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Newspaper Page TextOwon Historical Soo X Public Auditorium . .WEATlTRU Mnxiimim YcHtci'tlny, 4$; Minimum Today, 23& FORECAST Tonight and Tomorrow: . Conlin ucd Cold. -7 t nn MEDFOUD rorty-lfhth TMr. MEDFOBD, OUEOOX, MONDAY, DECEMBER, 23, 1918 iHUiy 41 hlrlMBtn Twf, NO. 233 Mai f Lame Force Reported Concentrated nqainsi roies wno uiaim inn He Dion Part of New State Luden dortf's Successor Threatens to Seize Berlin With Troops if Order Not Established Soon Ebert Forces Crisis. ZURICH. Deo. 2.1, (Hiivaa). Field MarshaJ von Hlndonburg, ac-. co nil uk to. reports rncolved hnro from Gurtnnpy, hn concentrated a largo force' of soldiers' In Poaon. Posen la In Gorman Poland. Polish 'nationalism Imvo claimed It as part of (he new Poland and Pollen troops bavo Invadtid llio territory. NAYENCH, Bundny, Poo. 22 Tlio Kronen throw a pontoon bridge acrom tho Rhine at Nloratoln on ' Friday. This bridge, which In over 1000 foot In length, was built In flvo boiira. MUNICH. Bee, 23. (lly Associat ed Prosa.) All Huvnrliin Induatrloa employing moro tbnn ton pornons luvo boon ordored to abut clown from Uocombor 23 until January 2 tor (ho purpose of aavlng coul. Tlio workora will roculvo Bo porcout of ttiulr ordin ary wages, of which tho employer wi:i collect -two-thirds from tlio coiu tnunlUta In which tlioy uro locutod. ZURICH, Deo. 23, (Haraa). Tim Kbert government In Borlln Is report ed to bo faced with anotliar crlata thru the roalHiintlon of tho minority tnembera of the cabinet. Political lcadcra In llflrlln, unoihor i-oport aaya, are, agitated by a rumor that Qunoral (Iroenor, who auccood ed Gonoral l.udondorff an chief quar-tormaslor-gonoral, hua throntenod to aolxo llorlln with troopa that Imvo ramnlnod faithful If oritur la not rc oatnbllahod thoro shortly. IIRU88EI.8, Doc. 23. It la report ed bora that Holland haa boon In formed by Great llrltalu of hor ln tontlon to aond aupptlea to tho llrit ish army of occupation In ,(Somiuny by way of tho Hlvor Bcholdt and Dutch Llmborg. ARE PR0P06ANDA 'BERLIN. Sunday. Doc. 22.(llv the Associated I'rcHH.) It is offieial Iv denied tlmt the Gorman government Iuik continued to nddresH notes exclu sively to the United States ut'lor re ceiving tho request of tho Wnshinir ton government tlmt official commit mentions from llorlin ho forwarded simultaneously lo nil tho hostile bol ligcronts. Commcntintr unon tlio report receiv ed In: ro thnt tho Ainoriciin stole de partment hnd declared tlio latest nolo from Oorninnv was not published !o eauso il was evidently of n propn gandistio character, tho newspaper Vorwnorts says: ' ... ' "Tho harshness of this elinrgo is in eompreheiiHivlo. It is inooncoivnblo thnt the United tSntes goes so fur ns to expect that tho people, cntirolv innocent of starting tho war, mid their new government, will ouietlv crawl into n corner nnd expire." WILSQNllAKES WALK PARIS, Deo. 23. President Wilson nnd Mrs. Wilson went, out walking to eothor todav for tho first timo since thoir nrrivnl In Paris,. Thoy slipped nwnv from tho Mtirnt palnco through I tin Cimmiu 1.1 mit.i1nt, nnA ivnllrn1 nn tho boulovarils nnd through somo of the old sido streets, strolling about for nn hour. . The president did tint don his ovor- ooat ror tao wuik. mrs. ivnson wore n walking suit of lilnck. Tho president enmod his oano. Two secret service men wore their onlv oaonrl, He con ferred briefly with : Colonel JO, M. Uouso bet'oro bis 6op(tl'tlU'0 . EMS 1 CONTRIBUTIONS; 10 CAMPAIGNS NOTABOVE $500 Senate Adopts Amendment Senator Thomas Placlnq 100 Per Cent Tax on Political Campaign Contribu tions Above $500 Luxury Tax of 20 Per Cent Is Voted Down. WASHINGTON. Dec. 23. In dis Dosing of amendment to the wur revenue bill with u view to its pus Hiige before udourniiicnt todiiv, the Henate expressed its fiist dissent from tha finance eoinmitlec'K revision bv disapproving :iH to 32, the committee's itcliim in cliiniiiiitiug the 20 per cent tax on so-culled luxuries. Tho luxury tax section was esti mated to raise tibout $1H5.U00.U00. It imiwsed the 20 per cent rate on u va riety