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' 4; IllUUiU litfull Oregon: Tonight ard Sun- day fair; colder east portion tonight; gentle southwesterly FORTY-FIRST Xh SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1918 PRICE TWO CENTS tvkDc 4,800 SUBSCRIBERS (25,000 READERS DAILY) Only. Circulation ia SalA Guar anteed by the Audit Bureau of Circulationa FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES I X- Z I .! I 1 E-v ' .T "Vw H ! - . I I i i I I IS U II 1 t I I 1 I I I I I I I I i 1 I I I I I I I ssv : m mm m - U JT I V v I a 1 1 r r -i -' (trap III 11 Pi mm 1Y l 1 z 4 A MA 979 o SOLDU CHIEF OF ST SICK AND WOU DED ETURN ON FIRST OF TRANSPORTS Discharged Men May Wear Uniforms Three Months After Duty Closes. MES OF ALL KILLED TO BE CABLED UNC0DED SOON Rainbow Division Will be Giv en Special Reception On Landing. . - . By Carl" D. Groat (United Press glnff correspondent) Washington, Nov. 10. Dcmobiliza- .tiou ' orders' already . issued will care loaee when the war ended. The troops for the discharge of 200,000 men with-' are close to the hearts of the American iii the next two w eek in this country. ' people, he said. - - 1 A, the macaiinery .deUlop thft. army" , M!Th Seated that several of the j-'v. . nL j , - i large '-camps' wmild- bo Warned under ea discharge 30,000 men a day. . Lro.ram now belnt formulated ior a These faotg developed from Chief of fUaff March's press conference today, No more troops will be sent over sows, Mareh announced. March has ordered GenenJ Pershing t return io the United States as soon transports are availaWe, casual con-' valcscent, sick and wounded, befose the steady flow of the larger bodies be gins. . . . Demobilization Orders Demobilization orders ' already out mtemplate demobilizing it; this coun try in this order: First, development battalions, in number .conitainiiig 98.199 men; second, j conscientious objectors not under sen tence; third, spnicp producers; fourth, antral schools for officerf; fifth, Unit ;1 States guard, 135,000 op paper; six tit,, railroad troops;; seventh, depot bri gades; eighth, men in replacement (-mips, and ninth, men in combat divis Sons. ' Mareh said there are 1,700,000 men "Su ihe United Slates camps and that it will take some time to 'muster them out. as physical examinations must be jHnde and recurds s.'.nt to the war risk mid other bureaus The orders already issue 1 take care . of 200,000, ' who, Mtirch ennouncod whonld be out within the next two weeks., ' Keeds of Future Making the demobilizations, the war department is tukin into account the m ABE MARTIN While ;t costs a whole lot t' keep th' table up these days who ever seen rich grocer? Who remembers whea jii home wuz complete without an otanderf FAIRY. 42t, SCHARGE NExnwDv s. AFF MARCH, REPORTED needg of a regular a;niy fur the future. Men will be offered an opportunity to reenlist. The war department will ask congress that'evcry man properly dis charged shall get one months pay as a As for officers, the department is making provisions to take eare of such bonus. All .discharged soldieis can wear their uniforms three months after duty closes. This is to meet the probLeiu of supplying civilian clothing, as care to go to the regular army or accept omniissioii8 in the reserve corps. Others will be discharged s they stand Orders have been issued to all staff corps to keep up their discharges of officers step by step with the reduction of the line. The return of the divisions from abroad is "not yet settled" further than the department proposes to re turn men to camp nearest their home territory for mustering out. For in stance, the New England nu n would go to Camp Devens. Parades will be neld and in the case of New England men the nearest big city, Boston, will bo the place selected for the -celebration. Names Cabled The department ordered Pershing to fable uncoded the names of all killed an wounded Americans up to Novem ber 11.' General Pershing replied he would expedite this. The 'First and Second American army lines at the time the armistice was signed covered 52 miles. Army Excellent General March said the performance of the American army had ' reached "t.hft liio-hpt nnint nf mtlilorv arnal. large permanent army. The camps to be retained, however, have not been se