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MEDFOED, OUECIOX, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1918
230
Mim CAB1NE
RIBUNE
T QUITS; PLAN REPUBLIC
EBERT RESIGNS
PLAN TO FORM
Disturbances on Tuesday Lead to Re
tirement of Provisional Cabinet-
Representatives of All German
States Called to Meet December
29th Riots Thruout Empire.
' VAlUH, Dec. .11), Tho German irov.
Turnout headed liv r'riodrioh Ehtirt
linn resigned iii a result of events of
Tuesday, according to n dispatch re
ceived at Zurich from Stuttgart, suv
tho Journal's correspondent llicro.
Friodrioli Kbcrt, who wuh mimed ns
' uiiuwtur of lliu interior in tho cabinet
( I'rini'o Maximilian or linden. No
vmber II. und became imperial chan
cellor on November H. took command
of tlio Hiliintiiin in Berlin following
tho revolutionary uprising there. On
November 1:1 it was announced Hint
he had become premier and luid idiOK
w his cabinet, miming IIiil'o llunso.
l'hipill Si'lioi'lniiiMii. Wilhclm Dittiiiuii.
1 lorr Luiulshiirg mid fiichurd Itartli nn
thu hccrclnrios in charge ot tint lie
liiirliiu'iilH created liv lliu revolution
urv uuveriiiueiit.
ClH'EMIAllLN. Wciliiosduv. Dec.
1H, Thu ( 1 frm ii it government lint de
viili'd to convoke a con forciioo of rrp
rcsoutittiveii of nil tliv stale of the
former empire on December '.ill. to
elect n president of tlm Uerinan rc
public, according to u I tori in report.
This step in miid to have keen taken
in order to avoid fresh outbreaks,
' LONDON. Dee. 18.-The KMlmniiin
provisional government, controlling
the territory covered bv tho former
Russian llnltiu province of K.Ktlionm,
Iiiih placed tho republic "under the
common iiroleelioii of thu pnlente
IHiwcra iicihIhilt tho decision of the
peace conference."
Tho Ksllinuiiin premier minoiiiicrd
thin action in 11 telegram which reach
ed London tonight in which ho called
attention to tho difficulty the Ksth
oniim troops were V-xporionoing in
withstanding the llnlsheviki, who are
attacking tho territory of thu repub
lic from the pant,
AMSTERDAM. Due. 11). Three or
lliu principnl directors of the Krupp
munition workH nt Essen, - including
Dr. Ilrnnsonhersor, inventor of the
"Hit? llfrlhiis," have been nrrcstcd bv
the rovolntinnnrv eonimittuo in Hint
city, according to advices, received
. here.
' 7,1'HJCII. Dee. 10.Norioun disor
ders have broken out lit Dnn.ig. West
Prussia, neourding to dispatches ro
ecived here. Civil and military pris
on liiive been opened mid the inmiites
Ret nt liberty, it is said, nnd street
fighting is reported.
ODESSA. Sunday. Dee. 10. (liv
tho Associated Press.) Troops un
der cominund of tho nuti-Ueruinn l.'k
rnlninn louder, l'otliiru, today lira oc
cupying Odessa, '
PRISON DEC. 5TH
'1 COPENHAGEN. Wednesday. r0o.
18. (Hy tlui Asoniatod 1'ross.l Tho
killnnr of Lieutenant Cohoonov, nn
American airman, in tho Gorman pris
on enmp nt Strnlsund, Deeombor 5. Is
: reported l)V. three British officer.')
who hnvo arrived hero. Tho Ameri
can liouloiiiir.t, tho ofioors snv. went
out'siilo tho barbed wire for n ino
meiit nnd tho Gorman guards fired
throe timoH it t him. Lieutenant to
heonv wiih killod bv ft bullet through
tho ehest. A British of tiecr was so
riouslv wounded bv the shots.
Tho guards refused to allow Co-
hecny s oomriulos to roinnvo lug body
M'ADOO SAYS FREIGHT
RATES WILL BE REDUCED
. 1 1
. WASHINGTON, . Doe. 10. Direc
tor General McAdoo said today Hint
willi. nn assurance of fivo veil in of
covernment control of tho railroads.
