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MJODFOIID, OJiEGON, TUESDAY, DKCEMBER, .31, 1918
irlMBUI IMI,
NO. 230
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II.
RESIDENCES OF
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' Much Property Destroyed but No
1 Llvei Lost Revenae for Enforclno
Uw Aaallnst 8edltlon Believed to
Be Motive Supreme Court Judqe.
Police Superintendent Are Victims.
PHILADELPHIA. Doc. 31 Slirnp
nel shall loaded with nitroglycerin
or T. N. T. wore exploded lute lout
night at th borne of three mon
prominent In public llfo. There wan
coiuddorabl destruction ot property
litn'no one. was JOIled. .! ....
. ilRovetiKa imnliut too Judicial and
'polio Authorities tor enforolnu; the
law- fe.ifoltiat, sedition and tlio display
of th NKl tlBi? of aqarchy In this city
poll ctjlolala ,nld, furnlshod the
The homo attacked were those of
Justice Robert Von Moschtlskor of
the. Pennsylvania uproino court;
Krnent T. TrlKK. president of Iho
Phlladolphla rliainhar ot couimurco,
and Win. II. Mills, acting luporliiten
Jmit of police. KlKht house adjoin
ing theao residence wore dnmoKod.
The threo homea are In widely p
arated aecllona of tho city. Tho
authorities believe tho TrlKK bomb
waa Intended for tho homo of .Munic
ipal Court Judgo Gorman, who re
Idea next door.
Pollco Work on Cnoo
Tho ontlro pollco forco of tho city
la working on Iho caso. All federal
agnncle aro cooperating One theory
la that ono party of men, using an
anlornolillo had cununlttod all threo
outrage.
' At tho scene of the exploalona the
pollco picked up clrculara which con
tained the tlnfl of the bomb throw
er.' The headlnn road : "To the ex
ploiter, tho Judges, policemen, the
. prtcata, the soldier. " This-was -followed
by 200 worda of a hnrrangue
on the right of tho poople,
, Justice Von Mosrhxlnkor today ex
preaaed tho belief that his homo waa
attacked (Imply because ho la tho
highest court officer la Philadelphia,
Arret la Mmlo
' Announcement ot nn arrest won
inniltt this afternoon bv Superintend
ent Mill, who declined to nuikc known
hia name or lull where lie was a r rest
ed. '
. "Th's dim n in probably responsible
for tin' explosions," said Mills. "Ilu
Iihh been connected uelivelv with Bol
shevism nnd Iho. I. W. W. Wo will not
lei nnv Inwvor ace tlio prisoner mid
wo will not permit Iiih relatives to ap
proach liim." :
A fourth bomb, a "dud'' which fail
ed, to vxplodc, is Niiid to hnvo been
found bv n policcmun. one of several
btouph dispatched to tho homo of
promnunt ciluona uftnr tho explo
sions to search for bombs.
, Tlio intended victim'. oC tho bomli
wbicli did not explode1 Superintend
cnt Mills said, in widely known. Dim
report was Unit' the houso where it
wqh found in oei'iipiod either bv a hiah
nruiv or nnvv official. 5 .
! ', Duo to llolnliovlkl
Superintendent MillH said todav:
""There is no doubt these outrages
aro due to a combination of Bolshe
vism und I, V. W. because of tho ac
tivity Nhown bv the polico and ttjo
courtH cnforeinif tlio Inws against se
dition during the war.
"Mv lifo Ihik boon threatened half a
dozen times raeontlv bv unidentified
porsouH who hnvo called mo on tlio tel
ephone or sent mo nnonvinnus letters
after I hud prevented tho holding of
meetings which Pconmdcrcd would bo
NcditiOllH Assemblages,"
Local annv ordnanco officers sav
there is no basis for n rumor Hint tlio
.hoinhfl uhccI wcro stolen from ordn
anco plnnts in this vicinitv. :
leninTcrusIs
peasant revolt
PARIS, Doe. .11. Tho nttitudo of
tlio pousnntH in tho region of Moscow
is alarming tho Lenino uovonimont
according to tlio Potrogrnd corres
pondent oC the Journal.. Kmlv in Do
ccmbor, ho roportH, tlio poasnnts no
tivolv rovollotl, nnd it wna n week bo
foro tliov wcro subdued.
Tho Bnlahoviki Hod Ounrrl hrokc
down oppoHition with utmost sovcr
ity. The ponHiintB woro poorlv nrni
cd nnd forced lo surrender in Inrtie
riuniborH," Numerous .villncos wore
nitod bv iirlillcrv and lnrico liiimbcrs
of peasants were nuissacrcil.