lected, j The order of returning divisions from France will be left entirely to General Pershing's judgment. Meanwhile, regular arm units will be stationed at the various camps in this country to keep the camps in or der for the returning troops. Arrangements are being made to use all Atlantic coast points foi receiving the returning expeditionary forces and the troops will be put in at tic ports near their home stations. The ports to be used willl be Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Newport News and Charleston. It is nossiblr that oth- era will bo utilized also. Make Tour of Country Plans are being made to give the Rainlbow division a special reception when it. arrives in this country and it is probable that, bccau'! of the fej that troops from every state arc In it, j tne division win maKc a virtual tour there at the front for seven months and of the .country, March said. jl know. It is a pretty big statement to History of the various divisions of make, but it is true." the American army is being compiled . So declared Major General Beaumont and will be made public at soon as"- Buck, who arrived here yesterday, dur possablc. ing an interview. Buck, then a briga- In answer to questions, the general dier, was commander of the Second located units' as follows, according to brigade of the First division, Which, last reports: cajitured Berzy-Le-See on July 2. Arm- Thirty Fifth division in the line of ed only with a riding crop, he led the the Woevre; 91st division, billeted Nov. first wave of his men when 'they threw 5, after action in Flanders; 79th divis- tho 'First Prussian guards, the kaiser's ion in action as late November 8;'favorite troops, out of the village. He 173rd infantry brigade, did not reach ali-.o'Jlonniian'dcd the brigade which cap the lines. tured Cantigny and1 participated in the On October lfi total American prison-jSt. Mihiel offensive. He wears the dia ers captured hy the Germans numbered tinguislied service cross, the Legion of 57,'1S. General March could give no fig- Honor ribbon and the Croix de Guerre ure,s on the number of Germans cap-'with palms for conspicuous gallantry tured Iby Pershing's men, but he said in action. that large, numbers of prisoners cap-1 " We liave lost a lot of n.en but that tureif hy the English and French troops ;3 necessary in war," said Major Gen had been turned oyer to the American oral Buck. "Tho morale of our men forces. Manifestation To Be Held In Honor Of Alsace-Lorraine . PurU. .Nov.' Id. Sunday a givat man if (station will be held in honor of Ah . . ... . . ., , sure -Lorraine winch promts to be the most important held in years.. Processions for which already ovei 200,000 participants has been inscribed will start at 2:30 from the Arcadt Tri umph and march down Champs Ely- sfes, to the Place Concorde, where sev-J erar-gr-a platforms have been erected facing tk-j statues of Strassbuig andloud street just goiith of Henry Scholl'? Lille. President Poineare, surrounded by the highest officers 0f state, will dc liver a speech. Ten thousand soldiers; jacent property. The Creamery pc'W d navy wiil line thel'have not indicated they intend In put. of the army and road. One battalion of Alpine "blueja building on this lot now or later, devils" and one regiment from the; but that the property is adjacent to front will be stationer at the Place Con-! their 'main building is sufficient rea corde. Six French bands, ue Amvrfcan1 son to think gome improvements will be military band and one royal horse-1 m!ifo 0 t n the neit few months to guards band will accompany the pro ! take care of their increasing volume of cession. j business. Here's hoping for the crram- fiprigs of pine tree branches from Ai-iery is a constant aource of revenue for saee and u medal bearing the arms of;a large scope of coun'.tf and is a po MeU will be presented to every u'"r.'i tent factor in developing the country, ber of the procession. - j Enterprise. 