CNistinir frniitht nnd pnsseueer rales
could bo materinllv rediieod within the
noi:l euluuftnr your without any re
duction or the eating VAUrtfttd cr1o,
HUN
REPUBLIC
MARSHAL JOFFRE AMERICA FOR "IBit FOUR-HOUR DAY $63,300,000Sff M1LNER TELLS
NOW IMMORTAL' AMERICANS IS SL AIM OFL W.W. PLANT DELIVERS WHY RUSSIA
SON OF FRANCE SENATOR'SIDEA .... PROPAGANDISTS ONE U. S. SHIP WAS INVADED
Victor of Marne Made Member of
French Academy Function At
tended bv President Heartfelt
Tribute Paid to America and Wll
' son bv Idol of French People.
VAIIIS, Doc. 10. Manilla! Joffro
now Is forntully numborod uinoiiK
Krn'in:o' forty Immortals. Tho vie
tor of tho Mania wan niuilo a member
ot tho French Academy tills utter-
noon.
Promptly upon tho mrulio of ono
Mornhul Juttre arrived al tho Umtl
tuto, cromilng tbo Soluo ovor tho l'ont
ue Arts, accoiiiiianlod ny mi upon'
or, CSakrlal lliiuotaiix, and bin aldo
do on inn, Commiindiiiil Jouart.
With the knowlodKO thul I'ronldont
Wllnon wus to attend tho function,
Krciil crowdH Intel Kiitliercd all aloiiK
tbo route followed by tho marabnl
crowds whobo chuom wore divided
between tlui KretU soldier, tho Amor
Ivan president und I'rosldeul l'oln
caro of Krnnca. Tho Kronch presi
dent uttuudud merely an a private
cllltun and follow academician,
Hefux'N to Drnm I p
Mamlml Joffro wore tbo untlrean
uniform of a marshal ot France, huv
liiK domtirrcd at wcurliiK tho elabor
ato coHtiimo ot an uouilemlclun.
"It Is a a marshal of Franco thai
I outer tbo iiciiilemy," aald tho noted
soldier. "And It Is dressed as such
that I shall present myself there."
The iimrsliur well net framo 'bulk,
od lioslilo Hint of most of his brother
members of tho academy, llo deliv
ered bis InauKurul speech In a deep,
resonant voire which completely fill-
oil tho chnmlior whero tho ccroniony
took place.
After rovlcwltiK tho part pluyoil In
(bo war by Franco. llelKlum.nnd tbo
other allies. Marshal Joffro said:
. "It was In tbo conviction that they
woro flKhtlne for rlxht that tho allied
nations found tho streiiKth to sncrl-
flco and tbo certainty ot ultlmnto vic
tory. Tbo power of these noblo sen
timents havo been evoked, In terms
which are over proseut In our mem
ory, by tho R-ronl President Wilson,
while tboy inspired hi m to most gra
cilis action."
Happiest In Ameiirn
Alluding to his visit to tho Unltod
Slates In 1917, Marshal Joffro said:
"While In tbo midst of crowds 1
was living hours which I number
among tho sweetest of my lift. I had
divined tho need for sacrifices on
their part awukenod In the soul of
those generous ponplo by tbo heroism
of our soldiers nnd tho Justice of our
etiuso, In order Hint Franca mlKht
live In prosperity, (lint Belgium might
ro-ostiibllsh herself, that liberty
might reign and that right might 'be
rolnstiitad, America nroso and resolv
ed to throw Into tho fight her lust
man nnd bor last dollar."
II
KILLING 15 CHS
I'AHIS. Dee. If). (Huvas.) A
German minu which lind been planted
in u briduo nt Guiso has exploded, kill-
inir 1.') persons nnd iniurinst 2.i, no
eordinif to n Guiso disputed to the
Miilin. Hie disinlc.h savs the explo
sion occni'i'eil more lluin n month nf
tor the nriiiistioo bemiii.
LAUEDO, Tex., Doc. 19. Oonoral
Isnnclo Morolos X.urugor.n, fornior
general In the fodornl nrmy and ro
contly chiof ot the Kollx Dlnz rovolu
tton, was captured at the bond of his
forces near Amnrlllo and was takon
to Monterey, according to a dispatch
rocolvod today by General Reynnldo
Clarzn, commander nt Nuevo Laredo,
Hetman of Ukraine Quits.
