the war.
in 1014. Colonel Lebedoff organized
detachment of the Russian political
immigrants to France, and with this
detachment entered the French armv
as a private soldier. , He fought on
the :Frcnth and ..Macedonian - front
for two and a half 'years, uo to the
moment of the MutcIi revolution in
Russia. - Ho was wounded several
times; was decorated with the Croix
dc Gncrrc. nnd was promoted to rank
of officer. After the March revolu
tion.of 1917. Colonel lebedoff went
hack to Hussin and was invited to en
tcr Prince Lvoffs cabinet as secreta
ry of the navy.
Strict Disciplinarian
Upon entering this office. Colonel
Lebedoff undertook strict measures
for establishing discipline in tbe Rus
sian fleet. . During- the Bolsbeviki re-
volt in July. 117. Colonel Lebedoff
was at the head of the forces which
suppressed this revolt. Shortly af
ter that. Coloucl Lebedoff left the
cabinet because the provisional gov
ernment would not consent to his pro
gram of immediato strict measures
against Bolshevism. After leaving
the cabinet Colonel Lebedoff co-op
orated with the "Grandmother of the
Russian Revolution" Cathcrino Brosh-
kovskava. in editing a revolutionary
and patriotic daily, Voha Isarouu.
Capture Gold Supply .
In Juno. 1818, the colonel entered
tho now ministry which was organized
on tho olga by tho committee of the
constituent assembly. It was as a
member of this ministry that he or
ganized tbe detachments known ua
the Army of tbe Russian JPeoplc,
which made such a notable, ' stand
agauist the Bolshevist elements. Act
ing irt eo-operation with tbo Czecho
slovaks, the dctachmeuts of the Army
of the Russian People took bvzran.
Simoirsk, Kazan, and other important
Volga cities. In Kazan the forces
under Colonel 'Lebedeff took pos
session of 800.000.0UO roubles in gold.
two-thirds of the gold reserve o-f the
AID OR PERISH
old Russian empire. This vast sumwith courage, keeping our word In
had been in the possession ot tbe Bol-
shovikn and part ot this gold would
have been transferred to.'Germany in
accordance with the supplements to
,the Brest-Litovsk treaty. At the same
time these forces, under Colonel Lebo-
dolf, .captured' n large tuuintitv of
silver, securities and other valuabea.
nil ot which wus forwarded bv the
colonel to tho directorate ot f ivo.
chosen at the congress ot Ulu. nnd
sitting lit Omsk.
Opposition to liolshevlkl
Colonel Lebetlulf was sent to this
country bv tbo congress ot Lfu. His
recent mihtarv experiences have been
(Continued, oa Page Two.)
L
TO
ZURICH, Switzerland. Dec. 11.
Tho Hungarian government of Count
Michael Kavolvi will send a mission
to Pnns to explain to the allies the
situation in Hungary, according to a
Budapest; dispatch to the Neue Fvel
Frcsse of Vienna. Tho mission is ex
pected to arrive ill Switzerland this
week, " . , . ,. .. : -
TO TALK UNTIL
TRIAL IS HELD
'""
f ,
LONDON. Dec. 11. William
Tfnh..n7nllom will nnt mntfft nnv
statement as to his efforts to
nrevent. thu nuthreak nf the war.-"
in 1014. according to the Amcr-
ongen correspondent of the Ex
press. Count Von Bentinck. the
host of the former emperor, re-
fivp.l II10 .irrnannnrlpnt nnd flf-
tcr the Questions had been laid
before Hcrr Hohenzollcrn. he is
rtnnrttA trt hnt'p ISfliH . '
"The kuiscr much appreciates
vour messnge and thanks vou.
lie savs: 'Tell him if there is any
possibility of my becoming a de
fendant I prefer postponing
nnvlhinir 1 hnvo tu Rnv until that
time. In addition, 1 do not tie- 7
sire in any wav to compromise
nnv member of the government Ti
as it existed at the time of the
f tl,rol- nf tho .nr'
Winston Spencer Churchill SaVS GOV'
ernment Ready to Grant Autonomy
Meeting, of Peace Conference Fi
nancial Debt to United States
Causes Worry. " '
DUNDEE. Scotland,, Dec. 11.
Colonel Winston Spencer Churchill,
minister ot munitions, speaking here
today, -emphasized the impossibility
of coercing Ulster in the matter o
home rule tor Ireland, and said tnat
the present government is anxious I
that the problem be solved as soon as I
possible. Colonel Churchill said: I
Before the war we had reached a I
definite arrangement with the lead-
erg ot the nationalist party that uis-1
ter was notno be coerced, wny oo
not the Irish leaders come forwaru
A Inl.n ,ln V, hnnlan nf rMnnnnl.
bmty of government within the Brit-
Ish empire? : Why do they not, by a
spontaneous feeling .of comradeship
win Ulster. :.. .
. Give Self Government
'The government is most anxious
that the Irish question be pressed
forward vigorously to a solution.
Great Britain goes to the peace con
ference ready to bestow self-government
on Ireland. It is only the quar.
rels and disputes of the Irishmen
themselves that prevent a solution to
this great question.