200,0 00 GREATEST AERIAL . COMBAT ON RECORD Successfully Attacked Fifteen Enemy Planes At One Time. Ottawa, Out., Nov. X5. The story of the greatest individual aerial combat on record became public today when the Canadian military headquarters in Lon don announced the details of a battle fought by Majer W. U. Barker,, with a big floek of envmy planes. Barker went over with a New Brunswick unit and is reported dangerously wounded. The flyer engaged in this remarkable air battle while over tins forest of Mor vcl, when he met a German plane at an altitude of 1,000 feet. After bringing it dow'n, hf was atacked by two other planes andTiiftvr reeling and swooping downward ran into a flock of fifteen machines'.. . , He attacked them and three fell fir ing at him point blank. One shot shat tered his thigh. He fainted and dived, apparently to his dvath. Recovering consciousness ho turned and found fif teen airplanes of the boche shooting at him. After dropping a considerably dis tance the intrepid flyer roversed and shot upward, directly in the jnidst of the enemy plnnes. Two more fell un-.-r his fuisllade. The rest of the flock spread and fled. - Barker camt down a huddled, insen sible but victorious hero. He will be awarded the Victoria CTbss. E WLVA1VALW0N No Yankee Unit Ever Lost Foot Of Ground Gained In Encounter. New York, Nov. 16. "The arrival of American troops in force at the time they did won the war. I was right was always superior, or at least equal. to any men the Germans over faced. Xo American unit ever lost a foot of ground gained. That is, in the waver ing of the battle line. Fractions Of a line might yield at times, but the Am- lericans always stuck at the end of the , battle to the farthest point they riraei- d," , . Buck said it was not he who gave fhf famoug of)lcr gt iht iMarne. when the French command hail ordered a retreat. He said be believed it was Major General Harbord. HUBBARD CKEAMEBY BUYS. flie past week the Hubbard Cream- ery company purchased the lot on pre machine hop and had the frame dwell ing on it torn down at once, lac prop erty had not been wtciipied for some time and was considered unsafe to ad- GERMAHY SHLL KICKS OVER CARRYING OUT I1IS OF ARIilSflCE Now Solf Wants To Send Dele gation To United States To Plead For Food. London, Nov. 14. (1.10 p. m.) Ger many wants to -send a delegation to the United States to plead for food, according to a wireless dispatch re ceived from Berlin today. Foreign Secretary Solf, in another wireless to Secretary Lansing, -asks President Wilson 'a permission to send such a commission immediately to Am erica to lay before the United States government the conditions Bf famine in Germany in the necesity of taking steps for the purchase of foodstuffs. Solf also emphasised his anxiety for an immediate conference at The Hague. . Newspaper Complains Copenhagen, Nov. 16. Germany jan not carry but the naval provisions of the armistice, the Deutsche Tagcs Zei tung declares. " - : ' 'It is impossible to deliver the na val material demanded1 ia the jirmistice because the naval authorities no long er control the seamen," says the news paper. "The submarine crews refusf to go to England, fearing violence. . "The chairman of the naval work men's and .soldiers' council has re quested the sailors to fulfill the ar mistice conditions to avoid allied oc-, cupation of Heligoland.'? FURTHER DETAILS OF E Surrender All Artillery, Am munition ' And Govern ment felies. r London, Nov. 16. Further details of the Turkish armistie'e are contained in an official gtatoment. as follows: "lit order to secure compliance with the armistice terms, tho Turkish gov eminent will carry out in Mesopotam ia complete evacuation of the Mosul Vilayet, surrender of all artillery, am munition and government supplies above normal needs for the units, the town of Mosul shall bo cleared by No vember 15 and British political offi cers shall he appointed to control the administration of the " gendarmerie. ''In tho Caucasus and northwestern Persia all territory shall bo evacuated and Turkish forces shall be withdrawn behind the pro-war frontier. "In Syria and Silicia all forces shall be withdrawn west nf the Boznnti by December 15. Demobilization shall im mediately follow. The force in north ern Syria and along the railway as far as Missis shall surrender all their artillery, machine guns and ammuni tion by Nov. 15. The question of the administration of the territory south and southeast of Taraus shall be taken into consideration, "In Arabia the difficulty of com municating with the Turkish command ers in the hinterland is being over