ODESSA, Doe. 10. (Bv tbo Asso
ciated l'ross.l Ukrainian separatist
troops of tho' I'etrnrn forces entered
Kiev, tho eivpital of Ukrnino on Snt
urdav. Tho lietmun of tho Ukraine
abdicitled yoslerdny,
Senator Knox Disclaims Condcmnfna
League of Nations In Advance but
No One Knows What It Means
Discusses Peace Terms Would
Have Germany Cancel Own Debts.
WASHINGTON. Dee. W.Con-
certiiiiir tbo I.eiiL'iic of Nations. Sena
tor Knox disclaims eondciniiimt tho
leuituo plan in udvunee and snvs the
object of his resolution vesterduv was
to postpono the (iticstion for scpuratc
consideration.
"If a I.ciil'iio of Nations may not
be a irood thiiiir. eertuinlv the n'.'itat
ed duvs followimr u irrcnt war should
not be seized upon to saddlo the
country with a policy it ban not ex
uiniued nnd which is not u nceessnrv
nart of the mnkiiii; of peace." Bays the
senator. '
"I for one, it tit entirely itinerant of
what the president moans by n I.eauue
of Nations. The American people do
not know."
"A Iciik'iio based upon populations
would give less advanced nations
power to impose their ideuls on mure
advanced nations. i
Americans and Americanism
"I think the Aincrietiu people be
lieve in Americanism. 1 do not lor
one moment believe they would be
willing to see this country ordered
about bv a hetcroeencous. world
league of nil nations.''
'Itepiiralion 'is li mutter .of arith
metic, of law nnd of eomituhlo ins
tiro," Senator Knox declared, in eon
sidcrimr pence terms. "In other as
pects it ulso extends into the con
ception of practical icuariintees fur
the future. It is not improper tovon
sider whether tho imposition of ex
cessively onerous money payments
miuht not have the effect of cither a
desperation favorable to anarchy or
else u ueeessitv to ullow Ucnniinv
ureal furoimi trade facilities (if in
deed she ean find customers for her
unods) in order that she miuht pro
duce the wealth reuiiired fur vast in
demnities. (.'uncut Inleiiml Debt
"The latter alternative uiiuht in
thu Ioiil' run have the result of fore
inu economic iiuuraudizemeiit upon n
people, who. we have seen, cannot
now be sat civ entrusted with trait
power in thu world. It occurs to mo
that to demand the cancellation of the
Gorman internal bonded ivnr debt nnd
thu allocation of thai sum to the
funds for the indemnities of restora
tion, etc.. initthl possibly bo consid
ered.
"As to uuuriiuteos, tbo condition of
relative impotence to which Ger-
innnv has been reduced bv the terms
of the armistice, is, of course, the
first of our real uuarantecs. The
maintenance of that condition dur
inir a Urns period is the first of real
I'linrantccs iianiiist tho reerudseciicc
of nnv similar German menace.
Not Hot urn Colonies
"As pin t of this iruiiruntee it seem
ed entirely clear that her colouies
should not lie returned to Germany,
hut should either be divided nmonir
I bo chief belliiicrents or elsu lointlv
held bv thorn willi their respective au
thority somewhat proportioned to
their respective local interests und to
their position as factors in victory
"The settini: up of now free states
ns u cordon to cut off tho future of
the 'Mitlol Europu' nnd near eastern
drenm of foundim! Teutonic world dc
minion is, iis thi.s, respect, another
practical measure in Ilia Proad eon
oeption of real uuurniitccd for the fu
ture."
iS STILL AT
WASHINGTON1, Doc. 19 Gorman
propaganda still is at work in th
United Stales,- the Btate department
was Informed today in a dispatch
from Tho Hague,. A Professor Brlnok
inanu. who directed propaganda in
this country from The Hague during
the war, was sntd to be In charge of
tho present operations.
Officials here assumed that the In
formation was sent from The Hague
to explain the spreading of reports
that tho United Stntos and tho allies
are not In agrcomont ovor certain Is
sues to ho dealt with al the ponce
conference,
O.MG, Alaska,' Dec. 19.
