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CRISIS REACHED
GOV'T TOTTERS
Believed Majority Socialists Will Be
Forced Out Hanse, Likely to
Form New Government Christmas
Crisis Averted Bv Eleventh Hour
. Compromise.
BERLIN. Thursday. Doc 20. (Bv
tho Associated Press.) Ah 11 result
ol' today's deliberations it n believed
ill some quarters iho muioritv social
ists will retire from tho cubinet und
lenvo the Iudepcndrutti in full con
trol of the government.
. The cubinet won in ttecret seision
the greater imrl of tl)o dnv. The
lending independent 4 in tho govern
ment nlso wore in conference nnd thin
cnvr rise to n rumor that llnito lluuso.
the lender of tho independent social
IhIn. would bo enled on to orunni?.c
a new Government,
Tho crisis Ix likely tn continue for
n dnv or two. nnd mnv meet with nn
unforeseen Koliiliou. Today passed
iliilctlv in Berlin.
CompromUo Kffortcd
BERLIN. W'oiluiwclnv. Dec. 2.').
(Ilv tho Associated Press.) An
eleventh hour cnmpromixo with the
revolt inir snilor bv tho Ebcrt
Kchcidmnnn Mention of tho covern
mrnt nimnrcntly nuvviI Merlin from nn
extremist Chrixlinnx today, (Later
reports from lloi1in nr that the
Hpiirtneim fnetion ix xlill llio enuxe
of trouble.) The sailor ituincd more
than tluv Houuht nnd will reinnin in
llerlin ns part of tho republican sol
diers' Kunrd. 1 ,
Tho compromise provides (hut n
division of troops from the weKt4irn
front tnuli'r Umitcniint General l.n
nuix. which wnx sent to IJcrlin bv
Field Mnrxhnl Vow .1 limlcnluirir in
roxiioiiKo tu nn nppcnl bv tho uovern
menl xlnill retire nnd Kuve the rnp
ilnl under the protcetinn of two vol
unteer policing orannixutinns domin
nled bv tho extremixtx.
Tho sailor fturee nt to nnrlionte in
anv future revolt against the govern
ment. . The Hcttlement between tho snilors
nnd the iroverninvnt doon not xntixfv
the Vorwcnrts. Theodor Wolff in
the Tnaeblutt. Ihinltx Hint the cov
emment'K ennitulntion leaves tho im
pression thul it ix steering n rudder
lexx course.
Thn Lnknl Anr.eiuer announces tho
formation of n sociotv for the com
bnttins of rtolxhevism.
Dr. taibknaclit and Donutv Lode
honr dddrexxed n "crowd of about 10,
000 in the Tiervnrten tndnv, after
vliu'li 4hcl crowd marched to tbe
Brandenburg ente to tho former rovnl
nnlnee to demand tho overthrow of
tho government. .
Emperor's Hlatuo Suffer
' In uddition to the dnmnso already
reported on Tuexdnv, tho cathedral
ix bndlv nenrred bv mnchino mm fire
nnd one of tho marble columns form
in oilio background of tho monument
of Emperor William 1 wns eoniplctolv
shot uwav. Tho interior of tho Hod
Pnluco ix damaged honvilv bv xhell
fire. Tho former rovnl npurtinentx
had bcon trnnxformed into n revolu
tionarv habitation and iiianH of eon
fuxion and ncirleet were overvwhero.
In the privttto diiiinu room of the
former emperor tho. forrexpondent
xaw tbe hodivx of five Bilorx killed in
tho finhtinir. Tho palnoo ix ostensi
bly under tho prriteetion of tl' vevo
lntionarv eovornment an "national
propoitv" but it ix doubtful whothor
tho liitthnritieH hnvo anv control oiler
tho xailorx and Roldinrs nunrtcrad
thero. .
: No authnritntivo lixt of cnstmlties
in ' vet available. Kxtimntex of the
number ol dead vary from 12 to (10,
Unless tho novernmont prohibits a
nublin coromonv tho burial of tho sail
ors killed in tho fiirlilinu will bo made,
tho oeeaxinn of a mammoth dem
onstration bv tho Liebknonbt bul'ty,
BY WOMEN'S CLUB
LONDON, Doc. , 87. MM. Wil
son was tho guost of honor
at a rocontlon Rlvon tills aftornoon
at tho American Women's club, SUA
was rocolvod at tho club by Mrs. Cur
tis Drown, tho president and othor
officers, InoludliiK Vlscountoss liar-
court, Lady John Ward, tho Countess
of Strafford, Mrs, 3. H. Sonvornos
nnd Mrs. Ooorgo Mowor. .