The iSciiHiuils, however, niainliiin
llH'ir'utlHiKlu op'opiiosillon, ..
EXPLODE T
ADEPHIANS
BERGER TAKES
DENES
HE'S PRO-HUN
Conqresiman-Elect On Trial (or Se
dition Savj No Socialist Could Be
Pro-German or Pro-Kaiser Op
posed to Revolution, In Favor of
Peaceful Evolution,
C1IICAOO, Dec. 31. Victor h.
Horuer- conKrossman-olect from Mil
waukee, took tho wltnosa stand In his
own dofonno at tho opening of to
day' session of the trial of hlmsolf
and four other socialist lenders on
chargea of conspiracy to violate tho
antl-aodltlon law. All tho other de
fendant hnvo preceded him.
llerxor told tho story of socialism
In America and of his own anti-war
activities as a lo adar ot tho socialist
purly. Narvou at first, tho witness
soon regained his composure lie
spoke with strong Oorman accent
which waa explained by his opening
tostlmony to Iho effect that ho was
born In Austria and waa 20 yours of
age when he caino with hia parents
to tho United mates.
OriUnlM-d tho IV -iy
Ho went to Mllwnukoa 40 years
ago and for nluo years waa a public
school toucher. Uitor he bocamo a
writer for "Vorwaorts," a Oorman
languugo socialist papor. lie auld
his conversion to soctullsm took place
In 1 HK 1. Ho trncod the development
of tho socialist movement from 1880
to 1SV7. In the latter year ho and
others, ho said, organized tho proaont
socialist party. In 1910 Iho socialists
carried Milwaukee and Ilcrger was
elected to congress, being thus the
first socialist to attain ihls success.
Whlla a congressman ha filed Im
peachment proceedings against Fed
oral Judge llanford, who later ro
slgned. This statement was brought
out by a (iiiostlun from Judgo 1-npdts,
who requested that "If you havo done
anything about any crookod Judgo,
lot us hoar about It."
HoclnllkU Averted War
Tho Milwaukee Leader, ot which
ho Is publisher, Ilcrger said, was
founded In 1SU1, and most of the
securities aro owned by working mon.
Ho sketchod tlio International social
ist mm'omont nnd Insisted that on
several occasions threats of tho so
cialists to call a general strike had
avorted war. He rclntod tho unsuc
cessful offorts of International so
cialists to avert tho war Just closed.,
Ho said ha was no pro-German.
"No socialist could bo pro-Ucrman
or pro-kalsar" said the witness.
Opposed to Involution
Horner's opinion of tho war nows
of 1914-15, ha said, was expressed In
his Instructions to his sub-editors
who woro told to "lead with tho ller
lln )les and follow with tho Kronen
and Kngllsh llos. Ho said his orders,
howovor, wero to print all tho war
nows nil tho time, Uargor said ho
worked to havo tho socialist move
ment dovelop along peaceful, ration
al, legal lines. Socialism, ho said. Is
tho samo tho world over, tho only
factional differences being lis to
mothnds of procedure.
"I havo novor," he said, been ono
ot tboso radicals who bellovud that
tho world could bo turned upside
down ovornlght. I believed In evolu
tion rather than revolution. Human
society Is an organism which musk bo
gradually altered as It grows."
I'robls Ant I-War
Dorgor said that tho prohibition
party platform was ossontlnlly as
strong against war us tho socialist
platform. Sections ot the prohibition
platform woro road In court. Tho
witness said ho had obsorvod that
tho fowor socialists thoro woro In a
community tho more radical they
woro. In Mllwnukeo, ho said, with
30,000 socialists, thoro was a much
moro conservative view boeauso thoro
was opportunity for frequent opon
mootingH and discussions. Merger
said that ho did not approve of tho
Young I'ooplo's Socialist leaguo. Ho
also sulci ho novor know of any codo
lottors nor of nn underground route
to Mexico for Blnclcqra. Of Prof.
Carl Hnosslor, who Is serving n 12
year prison term becnuso ho refused
(Continued on Fage Six.)
IS
WASUINWON, Dec it!. A list ot
prisonors released from prison enmps
in Gormnnv was announced todnv bv
tho war department.
Christian A. Korenson, Hiir Snndv.
Stout., is reported lo have arrived nt
l.eilh, Scotland.