Speaking of fiscal matters, Colonel
Churchill said:
Will Tay Debts
'The financial question is becom
ing increasingly grave. We are heav-
ilv in debt to the United States, vre
have sent to America 400,000,000
pounds in bullion and from 800,000
000 pounds to 1.000,000,000 pounds
In securities which had been garn
ered as a result of two generations
of prosperous trade.
The payment of Interest on tnat
debt and the loss or interest on secur
ities previously held will impose
verv serious burden in coming years,
but we will face these difficulties
every respect."
lADDIINALIROOPS
WASHINGTON. Dec. 11. Addi
tional organizations designated by
General Pershing for early return
homo wero itunotinced today bv tho
war department as lollows:
Meteorological section signal corps;
Batteries A. B. C. U. K. and F, heud-
tiuartors compuuv. Supply eompnny
and beadouurters ot tbo 4bth rcgi
ment eoast urtillcry corps; Fust Bat
talion 814th Pioneer liilantry (col
ored) :17''iid mid 174th Aoro sciutid-
rons; lllitb. JlOlst and iilUth Trench
Mortar battories. :
KRUPP FACTORY CHANGED
TO THE ARTS OF PEACE
AMSTKROAM, Dec. 11. Tbo di
rectors ol the Krupp munition works
have announced their intention to
transtorm the plant into a factory
devoted to the arts of pence, accord-
ins; to the Cologiie Gazette
LAME IRISH
FORTHE DELAY
IN HOME RULE
CROP VALUE
I EH 9 MS
1 9 1 8 RECORD
Department of Agriculture Report
Shows Half Billion Gain Over Last
Year Wheat Cron 917 Million
Bushels Total Value placed at
$12.272.4412.000 Total 1 Apple
Crop Over 173 Million Bushels
Pears Over 10 Million Bushels.
WASHINOTON. Dec. 11. Final
estimates ot production ot the coun
try's principal crops, announced to
day by the department of agriculture,
place the crop at 2,582,811 bushela
and the wheat crop a 917,100,000
bushels. , , ' ,
The total value of the nations
principal crops this year is estimated
at $12,272,412, compared with SH.
658,032.000 last year, basing their
value on the price paid to producers
December 1. ,
Forecasts of. production of the
principal crops hare been made from
month to month thru the season and
preliminary estimates already , have
been announced for most crops. To
day's report, however, makes final
estimates ot production. . They fol
low: '
Winter wheat, 658,449,000 bush
els. . '
Spring wheat, 358,651,000 bushels
Oats, 1,538,359,000 bushels.
Barley, 256,375,000 bushels.
Rye. 89,301,000 bushels. ;.
Buckwheat, 17,182,000 bushels.
Rice, 40,424,000 bushels. . ...
"White potatoes, 397,676,000 bush
els.
Sweet potatoes, 86,334,000 bushels
Hay (tame)', 75,459,000 tons. .
Hay (wild), 14,374,000 tons.
Sugar beets 5,822,600 tons.
Beet sugar, 1,480,200,000 pounds.
Sugar beet seed, 6,384,000 pounds.
Beans (six states) 17.733,000
bushels.
Onions (14
states), 13,438,100
bushels,
' Cabbage (nine
states). 565,200
tons.
Hops (four
states), 20,193,000
pounds.
Apples (total) 173.632,000 bushels
Apples (;ommercialJ Z,44,uuu
barrels. '
Peaches, 40,185.000 bushels. ..
Pears, 10,342,000 bushels.
Oranges (two states). 19,587,000
boxes." . .: .
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NEW YORK. Dec. 11. Wounded
American soldiers who arrived hero
yesterday on the steamer Krootiliiml
landed today, " '
The Kroonutnd brought (13 otticers
and 1.180 enlisted men and 100 civ
ilians, v " . -'
The United States transport Caln-
mnres, carrying 14 otticers anu i'ti j
men, all naval personnel, reached
quarantine here early today.
Another transport, tho Uuantnna-
mo, also arrived here today.
The Tenadores, an American vessel.
one day overdue, also arrived with
882 troops and 149 civilians and in
cluding wcUa-re workers, and fuu
sacks of mail, as did the British
transport Ascanta with 1,441 olticcrs
and men. - .,
BOSTON. Dec. 11 The White
Star liner Canopic steamed up the
harbor early today and discharged
ncnrlv 1.50O soldiers. The soldiers
entrained immediately for Camp Doy
ens' where they will bo demobilized.
For tho most part thev nro from
western states and include aviation
nmts which have been in training lu
England; . t- , ; .
NEW YORK. Doc. 11. Six trans
ports brought home . to the - united
Stales 8.840 more of the troops of tho
American expeditionary torco. Ihe
Kroonlaail, Calamares,, Adriatic, As
rtimus and Tenadores docked in Now
York with 7,;t40 soldiers and tho Ca
nopic at Boston with 1.500. All those
men will go to camps before being
demobilized... The. returning vessels
brought also several hundred civil
ians trom tbo war zones. ) ; -
Mrs. J. II. Couslneau and daugh
ter, friends of J. P. White, came from
Portland yesterday to attend bis fun-