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MEDFOBD, OUEOOX, MONDAY, DECEMBER, 23, 1918
iHUiy 41
hlrlMBtn Twf,
NO. 233
Mai
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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