Aftor holnpt proBontod with a bou
liiot, Mrs. Wilson Joined tho club
niembors nt toa. v
A eonstdorablo crowd gathorod
nutHldo tho club house nnd ihore
woro ehoors for Mrs.- Wilson when
sho arrlvod nnd whon Hlie donartcd,
TEUTON CAPITAL
WEATHER Maximum Ywimlnv.
Medford
;ian
ENTIRE FAMILY
STILL LIVING
Mlohnel He Tchlhatchef Nenhew of
Gen. Skorooadskl Makes Positive
Announcement to Correspondent In
Wani.w Assassination Story
Story Manufactured by Trotzky.
WAnflAW, Tuesday, Doc. 24.
(lly Associated I'ress.) "Thoro 'Is
no doubt tnul tho ctnr and hi entire
(umlly are alive. 1 am ponltlvo or
this," was the iloclarudon made to
tho correspondent today by Michael
do Tchlhatchef, a nnphow of a on or Hi
Rkoropadskl, nnd who has Just escap
ed from the Ukraine otter a recent
trip to rotrograd, Dvlnsk, Vllna and
llovna.
"1 cannot reveal whore the ciar is
bacauso ho does not wish II," ho add
ed. "Ho does not earn to bo bothered
and ho wants to be left alone.
'Ills whereabouts are known to the
allied governments. It Is In a neu
tral country. Accounts of his murder
at Kkaterlnburg were manufactured
by Trotzky and I.enlno for propngan-.
da purposes."
I Aldo Hliut, (Vnr KxrnMT
"It took much money and tints and
also Iho lives of many officers to ac
complish his esrapo. Among the of
ficers killed was Count Tnllrhev, the
czar's former porsonul military at-
(acho, who was shot Instead of the
ciar. Documents descriolng me
ctar's escape wero In tho hands of
Ourmnn Consul Koonlg at I'otrograd,
who forwarded them to Derlln." I
M. do Tsehlhatchcf said tho allies
should send nn army of occupation
Into Itussla to re-establish a stuble
government and business conditions.
Ho said th cost of living In Kussla
was appalling, a pound of butter
costing 120 rubles and a pair of
trounors 1000 rubles. Kronunntly
thero was no food obtalnablo at any
prlco. ...,;-!..
LONDON, Dec. 27. Tho allied
governments since Chrlslmns have
again been approached by tho Ilol
shcvlk govornmonl of Itussla regard
ing terms of peaco. Thoso differ In
no respect from thoso put forward by
ti, Mlvlnoff, formerly Ilolshovlk
ambassador at Iimlon. thru (he Nor
wegian government In November.
Tho proposals havo mot with no
response, as they omanulo from a
govornmont which Is not rccognlrod.
Tho wholo Kusslnn question Is at
present under discussion.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 27. Christ
mas greotlngs from the Chlncso min
ister for foreign affairs, now on his
way across tho United Slates to tho
peaco conteronco, reached the stato
department today from Montana.
"Spending tho Christmas holidays
on the very hospitable soil of tho
United States of Amorlca, tho tolo-
grnm said, "I am dollghtcd to avail
myself of that happy coincidence to
offer to your excellency my warmost
felicitations and also the most sin-
cero wishes for your porsonnl happi
ness nnd tho prosperity of tho Amor-
Icun nation."
Tho mlnlstor added that ho took
this opportunity to addresB to tho
American republic "tho fraternal
greotlngs of hor yoitngor slstor, the
Chlneso ropubllc. "
BY
CARLISLE, England, Doc. 27.
Tho city council today voted tho froo
dom of tho city to President Wilson,
who will pay a visit horo Sunday
morning. Tho mayor, who moved tho
resolution, said:
"President Wilson, with matchloss
statecraft, guldod, focusod and unit
ed Amerlcnn opinion on tho war,
Carlisle and Cumberland nro proud
of tho fnct that tho president's moth
er was ibom and Bpont hor oarllost
yoarB in this, city." '
Shin Builders Cut Molon.