Alaska. Eskimos, wbo are not 4
4r gouorally known as "Joiners" of
the Klk, Ksgles, Moose, Owls
and other fraternal organlza-
Hons of the white men, are
forming an order of their own
to be known as the Benevolent 4
and Protective Order of Keln-
deer, according to The Kskimo, v
a government school publication
Issued here. -
4 Helndecr heritors and owners
aro directing tho formation of
4 the organization and are limit-
lug charter memberships to Kb-
kimos in tho reindeer business.
Later they may admit hunters
and trappers.
A ritual, grips, and secret
work is being planned.
FIRST ME
SENT TOliPARIS
WAWSIIINGTON. Dee. 10.--Thc
first resolution of congress rcouirini;
the president's signature adopted
since -I'residcnt, Wilson sailed has
reached him ili-Iiiris. .
Secretary Tumulty was notified bv
rablc toduv of the arrival of a state
department- courier who had in his
possession the joint congressional
resolution authorizim; the usual
Christinas time advance payment of
December salaries to covernment em-
ploves.
This procedure is to be followed in
the ease of nil nets of con-ircss while
the president is abroad. The president
bus tun days in which V siun or veto
legislative documents, und unless he
does one or the other the legislation
becomes effective without his signa
ture.
TO PEACE MEET
PARIS, Dec. 19. It seems pro-
bablo that German representor
lives will not - figuro in - . tho
peace preliminaries; and until theso
are disposed of it cannot bo decided
whother the neutrals will bo Invited
to discuss the subject of a lengue of
Nations. The consensus ot the best
informed observers here seems to be
that they ultimately will be so Invit
ed.
It Is evident that Americans muy
expect that the announcements on
tho progress of the conferences will
be ot a .very llmttod nature - until
nftor tho Now Year, the intervening
time bolng taken up by exchanges
which aro nocessnrtly confidential
REPORTS BOLSHEIKi
LONDON, Dec. 19. .(British wlre-
losS service). Uoports that the Rus
sian llolsbovists have rulsod an army
of 3.000,000 nion aro discredited by-
special correspondence to the Daily
Chronicle. It Is said that the most
reliable information puts the mini
her of Bolshevist troops at about
180,000 scattered over most of the
former Russian empire. - ,
IK BY GERMANS
PARIS. Dee. 19. (Haviis.V Bisli
op Mnglinns of Heme nils' rccoivod
from (.'nnliiiiil 'Hartitiriiin.'areltbishop
of Cologne, '20 Cases oonlniiiina re
Unions ornaments which were taken
from the diocese ol" Itbeims bv Ger
man soldiers. Tboy will bo sent to
i'rance. ...
ORE
Trial of Members at Sacramento
Brings Out Details of Campaian
Carried On bv Bolshevik! Cult of
America Anti-War Tactics Prais
ed in I. W. W. Papers.
SACRAMENTO. Culif.. Dec. in.
"The deadly peril." settini; forth op
position to the 1. W. YV. to the wur.
"made a hit" ut u meeiine in San
Jose. Calif.. June 3. 11117. uccordin
to a letter aliened to iinvfi been writ
ten bv I'eter McEvov to W. D. Hay
wood, which was rend here today at
the trial of 40 persons chained with
plots to disrupt war work.
"Bulls'' nnd "Dicks ' lulled to pre
ent the holdinir of the meetincr. the
etter said. JlcKvov. formerly I. W.
W. secretary ut San Jose, und Hay
wood, former general seretarv-treas-urer,
were convicted ut the Chicago
I. W. W. trial. Both are named as
o-coiispirutors with the Sucrumento
defendants.
"L'uiformcd scab herders." nnd
yellow legged Dicks'' raided the I.
V. W. hall in Kansas City. JIo.. nc
cordiuir to notes from the I. W. W.
paper. Solidarity, in June. 1917. An
other note from Hoekford. Ills., said
138 men were imprisoned there June
G. 1918. for participating in an anti
war parade. . -
After 4 Hour Day . t-;
"We want moretihie so we can. so
after a four-hour day and get it." said
an excerpt from "Solidarity", under
the caption. "Arizona Mine Workers."