of articles nbovo fixed prices. Another final vote on ro-inscrtiun of the tux section was planned later. The senate minuted 31 to 28. the amendment of Kenutor Thoiiins of Colorado, democrat, for a tax of 100 tier cent on political campaign contri butions in excess of if.'iOO. Thu senate ndnplcd an amendment bv Senator Tniiiimcll of Florida, dem ocrat, providing for n bonus of one month's pay to nil officers nnd en listed men honorably discharged from tlio army, imvv and murine corps af ter November 11. ' Inheritance Tax The senate, without objection, adopted the committee's umendmont for luxation of inheritances in lieu or the tax on estates ns provided in the house bill. . The inheritance tax plnn proposes a graduated lew rangini; from one per cent on inheritances between $10. 000. and '-'").000 lo 25 per cent on those over 2."00,IMI0. Another amendment exempts from inheritance taxes lit'u insurance policies payable lo beneficiaries, regardless) of their amount. (In motion of Senator I .en root of Wisconsin, the senate reduced the lax of 20 per cent to 10 per cent on nil luxuries enumerated in the bill except on men's nnd women's clothing. 1 he hitter exception wns made at the request of Senator McCuuibcr of North Dakota, who urged that tho en tire tax be removed from these ar ticles. An amendment bv Senator Johnson of South' Dakota, to eliuiinato the ,') percent tax on uutoimihilc tractors, automobile wugon trailors and trac tors was adopted. PRESIDENT WILL TAItlS. Dee. 23. Tho latest changes made bv the llritish govern ment in the itinerary of President Wilson's visit to ICngland would bring him back to Paris on New Year's Dnv. He will spend Thursdnv. Kridav and Saturday in London and will have eonterences Sulurdav. The president will bo lit Curlislo Sunday and will make an important speech in .Man chester on Monday. Ho will roturn lo London Tuesday and will leave the sanio dnv fur Paris where ho will arrivo Wednesday. The president's Christinas program provides for his leaving on n spcciul train nt I o'clock in tho morning, the scliedulo for tho run providing for the train's arrival at Chauniont, General Pershing's hcadmiartors. at. 7 a. m Tho party will take automobiles llieneo to Limeres, where tho review of American troops will tako place. Tho president will tako luncheon nt midday with troops, returning to Chnuiunnt in the nfiernonn. On the return trip tho president, will leavo Chuumont at 4 p. ml nnd reach Pnris nt 0 o'clock in I lio evening, Tho president will bo accompanied by Mrs. Wilson, her secretary. Miss Itonhnm; Admiral Oravson, nn nido do ctpup, and tho president's private secretary.' AEROPLANE FALLS U.S. GENERAL HURT PARIS. Dee. 3. (Huvns.1 An airplnno piloted bv n llritish officer and carrying an American general from Treves, (lermnnv, capsized Ibis nl'ternoon at Louvvos, on the oulskirls of Puns. Tho pilot was killed and tho Ronei'ii Wts wiously iii,)umi. A LETTER TO SANTA VYUN"z-eo .7l10 0 v ..t,s VliifJTtt USD. I XAKr yytJ. KILLED POLICE PATROL SMASH PORTLAND, Dec 23. Two men wore klllod and aeven othora wero In jured when tho police patrol, driven by Patrolman Itokdal, collided with a telephone pole while trying to dodge another automobile on the east aide shortly before 1 o'clock Sundny mor ning. The dead men are Private Bert Holdor, of the 14th spruce division and Corporal James Jardln of the same unit. Those injured wero: Hoy hi. Dames, medical detachment. Van couver barracks; Patrolman Hek duhl. Patrolman Hruonlng, Patrol man Got), Cieorgo W. Handall, and I' K. Stewart. The men had climbed aboard the patrol wagon to ride to tho main part of tho city on tho pntrol . wagon, which was returning from answering a burglary call In the neighborhood. KEROSENE LAMP FIRE 1 1 FATAL TO WOMAN TACOMA. WMi., Dee. 23. Mrs. George Wnldencnmu of (Irnlumi, wns fatally burned curly this morning when a kerosene lump fell sotting fire to her clothing and the hones. She run out and was found by nuighbors a low hundred feet nwnv. She died on tho wnv to u hospital in Tucomii. Her son, 14, esouped. Her husband is ill with pneuuioiiin