come." SEN0R1TY RULE WILL HAUL MT FOR LIFE IN HEXTCpNGRESS Fruits Of Republican Return To Power Seem To Be Go ing To Eastern States. .Washington, Nov. .1(5. TIim time-honored congressional sonority rule is go ing to have to fight for its life. S?nator and reprenenfntivUs of the m4ddle west .claim that while their slates made a return to the republi cans to power possible, the fruits of the victory are Eoing to the east in !the form of floor leaderships in both houses, as well as important comnr.ttee chairmanships, unless the seniority rule is changed. Feeling in the senate has already j taken f!rm in a resolution by Menator I Xorris, Nebraska, to prohibit -chairmen jof important senate committees from i serving on any other committee. This, iNorris said, would prevent the bnsines of the senate being controlled by a few men. . It i the first gun of the regressive efement in its revolt for recognition from the regular republicans. This rule is already in effect in th-. house, but many representatives, going a step far ther, basing all choices for committee (Continued on page thrt" "LITTLE ALLIES" NEED FOOD HOW liUN vvoinr STARVE American People Will Not Haye To Deprive Them selves to Feed Boche. SHE NEEDS ONLY TO PAY FRENCH AND BELGIANS Act Prohibiting Use Of Food Sluffs For Beer Still In Effect. New York, Nov. 16. Tho Ameiican people will not have to deprive thvm salves of a mouthful of food to feed Germany, Herbert Hoovor, federal food administrator, declared lrere today be fore sailing for Europe to hold a series of conferences on world food gupply with the allied and neutral food offi cials. ! "We are not worrying about Gei many," said Hoover. "She can take care of hersolf. What we are worrying about is the 'little nines' who havo been tinder the Goman yoke. Thy are faced by famine.' We must give them help and lose no time in doing go." Administrator Hoover deelaivd that Germany was not faced by starvation and that as 'goon as the water-tight bleckade was relaxed she could gel in, the food that is needed. Lever Act Still In Force. "Our only interest in Germany is to get together on a stable basis so she can pay the money she owes to France and Belgium," said Hoovor. ' When asked if thero wag any .possi bility of the Lever act, which prohibits the use of foodstuffs for the manufac ture of beer after December 1, oelng rescinded, Hoovvr replied in the nega tive. He--grated, however, that there wore sufficient stocks of beer on hand to supply this country for four or nvo months. - " Hoover issued tho "following gtato ment explaining his mission abroad: "I am going to Enropo to discuso the further food moasurcs that must be organized as a result Of the cessation of hostilities. The food problem in Europe today is one of extreme com plexity. Of their 420,000,000 people, practically only threo areas gouth Russia, Hungary and Denmark com prising 40,000,000, havo aufficient food supplies to last until next harvest with out imports. Homo must havo immedi ate relief. Ig Food Surplus. "Wo will have a surplus of Bowie 16,00(5,000 to 20,000,000 tons of food, if wj are economical, so that the situa tion can be handlod if this and other smaller surpluses in tho world can be transported. "All continental FiUrope hns reduced herds consequently is short of meats and especially fats. Theae countries have thoir last harvest and under or derly governments this would furnish breadstuffs and vegetables for various periods from two months upward, de pending upon tho 'ratio of industrial populations. Something over 200,000, 000 of peoples are now in social disor der. In theso cases, with transposi tion and financial demoralization, the tendency is for peasants to cease mar keting their surplus and thug instant difficulties are projoctcd into tho cities even when resources are available in the country. The peasant and vi thir of Wirope always provideg for himself for the whole yvar in any event. The problem thus narrows itself to the sup port of the cities and largo towns, pend ing restoration of order and the estab lishment of confidence in futuiv sup nlieii nnd the cities urn the centers 'of anarchistic infection. Big Allies Provisioned. '.' Arrangements have long ginca been completed by which the big allies, that is,. France, England