A Solidarity editorial stating the
I. W. W. -is unalterably opposed to
war"; was read. This added: "Wo
consider the far fetched talk about
freedom and ' democracy so much
bunk."' and credited the war to the
blood bloated money lenders of Wall
street.
Headlines nnd excerpts from The
Industrial Worker, nn I. W. W. paper
printed al Seattle. Wash., issues of
July nnd August, 117. referring to u
strike alleged to have been called bv
Lumber Workers' Industrial Uuion
i()U of Spokniie. Wash., were read.
The headlines included: "71 Camps
Hosed Down." "Oregon Joins Big
Lumber Strike." "Aberdeen Shipyard
Out Solid." and "Kntire Lumber In
dustrv West of Mississippi Closed
Down."
'The miners' strike will curtail pro
duction of copper 1.000.000 pounds n
day." said n (mutation from an nlleg-
d Bisbee. Ariz., messnge printed m
"Solidarity" and read todav. ,
PORTLAND FLU IS
E
PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 19. Only
seventy Influenza cas.es were reported
to thee city health bureau today,
considerable reduction under the av
erage for the past. week. The city
health officers say the epidemic 'is
now rapidly on the wane. .
Tho city's emergency hospital went
out of existence at - o'clock this af
ternoon. Several patients were dis
charged as cured yesterday and to
day, and the rest were transferred to
another hospital.
GILLETT ISICANDIDATE
- FOR SPEAKERSHIP
WASHINGTON. Dec. 19. Repre
sentative Gillett of Massachusetts,
republican leader of the house dur
Ing the tllness ot Representative
Mann of Illinois, today announced
his candidacy for the speakership In
the next congress, in opposition to
Representative Mnnn. Former Speak.
er Cannon of Illinois today declared
his Bupport for Mr. Jlaijn.
- Senate Rills Zone System. '
WASHINGTON. Dee. 1!). The sen
ulo lute todiiv adopted :!4 to '23 tho
committee amendment to the war rev
Mine bill providing for repeal of the
present r.une system of second elns:
postuso vutcs and substitution of a
rate of ono cent a pound within .lot)
miles and one and one-hull' ceuts ft
pound beyond, . . ,
Charles Piez , Manaaer Emeraencv
Fleet Corporation Reports Upon
Hoa Island Scandal Orhiinal Cost
Estimated $21,000,00060 Days
Before Yard Is Completed.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 The cost
of the great shipbuilding plant at
Hog Island was estimated today at
$63,300,000 by Charles Plez, gen
eral manager of the shipping board's
Emergency Fleet corporation. He
said that the yard, which has deliv
ered one ship and Has fifty keels
laid, should be completed in 60 days.
The original estimate of cost for
the plant on a smaller scale was $21,
000,000 and this was Increased later
to $27,000,000. Upon a survey to be
made about January 1 to determine
whether the American International
corporation is reducing operating ex
penses, Mr. Plez said, will determine
whether the government shall take
over the shipyard. . '
Lodge Asks Question
WASHINGTON', Dec. 19. A reso
lution asking the state department to
Inform the senate whether the Amer
ican peace commissioners are advo
cating destruction ot German war
ships or other enemy property and if
so by what authority, was Introduced
today' by Minority' Loader Lodge and
without discussion, was 'left on the
table. . . .. .... . . .
Reports from Paris that the Amer
ican delegation would favor sinking
the German ships led Senator Lodge
to Introduce the resolution..
Secretary Daniels said today that
he had never heard officially of such
a proposal.
TO
Li
LONDON, Wednesday. Dec. IS.
News that President Wilson consid
ers coming to London next week was
received by the British government
thru an official channel today. It
necessitated a hurried reconsidera
tion of plans by Premier Lloyd-
George who had intended to meet the
president for a brief conference in
Paris and then proceed to Monte
Carlo for a few days' rest.
The president will be welcomed
whenever he arrives, 'but the date
now proposed December zb nas
handicaps as far as the public and
the officials are concerned.
No arrangements for the visit of
the president had been made up to
today hecause the government wish
ed to consult with John W. Davis,
the new American ambassador.