in a Tucoma hos pital. Tho house and contents wero entirely burned. PROFESSOR MASARYK TAKES OATH AS PRESIDENT rilAGl'K, noheinin, Sunday. Doe. 22. Prof. T. B. Mnsarvk, president of the Cr.ccho-Slovak jepnblic, took the oulh of office ns. president today in the diet building. The president's oulh on unsmiling ol'fieo was as fol lows : "I promiso ns president of tho C.echo-Kepublic, on inv honor nnd conscience, that I will euro for tho wolf nro of tho republic, and its peo ple and respect its laws." SECY WILSON REFUSES TO ALLOW DENSMORE TESTIFY SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 23. A de cision of Secretary of "Labor Wilson refusing to permit John 11. Dcnsniore. director general of employment, nnd his iiides. lo testify before tha.erund jury in its invcstimition of nlleged ir regularities in the prosecution of Thomas J. Moonov case, uneni'lhed bv Densuioro, wns sent to Governor Kloplions by George Slunloiish Arnold. Mr. Wilson's ipprescnUilive, here lo 0.V. , . ' L Y)uit First Scheme of Street Decoration Since War Beina Arranged for! President's Visit First Head of Republic to Stay at Buckingham Palace Mrs. Wilson's Status. LONDON, Dec. 23. The firat or ganized schonie of atreet decoration In London since tho beginning of the war is being arranged for President Wllson'8 ViBtt. It is understood that tho entire route from the railway station to Buckingham palaco will be elabor ately and systematically decked with lanterns linked by streamers. The Stars and Stripes will be predomin ant features of tho decorations and the flags of the allies also will be used. Tho decorations of the city of Lou don for the president's visit of Satur day will likewiso be upon a splendid scale. Mrs. Wilson's Status Tho various government dopnrt monts were busily engaged today in porfooting tho detulls of the prepara tions for the president's entertain ment. Thore was likewise consider able activity at Buckingham palace. President Wilson Is not only the first head of a republic to make a stay at tho palnco but the first as a guest of honor to be accompanied by his wife. As the wife of a president has no of ficial status, tho court has a problem in etitiuotte to decide regarding Mrs. Wilson. ICscort of Cavalry The Charring Cross station, whore tho president will' enter London will bo gaily docorated. Tho guards will furnish a guard of i honor nnd at Buckingham Palace tho king's guard nnd the Welsh guards will await the president's coming. These troops will mount guard In the quadrangle in' front of tho palace tliruout the president's stay. On ceremonial oc casions his carriage will bo followed by the sovereign's oscort of, house hold cavalry. , ' When President nnd Mrs. Wilson arrive at Manchester Sunday evening after their visit to Carlisle they w.;i bo conducted to the town hall, re maining there ns guests of tho lord mayor and lady mayoress. Secretary of State Lansing and Colonel K. M. House, It Is Bald, are expected to nc compnny them. Chinese Delegation Arrives. VICTORIA. H. C Vleo. 3. China's delegation to the Versailles pence conference arrived here today aboard the Japanese trans-l'ncilic liner Suwu Mum. The delelrulos plan to co bv boat lo Wenlllo whom thev will en train tomorrow for New York, r i LONDON IS BUSY PREPARING FOR WILSON'S ENTRY 4 I GLAUS "A LOYAL RUSSIAN . . TROOPS DEFEAT THE BOLSHEVIKI . WASHINGTON, Dec, 23. Defeat ot the Bolshevik army on the Ekater inburg front in 'a decisive battle by an army ot loyal Russians, was re ported today In an official dispatch to. the Russian embassy from the Omsk government. The measage'sald the disorganized Bolshevik! were re treating northward toward Perm. Much equipment and booty was cap tured. The embassy also was Informed that Attaman Doutoff, conrtaanding the cossack troops of the Orenburg region, had asked General Semenoft to submit to the orders of Admiral Kodchak, dictator of the Omsk gov ernment. It was indicated in the cablegram that the people of Siberia wero united In support of Kodchak. IS U. S. FLAGS LONDON, iNov. 14. (Correspon dence of Associated Press). If thero is not