and Italy, will be provisioned. This covers 125,000,000 people. . "Our next concern must be to relax blockade measures as far as possible in order that the neutral gtateg of Europe who arc now all on short rations should to be able to take care of their people and prevent the growth of anarchy. This is another group of about 40,000, 000. Another problem liog in tho 50.000, 000 people in northern Russia, a large part of whom aro inacvesgibfc owing to tne breakdown of trnnsportation auc through sheer anarchy. Million of these are beyond help thi winter. Relax Water Blockade. "These groups are tho ones that must enlist tiic sympathy of the Ameri can pvople and for whom we are to make any necessary gacrifice. "There is a great problem in the sit uation of the enemy people about 90. 000. This problem is not or? of going frf their relief. It is a problem of re- ! taxing the water blockade which con tinues through the armistice, sufficient ly so that they may gecuna for them selves the bare necessities that will: give stablo government. Unless anar chy ran be put down and stuM... r 'Continued on iiage tiiffeo; SELECTION DELEGATES While Allied Nations Ponder Peace Plans, And Germany" Evacuates Territory, Versailles Palace, Favorite Place For, Signing Treaties, Is Being Remodeled For Peace Confer ence. Washington, Nov. 16. Preliminary sessions of the peace conference begin at Versailles or Paris late this month, French cablos today reported. Regulations to govern deliberations around tho peace table and questions of representation and general parlia mentary problems will be taken up, it wag stated. It wa also suggested that inter-allied problenig will be threshed out and decided upon at the prelimin ary deliberations. To Attend Conference London, Nov. 10. That President Wilson, will attond the pence confer ence is a practical certainty, the Even ing News declares. The nev.spaper at tributed the information . to Colonel Houfc. . Germany Asks QukfActlon ."Washington, Nov. 10. While Ger many continues its efforts to forco-an early peace .conference, this govern ment ia giving serious thought to se lection of peace del'gates and to con sideration of tho peace terms along with current problems of reconstruc tion. 1 ' The whole subject of peace and re construction is elowly interwoven in the government's consideration. It finds itself almost without a frame work of reconstruction. Hence, there is some disposition hero to hasten the peaco golution so that the reconstruc tion problem will be the ncro quickly clarified. Germany has wirelessed another of her sories of peace proposal for -quick assembling of delegates and for, a change of armistice terms. She point ed to tho imminence of hunger as the reason for an early peaco session and argued hgrdshipn would be caused -by the provision for rotiring Germans from Turkey. - Not to Be Hurried Into Peace This government is giving serious thought, to the feeding of tho central empires, but does not propose to be hnrried into a peace session by the Teuton pleas. In fct, tho German notes are beginning to bo regarded as drugs on the market, as evidenced by Secre tary Lansing's notice to Germany that she must deal with all the allies, not alono with the United States. Neither the white honso nor state department has given any official expression con cerning tho peaco conference. No time has been set and the government is steadfastly keeping its own counsel. In addition to President Wilson, Sec retary Lansing, Justice Bianileis and Colonel House, who arc expected to at tend the conclave, there must bo mili tary and naval delegates and the legal branches of the army and navy are likely to be Invaded fur the represent atives who may be supplemented by El DURING PAST WEEK State Industrial Accident Com mission Issues Statement iniue frivolities and no letting down of i the short skirt. Whilo the necessity A big increase in accidents d.ning for conservation of materials is expect tho past week is shown by tho state- Ld to decrease uradually. tho idea wag ment jssuvd today by the state indus- advanced thnt, because of its comfort trial accident commission. The num-jand tho increasing popularity of silk ber of accidents reportod during tliei stockings the short skirt has come to week totaled 522, of which f ivo were fatal, as follows: Frank K. Baldwin, Knappa, logging; Chas. A. Brooks, Astoria, iron works; Ray Norton, Coquille, logging; Ellis Pinkerton, Klamath Falls, lumbetlng; Bvnjaniin L. Ward, Astoria, shipbuild ing. The five following futilities wero also reported, having died from pre vious injuries: Frank Dempsey, Bridal Veil, injured July 31, at Bridal Veil, died Sept. 24, 1918; Gv0. Magill, Injured Oct. 20, 1017, at Lakeside, died Oct. 30, 1SH8; Luther Schumakcr, Injured Oct. 19, 1918, at Placer, died Oct. 28, 1918; S. Ota, in jured Sept. 19, 1918, lit Wesfpon, o.ou Nov.