Horace Shidler, Klumalli Fulls,
Ore., is reported lo have arrived in
j'Vnnco, ; ..,,.. '
MAY THE 1919 WEAPON PROVE-
AS WORTHY AS THE 1918 SWORD
iff " " i HEWV6AR- 4jtY
Jr T) J evEn-Y body
0 ARMY
ADVANCING ON
V
UKRAN A
French Force With Volunteers Now
Cuttlno Wav Through Bessarabia
From Rumania Situation In Arch
anncl Reported Favorable to Amer
ican and Allied Troops.
COXSTANTIXOIM.K. Occ. 31.
(Uv the AssDciated I'ress.) A volun
teer annv nnd n French force arc nd
vancinir from Kumiiuiii tbroiiuh lle.s
sarabin toward Kiev, the 1'kruinian
capital, nccordintr to u report from
Odessa received here.
Theudvuneinir forces, tho report
savs, aim at trainiiiir control of the
railroad between Kiev and Odessa
from tlie republican separatist forces
in the 1'kraine.
A French force under Clcncrnl I!er
tbclot has been in ltumania for nioiv
than n inoiilh and aided the Hni;ar,
iuns in forcins the Cleriniins to re
tire from tlie count rv.
WASHINGTON', lice. IM.-Fnvor-nble
reports on the situation in the
Arehiinnel recinn ot Hussin. where
somo unofficial accounts havo pic
tured the North Russian, allied and
American forces as racinsr destruc
tion at the hands of llolsheviki in
ovorwhelniiii!; niimliers, hnvo been iriv
en to the state department bv 0. A.
.Martius.ine, representative hero of
tho Arcluuittel government..
It. was officially stated todav that
Mr. Martiuszino hnd conferred with
Aetins Secrctiirv l'olk and that his in
formation showed tho situation well in
hand from I he viewpoint of tho al
lies, .
Accordine to these reports, tho llol
sheviki soldiers arc officered bv Her
mans and consequently nrb tibia to
make irood nso of their urlillerv nnd
rapid tiro linns, hut thev havo no
stomach for fihtine- thai does not
keep them at n distance from their
opponents.
Weekly Food Price Optional.
WASHINGTON. Jlcc. 111. Contin
uation of the food administration's
weeklv fair price list Ihroutrhoul tho
counlrv litis been left optional to stale
food administrations, it was said nt
bv lood mlminislriition tt'dliYi
DR. IVlARiE EQUI IS
GIVEN THREEiYEARS
AI 1
f . i.
rOHTI.ANH. Ore. Dec. 31."
Dr. Marie Kqui. recently convict-
cd hero of violation of the cs-
pionasc net. was sentenced to-
duv to three years' imprisonment
at McNeill's Island federal petit-
tcntiarv and to puv u fine of
Fcdlowinsr the court pro-
cccdinus todav, Dr. Knui and u
woman coinpnnion were sent
s)i-awlinir on the lloor of tho
courthouse corridor bv William
U. Hrvon. representative of tho
department of justice, who dc-
('hired the women had blocked
his way and insulted him when
he went to protect Federal At-
toincy llanev from possible nt-
lacks. The defendant is said to'
have mndo threats prcviouslv
aixuinst noverninent reprcsenla-
lives.
ITALIAN CRISIS
PEACE MEETING
PARIS. Dee. 31. (Uavas.y--The
resiiiiiation of three Italian ministers
tunv delav openiinr of the pruliininurv
peace conference until January l.".
aeeordinir to the Echo de l'uris..- In
addition to l.eonidn ltissohiri, minister
of military nid and war pensions, Siir
nor Harcnini, minister of education,
and Sicnor llnri, min ster of public
works, are said to have left the Or
lando, cabinet.- -
PARIS. Dec. 31. Plans for depar
ture of President Wilson for Rome on
Wednesday nictht will not bo affected
bv the Italian cabinet crisis which is
said to be purely political.
NO ISSUE MAIL TRIBUNE
f- ON NEW YEAR'S DAY
In accordance "with its usual
custom ' the Mn'il Tribitna will
issue no paper New Year's Dav,
Wednesday, January 1st.
A
JOINS
BOLSHEV K AS
D
REPUBLIC
German Province Joins With Sparta
cus Group Miners With Loaded
Rifles Compel Owners to Sign All
Sorts of Documents Spartlcans
Break With Independent Socialists.
, COPENHAGEN, Dec. 31. Tho
congress ot the Spartacus group, In
session In Berlin, has adopted a reso
lution declaring "no honorable prole
tariat must havo anything to do with
the Independent socialists.". It was
resolved also that a new party should
be formed under tho title "The Com
munistfc Labor Party of the German
Spartacus Bund." ;
The congress was addressed by M.
Radek, head of the Bolshevik mis
sion in Berlin.