friendly feeling toward the United States in England the flags of London speak untruthfully. There are millions of flags. Where all of them come from is a mystery. They simply appeared from everywhere and nowhere, like a barrage of color on the day when the armistice was signed. No coronation or royal jubi lee has boen such a marvel ot cloth Hardly a house, however small and humble, In the whole more than twenty mile radius of the largest city in the world was without Its decora tions. And the Stars nnd Stripes wore more conspicuous than any flag except tho Union Jack. PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 23. N. Carlson, in tho county inil hero nwait insr trial for killing Gits Johnson, a follow laborer in the shipyards lust wc"k, cut his own throat today while shuvwg, and died within 20 minutes. Thirty other prisoners wero present nt the tune. Since his urrest, Carlson, who de clared he hnd killed Johnson because of nn nssnult on Mrs. Carlson, had nvnri.'ixpfl (hn four (hat. be would not bo well defended, since he was without funds. His wile nud children hnd not visited him nt (lie jail. HUN MINISTER'S RECALLDUETO IS. Indirect Warning From U. S. Govern ment Leads Germany to Dispense With Services of Notorious Von Eckhardt Continued Pro-German Activity In Mexico Must Cease. WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. An indi rect warning from the Amcncun gov. ernmcnt was responsible for the de cision of the German authorities to dispense with the services of the no torious Minister Von Kckhurdt at Mexico City. It was learned offi cially today that a hint was trans mitted to Berlin recently that it was difficult to reconcile Eckhardt's con tinued anti-American and . anti-allv propaganda with the new German government's protestations of rcsard for the t'nitcd States and repeated appeals for food supplies. Evidence of Eckhnrdt's influence in the Mexican capital was seen today in a report from Ambassador Fletcher that El Pueblo, a government orcan had published a denial of the minis ters recall. The state department has been ad vised of the recall, although evidently there has been no official announce ment' of it at Mexico City. Ambassa dor Fletehor snid other newspapers were saving Eckhnrdt's mission had ended, though he bad not decided as to lenvins the country. WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. Ambas sador Fletcher at Mexico City advis ed the state department today that El Pueblo, a government organ, had denied that yon Eckl;ardt. the Ger man minister to Mexico, had been re called.. O thee Mexican newspapers. however, say that Ton Eckhardt mission there has been terminated, tho he has not decided as to leaving the country. E CHICAGO, Dec. 23. Details of the unsuccessful fight made by the leaders ot th socialist party to have the American Socialist restored to second class mailing privileges were related today by J. Louis Engdahl editor. ot the paper, when he was re called as a witness in the trial of five socialist leaders charged with viola tion of the espionage law. The witness said the paper was barred from the mails Juno 30. 1917 after the publication ot the "Liberty edition" of which 250,000 copies had been printed. Engdahl said he had no desire to violate the law and had tried unsuc cessfully to have the postoffice authorities make definite rulings on the character ot the articles. Engdahl said he then sent a copy of the paper to every member of congress with a request that they ex pross au opinion as to whether it was a violation of the espionage act. i A number ot replies were received which the witness read to the Juryi Representative Dillon wrote that he did not think the paper should be barred from the mails. Representative (J. C. Dill express ed the view that the paper should be admitted. He said tho socialists were entitled to fair play and the right ot free speech .should be safeguarded. Similar opinions were expressed by Senator Gronna. After the paper was barred from the malls, It was shipped for a time by express and parcel post. POLAND THREATENS TO VIEXXA, Dec. 