-11, 1918; W. H. Gardner, injured Sept. 10, 1918, at Portlund, (lied Nov. 1918. Of tho total number reported, 501 were subject to the provisions of the compensation act, 17 were from firms and corporations which have rejected the provision)) of the compensation act, and four we from public utility cor porations not subject to the provisions of the compensation act. OF PEACE 0 Admiral Sims and Genera' Bliss or General Pershing. PALACE BEING REMODELED By William Philip Simms (United Press gtaff eot respondent) Paris, Nov. 16. The final trimmings of the War are being put on faster than anybody had hoped. While the Germans are apparently making every effort to expedite their evacuation, workmen are busy at Ver sailles,, arranging the palace for tha peace conference. The Hall of Mirrors, where the prin cipal sessions are gcheduled to be held, is being decorated. It is proposed to lodge the delegates in the grand tria non, which was built for Madame De Maintenon, morganatic, wife of Louis XIV. ' - Versailles is a favorite, place for tha signing of peace treaties. Groat Bri tain and the American colonies ratified their peace there September 3, 1783. On the same day, Gmat Britain, France and Spam .signed a treaty restoring certain colonial possessions to the French. Preliminaries of the treaty ending the Franco-Prussian war were accepted thero Fcbrunry 26, 187U Jubilees Planned Public interest in the announcement bv tlic newspapers that Prosidcnt Wil son ig coming is shown by the almost daily rumors that he will arrive vnjt few days. Numerous jubilees have been plan-, ned, similar to the impromptu one fol lowing the. signing of the armistice. The first of these will bo held Sunday lii honor of the return a! tie "lost provinces." These will follow the ro occupation of Metis and Slrusslmrg, ( ' .The munitions fnetorio fe ibuzzing. 6ii to provido work for the cut-of-a-job multitude, but quick transf 'imation of them to the manufacture of peace pro ducts is planned. Tho ministry of ar maments, which is setting the pace In this regard, probably will become the ministry of reconstruction. ADVISE GiRLS TO PUT BY MILITARY STYLES Mannish Fashions W0 Be Hastily Abandoned When Boys Come Home. , New York, Nov- lfi. When tho boys come homo they will be so tired of everything jnilitary that it behooves the girls to lay aside all thnso cute little germ-uiiitornis and warlike parapherna lia if they wish to resume iliplomatie relations, ! That was the opinion expressed to the United Press today by the leading I modistes along Fifth avenue and in other New York stylo centers. This does not mean a return to extreme fashions and extravagant display so prevalent I before the war, however. There will bo ! little lettinor down of tho bara of fern-1 stay. So that great national question is settled. ' " Not only will military styles become passe, according to the designers, but all mannish fashions will bo abandoned in favor of things typically feminine. Thig will have a psychological effect on women's work, it was said. As one modeste put it: "The women must ,clothc"themselve in lovely gowns and lingerie so they may feel a new impetus to take np the womanly tasks they temporarily laid aside to help the men win the war." : As for men 's clothes not that it is important this winter's ministerial de signs will carry right through the spring and summer and unless the gov ernment revokes its conservation dress within two months, they'll bo wearing the same old stuff next winter. (Most 1 of us do anyway) UNITED WAR WORK TOTAX.'- New York, Nov. lfi. The total con tributions to the United War Work campaign throughout the country up ta noon today were $!i3,4.s3,.')ii0.