LONDON". Dec. 31. Bolshevism
broke out in German Silesia on Sat
urday, according to a Berlin dispatch
to ' the Express. Miners on strike.
under menace of loaded rifles, have
compelled their employers to sign
"all sorts of documents." the dispatch
says, v
Thoro has been murdorlng and pil
laging. Silesia has been declared a
Bolshevist republic. ,
Itcfiise Polish ltcqucst
LONDON, Dec. 31. Germany has
refused to accede to the demand of
the Poles that Polish troops bo per
mitted to use railroads from the Pol
ish border to Vilnn, aocording to
Warsaw advices to the Mail. Tho
Berlin government based its refusal
on the ground that permission from
tho entente nations was necessary.
The Germans have demanded) that
German troops returning from Rus
sia be allowed to use Polish railways.
Tho Poles hnvo' consented with the
stipulation that the German troops be
disarmed.
Trouble In Poscn
y COPENHAGEN, Dec. 31. Herr
Locbe, whoso appointment to a place
in the cabinet was announced yester
day, hns informed tho Central Coun
cil of Soldiers and workmen of Ger-
(Continued op Page lx.)
ROYAL COUPLE
SEE PRESIDENT
OFF AT STATION
Queen Mary and Mrs. Wilson So En
grossed in Conversation Latter
Nearly Loses Train Kind and
Queen Wave Handkerchief Until
Train Out of Slaht Crowds Cheer.
LONDON. Dec. 31. President and
Mrs. Wilson left Victoria station at
9:18 this morninir on a special train
en route to France.
DOVER, England. Dec. 31 Presi
dent Wilson and his partv sailed from
Dover for Culuis at 11:20 o'clock this
moraine.
LONDON. Dee. 31. ICinir Gcorqe
und Queen Mary accompanied Mr. and
-Mrs. Wilson to the station. Premier
Lloyd Gcorce was on the platform
and saw the president and his wile
depart. The Scots Guards formed
th cuuril of honor and the band of
the Irish guards plnved.
Mrs. Wilson chatted with Queen
Murv and shook hands with all pres
ent as the train pulled out, the kins
and queen .wuvine their handkerchief:
and the band playing as it left the
station.
Crowds Line Streets
It was a dark nnd rainv moraine,
but crowds lined the streets from
Buckingham Palace to the station
nnd cheered as the procession passed.
President Wilson and km? Georse
were in the first eurriose. Mrs. Wil
son and Queen Murv and Princess
Murv in the second, and members of
the president's partv and court offi
cials were in the three other carriages
Mrs. Wilson's umbrella was raised on
account of the rain, but she nodded
and smiled to the crowds at the sta
tion. ..-.. , ,,
Mr. Wilson and Kinir Georee in
spected the L'liard while the band
played "The Star Spaneled Bnner."
President nnd Sirs. Wilson bade fare
well to Kiuc Georuu. Queen Murv and
Princess Marv in the wnitincr ; room
and then took their leave of Premier
IJovd Georee. Andrew Bonar Law,
Lord Robert Cecil and. Sir Eric Gcd-
dcs., who were at the station.
Play Over There
As Queen Mnrv and Mrs. Wilson,
followed bv President Wilson and
Kins Georce left tlie wuitine room on
their wav to tlie royal salon, which
was beautifully decorated with flow
ers, the 'band plaved "Over There."
The euests on the plutform applaud
ed enthusiastically.
Queen Marv and Jfrs. Wilson car
ried on a conversation to the last mo
ment. President Wilson having to call
Mrs. Wilsons' attention to tho fact
thnt the train was pulling out. -.
DOVER. Dec. 31. The presidential
train reached Dover at 11 o'clock and
little time wus lost in boarding the
steamer. Brighton, which set: out al
most immediately on the cross chan
nel trip. ,.-
The morning was cold and raw,
with a sharp cast wind whipping the
channel into white caps, indicating
that the crossing was likelv to be a
rough one. President Wilson and
Mrs. Wilson remained on the bridge
of the Brighton until the steamer left
her pier. They smiled und waved
farewells to those on shore.' while
the band played the "Star Spangled
Banner."
The president wns received here bv
Commander Boyle, secretary to Vice
Admiral Sir Roger Kevcs, Admiral
Kcvs being indisposed nnd unable to
attend in person.
Telegraphs His Majesty
As the president wns leaving Eng-
lund he telegraphed King George a
message expressing deep npprceintion
of Ins entertainment und wishing the
English people n happy New Year.