KILLS 10 PROTECT WIFE
PORTLAND. Ore., Doc. 19. N.
Carlson, a laborer, shot and killed
Gus Johnson, a fellow workman here
today, in the garage which Johnson
rented from Carlson. The murderer
then sent for the police, explaining
to them how the crime was commit
ted.-and surrendered. Carlson de
clared that his wife had been assault
ed by Johnson a week ago and that
he feared Johnson intended to . kill
him. . '
KILL EXTENSION OF
WASHINGTON; Dec. 19 The sen
ate sitting in : iv committee ot the
whole todnv Uatatlvely rejected
without . recutd vote the McKollar
amenrin-oht to the war revenue bill
providing for an extension of the
zone system of second-class mall
rates with a maximum charge of six
cents a pound where the mailer is
sont 1809 miles or more, ,
British Secretary of War Declares
Any Other Course Would Have
Been Abominable Crime Bolshe
viki German Allies Intervention
Was Bio Cause of Allied Victory.
LONDON. Dec. 19. In reply to a
letter received from a correspondent, .
Viscount Milncr. the secretary of wur.
gives the reasons why British troops .
were sent to Rusisa. The cabinet '
member goes over the situation creat
ed by the success of the Bnlsheviki In
guining control of Rusisnn affuirs
and points out how their acts were
adversely affeetini; the cause of the
allies in the west and otherwise ham
pering the winning of the war bv the -,.
allied nations. . .
"You ask me." says Viscount Mil
ner in his letter, "what right we ever
bad to send British troops to Russia
to meddle with the internal affairs of
that country nnd how long we mean ;
to keep them there now that the war
is over.
Bolsheviki Aid Germany
"The riuestion itself shows that von
misapprehend the facts of the case .
us well as the motives of the' govern
ment. The reason why the allied, not
merely British forces indeed the
British are only a small proportion of
the total allied troops were sent to .
Russia, is that the Bolsheviki, -whatever
their ultimate object, ;.were in
fact assisting our enemies in every
possible way. It was owing tp their
action that hundreds of thousands of ,
German troops were let ioose to hurl
themselves against our men on the
western front. It was owing to their
betrayal that Rumania with all its
rich resources in grain and oil.' fell
into the hands of the Germans. -: -
Handed Over Heet' ''
"It was thev who handed over the
Black sea fleet to the Germans, and
who treacherously attacked . the
Czeeho-Slovaks when the latter on'V
desired to get out of Rusisa in order
to fight for the freedom of their own
country in Europe., The allies, every
one of them, were most anxious to
avoid interference in. Russia, but it ,.
was an obligation of honor to save
the Czeeho-Slovaks nnd it .was. mili
tary necessity of the most urgent kind
to prevent those vast portions of Rus
sia which were struggling to oscnpo ,
tho tyranny of the Bolsheviki, from
being overrun bv them and so .throw
ipen ns u source of supply .to the
enemy. - . . . . -.
"I say nothing of the enormous
quantities of military stores, tho
property of the allies which wero' still
lying nt Archangel and Vladivostok ,.
and which were in course of being ap
propriated bv the Bolsheviki and
transferred to the Germans until tun
allied ocupation put nn end to tho
process. i
Intervention Successful
"And this intervention was success
ful. Rioting was stoped. The Czecho
slovaks were saved from destruction.
The resources of Siberia nnd south
eastern Russia, were denied to tho
enemy. Then tho ports .of Europeun
Russia were prevented from becoming
bases for Germun submarines from
which our North sea barrace could
buve been turned. . . ' . v-
"These were important achieve- :
(Continued on Page Four.)
PERU CONSUL ISIS
S.F.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 19. With
a bullet wound thru the head the
body of Dr. Louis Alvarez Calderon,
consul of Peru in San Francisco, was
found in his apartment today. A
pistol was found close by the body.
Police detectives working on the
theory that Dr. Calderon had com
mitted suicide searched the apart
ments Iii vain for a clue to a possible
motive. He had been indisposed for
the last few days but this did not
prevent him from attending to his
consular duties, the police said.
Dr. Caledron's parents terminated
a six months' stay In this city last
Monday, leaving on that day for
f.eru. ..,:' ,' ,