23. Poland Is anx ious to reach an amicable agreement with the Czechs regarding tho claims of the latter to Austrian Silesiit nnd a Polish deputation will soon go to Prague to discuss tho matter, accor ding to a statement issued by the Polish foreign minister nnd printed in Cracow newspapers. Tho minis ter also says thnt no efforts will be made to solve by diplomacy claims to Galicia by Ukraine. Regarding the southeastern fron tier of Poland, the minister says the situation Is very serious, and adds: "It will bo a question of arms un- , HI the niutler Is settled,," WARNING 1 FOOD SUPPLYIS NOW T Work Is to Be Handled Principally By United States Under Direction of Herbert C. Hoover Foundation Leaaue of Nations Laid In Such Co-operative Arranoements. PARIS. Dec. 23. (Bv the Asso- inntfiA Press.) President Wilson'rt conferences today and tomorrow will. virtually complete the preliminaries he is expected to dispose or betore nninif (i, Vntrnnt Tlirtv nrnhlihtv will luy the principal part of the ground work for the actual pence conference. Mr. Wilson considera the most . pressim? of all problems before the entente nations in a fair way toward being solved. This is the auestion of supplying food to the starving peo ples of liberated countries. It now seems probable that the work will bo handled principally bv the United States, through Herbert C. Hoover. It has been made plain to the entente nations thnt the United States has no- wish to clnim entire credit for tho work oi! relief in the minds of the peo ple who are to be fed and a satisfac tory understanding appears to be la sight. Mr. Hoover will confer with, the president ngnin today; ' Participation by the United states in various councils" that have been shipping nnd the like, is being grad ually wound tip. as American offi cials are trending toward the opinion that those nre proper subects for the consideration of a Leanue.of Nations, or at least of preliminary organiza tions which may precede it." Xnntn rf t linen wni-t hnvfi hpon 1V- ing the' siibect close study and have been following the conferences with entente representatives say' thev would not be surprised if the real foundation of a Leaeue of Nations were to be laid in co-operative ar rangements between the United States and the allies for handling these fun damental Questions. BY U.S. SOLDIERS SPOKANE. Wash., Dee. 23, No warrants hud been issued, it wu aid . at the police court here this forenoon, as a result of the clearing pf. the lo cal socilalist hull here last piL'lit bv a party of somo GO furloughcd soldiers and sailors after Gcoriro .1". Vander vppr. who nnneared for tbeidefense in the Chicago Industrial Workers of the World trial, bud delivered' an ad-s dress. - ' lou lellows want to overturn mo poverumcnt. do .you?" the louder of the soldiers and sailors was reported to have told the crowd in tlio hull. "Well, we are not going to have any Bolsheviki here. Just take wurning. We arc going to have no more of these Sunday meetings." . The hall was ouickly cleared with out resistance, jnd later a crowd that gathered outside was dispersed by the soldiers and sailors. 3 PORTLAND CITIZENS 1 PORTLAND. Ore. Dec. 23. Rob ert II. Warficld, contract manager of the Homo Telephone company here; Gus Emerick nnd . George E. Fifer pleuded guilty in the federal court here today to importing Honor jnto Oregon. All three were givun county jail sentences. Warficld will serve three months, Kiucrick und Fifer 30 davs. ...... . -. The men were charged with import ing whiskey from San Francisco in carboys, labelled acid nnd consigned to tlio telephone company. The linuor nfterward was put into bottles nnd sold to tho retail trade hero. - GREAT BRITAIN'S TERMS OF 1 PEACE READY CHRISTMAS LONDON, Dec. 23 The cabinet, it is snid, will be ablo to finish bv tomor row night tho task of framing, the terms to be proposed bv Great Ilrituin at the Inter-Allied conference preced ing the peace congress.. : The final draft should he ready by Christmas Day. It will he discussed at the con ferences between President Wilson and the war cabinet, -. ... . NEAR SOLU