CLEVELAND. Ohio.. Dee. 27.
rcctorx of the Amerionn Sbinbuildins
company voted in favor of n two and
ono-four per eonl extra dividend on
tho common Klock in addition to the
roKtilnr minrtlv dividcnt of one nnd
three toni'tlm nor cent, llio tour
nor cent, dividend is pnynblo in cash
on Fcbrunrv 1 next, to slo(dtbolderx
p lct'oid on Junmtr.y 13,
ROSS
CZAR
MEDFORD,.
(Iuiom hnH rcitftiiHl In IUtIIii tlio piiAt ivc-k with tlio 8mrtaciix wnup umlcr the k-mlcnlilp of !r. 1Acb
knight ftnlnliifc HlnIlly In Mnvr. In tho cture nlmvh n rni of tho Kpartanut nulicaU are Mhorn with an
nnuorvcl motr car nttnintcHl with murlifno iftniN, rldinK thru one of tho principal KUvetw, ilurlnjc the rlotn of
rarly ornitMr. It Is nimiirod tho prcM'iit govern in nt uiilrr (lianrlliir Klcrt Ik tottering nnd Hugo Hnae,
Uwdor of Uio lnilo(nhnt KoclaliNtA hnH lxHn cnllod iiHin to organize a new government. Sensational devel
opment n arc 4XMH-t(sl In Itorlln In tho next tivn or three ilayw. .
UNDER THE RED FLAG
A
AMSTKHDAM, Doc. 27 Tlio
Drltlsh admiralty Is prepared to
tako drastlo meuns against (he
propagation of Ilnlshevlsm in
lhat part of tho Gorman fleet
remaining In German hands, ac-
cording to a llerlin. dispatch to-
day. Tho sinking of vessels
displaying the red flag and the 4
execution of crews Infected with
HolshevlBin are threatened, It Is
dcclnrcd.
The toxt of the order attrlbut-
ed to tlio Urltlsh admiralty
roads.- 1
'Vessols under tho red flag
will bo Itunk without warning.
Vossols without officers will bo
donlt with In accordance with
tho laws or war. It a single
man Is caught propagating Hoi-
shevlk Ideas tho entire crew of v
tho vessels In question will bo
shot."
INVITE BRITISH
AND U. S. TROOPS
LONDON'. Dee. 27. "We shan't
hnvo peace here until Km:lish and
American troops conic to keep order."
is a statement attributed to one of
the riotous (lermnn sailors in I toil in
bv the ((irrcsiiondenl of the Daily Ex-
Dross, The correspondent savs bo
talked with a dozen other of the men.
who expressed Ihemselves similnrlv.
Hone of (hem iiddiiiL'. "don't let them
send the French, or there will ho more
fiifhliner."
The cnrrONpnndrnt ndds Hint all the
lower classes of llerlin are willinc to
seo foreien troops in tho cnnilal.
Kicimiil liiirlli is diuitcd us mi vmir
he nnd his fellow eabinel, member
Uiilto llaaso and Wilhelm Diltmami,
would nut accept responsibility of
oi'dcriiisr an attack on Hie sailors
The instructions for the attack, he
added were wiven bv Premier Khert,
Philipu Scheideinaiin and I lore Land:
bora-. Berth said he miirht leave the
Government iuimedintolv.
I ne covrnspoimoiH considers one
of tho most important faclors of the
situation bn part plnved bv the. sail
ors wives and sweethearts, sonio of
whom helped in (bo fielding.
RETURNED SOLDIERS TO
TAKE PLACES OF ALIENS
SPOKANE, Dec 27. Aliens who
claimed exemption from military ser
vice on tho cround of their alien eiti
r.cnship, are to bo discharged from
employment in luniiicr and imseinir
camps of Northern Idaho nnd Enstorn
Wnshimrlon, it wns' announced here
today bv several companies operntinc
m this section. Heturned soldm
nro to bo employed in their places, it
wns stated.