The president returns to France,
members of the partv indieutcd, feel
ing thnt great progress has been made
toward achievement of his peace
ideals. On the trip to Dover Premier
ClemenceUu s speech wus discussed
among the Americans. No cxpresr
sion, however., was forthcoming to
sive any clew us to President Wilson's
feeling regarding it.
'TERRY Wl'GOERN DEAD
FROM BLOW, IN1R1NG
BOSTON. Dec. 31. Tevrv McGov-
ern, of Philadelphia, a boxer known
in private life ns Frank Di Leo. in
jured in n match last night with
Frunkie Britt of New Bedford, died
at the citv hospital today. His skull
was fractured bv hitting the floor
when ho was felled in the sixth round,
Hl'ilr wfts arrested today.
U. S. WAR COST
$18,160,000,000
December Expenditures Over Two Bil
lions Breaks All Records Total
Cost of War $24.50O.000..00O
Over Half for Armv Two Billion
for Navy.
; : ;:' : 1
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31. It cost!
the American people about $18,100,
000,000 to run its expensive war gov- .
eminent and make loans to allies In.
the year ending today, treasury re
ports show. , ';', . '. ' 'I'V:
December expenditures abovff two
billion dollars, the record of th na
tion's history, sent .aggregate! war
costs to date to approximately 124,
500,000, ooo.:'''-;' yi,;: T
Of the 18, ICQ, 000, 000 paid out In
1918, probably ten billion dollars
went for the army and the general
military establishment;; about two'
billion dollars for the navy, a billion,
for the shipbuilding program, a bil
lion for ovher civil government needs
and S-i, 150,000.000) as loans to
America's brothers in acms.
PubUc Pays One-Third
That the public has paid only
about one-third of the war's expense,
excluding foreign loans,, in taxes la
cash, and two-thirds, as loans to he
paid in another generation, is indi
cated by treasury figures. With the
last four days of theyear not yet
tabulated receipts from.' taxes, cus
toms and miscellaneous revenue
amounted to $4,637,063,000 of which.
$2,949,032,000 came, from Income'
and excess profits taxes alone.
Liberty Loan Results
Daring the year $6,038,000,000
has come into the treasury from the
Fourth Liberty loan and $4,171,000',
000 from the Third Liberty loan. In
addition $13,802,000,000 -worth ot
certificates -ot": indebtedness have .
been sold and subsequently' largely
redeemed from Liberty loan receipts.
War savings stamps and xertificaten
have brought 948,0,0tipp.,V
; Tho xray in whclf V'ar expenses
have mounted from month "tp month
is shown by the following table ot
expenditures: .
January. 1918 $1,050,000,000
February ... .... 1,012,000,000
March 1,155,000,000
April .. .. 1(243,000,000
May J I;up8, 000,000
June ,3,,5i2, 000,000
July 1,608,000,000
August 1,805,000,000
September . , 1,557, 000,000
October -1.664,000,000'
November : , 1,935,000,000
December 2,100,000,000
(December partially estimated.)
TRANSYLVANIA
S1GNS:PACT
Kill's..
BUCHAREST, Monday, Dec! 3jj.
(Havas). The mission ot the Trau
sylvanlan govenment sent by the
national assembly of Roumanian
Transylvania to hand King Ferdin
and the pact of union with Roumanla
was received in Bucharest with great
ceremony. The mission was acclaim- ,
ed 1y the populace and was lodged
at the royal palace.-
King Ferdinand received the depu
tation and declared he. was obeying
the will ot the Roumanian peoplo in
accepting the mandate to reign over
tho region trom the Dniester to tho
Theiss. . ' ' "
Tho Trnnsylvarila national' 'iisloin
bly, which met in December, docBired
the freedom ot the Roumanian. dis
tricts of Transylvania as well as tho
desire ot those districts to.be Joined
with Roumania under King Ferdin
and. The Dniester river flows thru
Gallcla and Bessarabia to the Black
sea while the Theiss flows northward
from the Danube northeast ot Bel
grade and swing eastward to Its
source In the mountains between
Bukowl'na and Transylvania... Noar
tho Danube it flows thru the region
known as Banat. The addition to
Roumania ot these districts will al
most double the area of Roumania as
It was before the war. '
B0LSHEVIKI CAPTURE TWO
VILLAGES REVAL REGION
LONDON. Dee. 31 Forces of tlio
Russian llolsheviki government hnvo
captured two viliaacs in tho region of
Rcvnl, according to n liussinn wire
less mcssntse today. The 'Vnomv." it
is added, hns landed ,"()() men nnd four
guns, (evidently on the Kslhoninn
cons in (.ho region of Kevul.) - ;
IN