M: Minlnmm Todn y, 21. FOIM'X'ART Tomorrow: Itain. . - - n-,
.ftyL' Tribune
ORKfiONr DAY; DHC15MBER 27, 1918
'RED FLAG RIOTING" IN BERLIN
BAKER, THE
FAMOMR'W
IIEDIINIERANCE
PAKIS, Dec. 27. "Hobcy" linker,
famous Princeton nthlelo and an avi
ator in the American army, was acci
dentally killed while flyliiK at llio
Tout aerodrome on Saturday, it was
learned today.
Tho fatal fjlifht w;,v the last Baker
was to have mmlo before leaving "for
the United States.
Papers ordering the airman to the
United States wero found in his
pocket when tho body was picked up
Witnesses of Iho accident believe i
...... . , i
that linker n tempted some dlff cult
stunt while flying at an Insufficient
aUltudo.
linker will be burled alongside two
other famous American aviators,
Kaoul I.ufbery and David Putnam.
Captain "Hoboy" Ilakcr Joined the
aviation service with tho rank of
lieutenant shortly aftor tho United
States entered the war. His name
hns often been mentioned in dis
patches from "over thero," where lie
was credited with a number of dnr
ins air victories over tho Oormans
and where he figured in numerous
hulrbrcadth escapes. '
In the early months of the fighting
by the Americans announcement was
made ot Baker's oncaRemcnt to Miss
Miml Scott, granddaughter of Mrs.
(ieorco A. Scott ot Philadelphia, but
tho match wns later broken by mu
tual consent.
linker met .Miss Scott In France.
. Prior to tho war Baker built up a
Krcnt reputation as a hockey playor
and was ortcn ranked as the greatest
in this country. At Princeton he was
a football star for a number of years
and he also starred In other branches
of sport. Mo was tho son of Mrs.
Alfred Thornton Ilnkor of Princeton
nnd Philadelphia and graduated from
Princeton in 1914.
T
L
IS
LONDON, Dec. 27. Except' that
no mom hor of tho royal family- will
ho present, tho procession tomorrow
thru the city to tho Guild Hull where
President Wilson will receive an nd?
dross ot welcome from the city cor
poration will bo on tho sumo scale as
that from Charing Cross station to
Buckingham Palaco yesterday. .
There will be three carriages, nil
of them soml-stnto lnndiuis each
drawn by four horses. Tho sover
eign's escort of household cavalry
will Tide In attendance on tho car
riage of tho president. One standard
Indicating tho presence ot a chief of
stnto wili be cnrrled. The attendants
on the carriages nnd the outrldors
will bo in scarlet livery.
In tho first carriage will bo tho
prosldcnt, Mrs. Wilson and Lord
Chesterfield, grandmaster of oquor
rlos. Ambassador Davis, Mrs. Davis,
Major General Diddle and Lord Her.
scholl will bo In the second carriage those small sections opposing Bol
whllo tho third will be occupied by shevlsm are sacrificing tho peoples
Rear Admiral Grayson, Brigadier ho might afford a .basis tor tho re
Gcnornl Harts nnd Sir Charles Cust. construction ot Russia.
I
IS POLYGLOTICREW
FROM AIL PARIS
WASHINGTON". Dec. 27.
information renchimr the state
department today from Buch
nrcsl describes the main force of
the1 HiiMicviki- army in lliissiii
ns consisting of Aitstro-Hunen-rian
war prisoners. 50,000 men
from (he Balkan provinces. 40.
fiOO Chinese workmen and about
-,ll OILO f?...-.;..n L.l,l;.,,V fnr.m.1
7.
.'. . . , ... . . , ,.
lo io n the Bolsheviki bv tear ot
. .
starvation.
It is reported that food is very
scarce in Moscow. There is fear
of a Bolsheviki uprisine in Odes-
" sa and Kiev.
A Swedish press report dc-
scribes conditions in Pctrosrnd
as desperate.' The captain of a
Swedish steamer which has iust
reached port from Petroirrnd re
ports men enlaced to load his
hnrdlv work six hours dnilv.
They enserlv seized food from
"urbane barrels.
BE
0. S. DISCREDITED
WASHINGTON,-. Dec. 27. In In
troducing a resolution today calling
on tho peace conference to adopt
President Wilson's plan for a League
of Nations, Representative Britten of
Illinois, republican, sold unless such
a league is established, "the entire
world will immediately -throw into
tho discard the contention that Amer
ica entored tho war to make the
world safe for democracy,"
Every unit of tho German navy
whether surrendered or Interned,
Mr. Britten contended, should form s
nucleus for a world navy for patrol
duty.
The resolution wns referred to the
bouso committee on foreign affairs.
T
PARIS, Dec: 27. The nnnounce
rhent by Foreign Minister Pichon
that the entente policy wns not to
undertake Immediate military inter
vention in Russia hns cnllod forth
protests from the Paris newspapors.
The TempB says the allies in per
mitting the Bolsheviki, with Ger
man nsslstnivce, to ravage and destroy
WILSON PLEASED
WITH
ATTITUDE
OF STATESMEN TO SEE PRESIDENT
Conference With British Leaders Re
ported to Show Desire to Gain Com-
mon Ground On All Disputed
Points Net Results of Meeting to
Be Known Later.
LONDON', Pee. 27. President
Wilson's conferences today with Brit
ish statesmen tire described in Amer
ican oiiurters as hnvinz been very
snt'lsfartorv. The president spent
more thnn three hours before Premier
Lloyd Georce's luncheon in most in
timutc discussion with the premier
nnd Koreizn Seeretnrv Balfour at
Buckingham Pulncc, eoin- over the
senernl aspects of the 14 points of
his peace nroirram.
No one pnrtisular phase wns taken
up. No official announcements were
made and afterward the president
continued the discussions with the
British statesmen nt the luncheon in
Downiutr strct nnd later resumed them
iit Buckineham Palace. .
iXaral Supremacy
'Jt was learned that n creat deal
of wouress was made in makinir clear
some phases of the president s points
which lire uppermost in the mjnds of
the British, principally as reaards the
Question of British naval supremacy.
At Buckingham Palace before the
luncheon President Wilson, Llovd
Oeoree nnd Forcian Secretary Bal
four.' met in one of the rooms of the
President s suite bctore n chcertul,
open fire, with no secretaries or doc
uments to lend anv nir ot iormnlitv
It yas nn entirely informal confer
ence intenaeo to nevoip tne most in-
Ktirunte aspects of the situation. The
president did a ercnt deal ot the talk
inc and it was said afterward that
notliine developed to show- (hot out
substantial ditterence in principle or
in fundamentals' existed.
Eliminate Differences
The ..discussion ranscd about the
freedom of the seas, the Leaaue of
Nations nnd the nt tendant proposi
tion of the reduction of armaments.
None of these subjects, was discuss
ed specifically or bv itself, as they
are considered inseparable in the final
nnnlvsis, so the first purpose of the
conference wns to develop what murht
be the difference of opinion to the
point where thev miirht be clarified.
Only an Inkling
There mav be nn inklin? of the
results attained nt today's confer
ence in the addresses which President
Wilson will deliver tomorrow in the
Guild Hull and on Mondv at Man
chester. About all that can be said
at this time, it is indicated from
American sources, is that the presi
dent found the spirit of accommoda
tion nnd open-minded consideration
which he expected. Today's confer
ences are considered ns undoubtedly
the most important proceedings in the
peace conference neaotintions with
the exception of the actual delibera
tions at Versailles. Out of the results
of his personal discussions with the
British statesmen, the president is
represented ns quite confident the
eroundwork for the further proceed
ines in Pnris will he laid before he
departs for England.
ARGUE f MOTION
NEW YORK. Dec. 27. Argument
on the motion ot the United States to
dismiss the bill of the complaint in
the suit brought by the Commercial
Cable company and the Commercial
Pacific Cable eompany ; to enjoin
Postmaster General Burleson and
Newcomb Carlton from taking over
the lines of the commercial compan
ies and merging them with those of
tho Western Union Telegraph com
pany, ot which Carlton is the head,
was begun today in the federal dis
trict court. .
BERNE, Thursday. Dec. 20. Most
of tlio members of (he former Aus
trian royal house who have remained
in Austria nre reported to have
souuht snfetv in neutral legations in
Vienna. Tho Argentinian nnd Chil
ean legations hnvo offered hospitality
to n do.cn former nrchdukes und
urchduchesos.
Orsnon Historical 800
Public Auditorium
NO. 236
President Given Tremendous Ovation
Enroute to Luncheon With Premier
Lloyd Georae Crowds Have Sllqht
Interest in Own Dignitaries Call
for Speech, but Wilson Declines.
LONDON, Dec. 27. The presi
dent's conference with Premlor Lloyd
George and Foreign Secretary Bal
four lasted until close upon '1:30
o'clock when the conferees left In
separate motorcars for the premier's
residence In Downing street. Tho
premier passed out of the palaco
gates first, and the crowd of some
3000 persons which, despite the rain
that was (ailing, had gathered to see
the president, gave Mr. Lloyd'George
a passing cheer. ' .
President Wilson, who was accom
panied by Sir Charles . Cust, the
king's equerry, followed almost Im
mediately. His car proceeded at a
slow pace and tbe people assembled
gave him a hearty cheer which was
repeated again and again as tbe car
passed down the Mall towards the of
ficial residence of the premiers The
president acknowledged the cheers y
smiling and bowing and lifting his
hat. - '
President Arrives .
It was 1:40 o'clock when the pres
ident drove up to No. 10 Downing
street." He was the tenth of tho
guests for the prime minister's
luncheon to arrive. He was given an
enthusiastic greeting from tbe crowd.
Downing street was thronged with as
many people as could find standing '
room on the sidewalk. Out Into
Whitehall the crowd extended, hun- '
dreds of people having waited pa
tiently two hours In the rain for an .
opportunity to see and cheer Presi
dent Wilson.
Of the lnnceon guests.., including
feprcseriffihs'6rlt,"l)artfe.C""Ahe- "
Earl of Reading was the first to nr-,
rive. 'lie was followed bv former
Premier Asauith. the Mnrouis of
Crewe, John W. Davis, the Amerionn
ambassador: Earl Curzon and Vis
count Bryce. The premier himself,
who was detained at tho conference
in Buckingham palncc. came next and
after him Arthur Henderson, the la
bor leader, and Andrew Bonar Law,
chancellor of the excheouer.
Premier Lloyd George and Secre
tary Balfour were cheered bv tho
crowd, but it was evident that it was
President Wilson thev were waiting
for. As soon ns his enr reached the
outskirts of the crowd in Whitehall
and turned into Downing street a
great cheer was raised. Through tho
lane of people the car mpidlv drew
up nt No. 10, about 100 yards tip
Downing street. Renr Admiral Grnv
son. : who escorted the president."
stepped out nnd was followed bv tho
president itself. ;
Call for Speech ..
Frantically cheering, - the . crowd
could no longer restrain, itself. It
surged by the police right -,up to- the
entrance of . the . house, swarming
about the president's car. .. -.
President Wilson, smilin? genially,
raised his hat and bowed. The crowd
cried for n speech, but the president,
smiling nnd waving his hand, disap
peared into the house.
The entrance room was decorated
with palms and red and white flow
ers. Strips of red carpets were laid
from the door to the . edge of . tho
sidewalk. ...' .-. ..
From the public buildings in White
hall nnd from the foreign office anil
No. 10. the Stars and Stripes and tho
union iuck waved together. :
SPRUCE DIVISION IS o
BEING MOBILIZED
VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec. 27.
Soldiers ot the spruce division, quar
tered here, are ibelng sent to the
states from which they, enlisted, for
demobilization. A troop trains left
Tuesday for. Camp Kearny,'-Linda
Vista, Cal., it was announced today.
Other trains will be sent to tho Pre
sidio and to Camp Fremont, In Cali
fornia, later. The soldiers may be
sent to any camp not more than 300
miles from their homes. ,
PRESIDENT UNDECIDED AS
TO SWITZERLAND VISIT
BERNE, Thursday, Dec. 2fl. Tho
Swiss government hns received a tele
gram from the American state de
partment saving it has been instruct
ed by President Wilson to thank tho
government for its invitation for tho
president to visit Switzerland. Tho
president, it wns added, was unable to
decide at present whether he would
he'nble to accept, but appreciated thn
invitation ns fresh proof of tho.
friendship between the two countries,
LONDON
CROWDS
STAND EOR HOURS