. 4.809 SUBSCRIBERS 1 (2),000 READERS DAILY) Only Circulation in Salem Guar- anteed by the Audit Bureau of Circulations FULL LEASB WIRE DISPATCHES -e SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VAL- ; LEY NEWS SERVICE ' Weather Report Oregon: Tonight fair: Satur day rain west portico, fair cast portion; gentle easterly winds, fresh oa the coast. J !' FORTY-FIRST YEAR- NO. 2fQ SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1918. PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND NEWS STANDS FIVE CEA'TS ..JT4 " V I.X 4' IL80fJT0ffL8 EEC' WORLD DIPLOMATS COMPILING DATA FOR CONFERENCE Russia Is Striving To Be Rep resented At Peace Con : clave As Stable Nation. PRESIDENT WILL LEAVE MESSAGE FOR AMERICANS Greatest Effort at Peace Meet kg To Turn Affairs Back To Natural Status. By. Robert J. Bejnder. . t V (United Press Staff Correspondent.).. ' Washington. "Nov. 22. Tlmt Presi 'drtit Wilson will participate actively in the campaign against bolahovism while iu Europe was the intimation of his feiends here today. - He is expected tq make speeches not only in France but certainly In Italy and probably in England, setting forth the aim of the associated governments , uphold thg'eaiisp of free jicopjes and upport law and orderthat the world may rapidly resume its normal' course ajain. The keynote' of his proposed effort 5a expected to bo sounded in a speech or message to tho people of this country before he sails. Or, it may be covered Iji his message to congress, outlining what he believes im be tho fundamont; ' als of this, nation 's readjusnient work. Meantime, behind the" glamor of the president's forthcoming trip the diplo mats of the world nro working fever ishly to compile-, tl!,. data for the Tvncn conference mid determine upon the main propositions which must be cleared away promptly that trade may .. .1e- rcsunted and employment made av ailable for the millions wh0 liavo been "filler arms or at war work for vears. Danger in Idleness. " it U pnifrtcd out that danger comos -mi mieiess ami f01. that reason dip- ti',, , ints are anxious to have the princi-' t Vh ' questions of the peace conference,,?:,, vi disposed of .rapidly that men may turn hvLlrlcn ?! om. guns ami suspicion-to-toil' and jrofit. Russia is striving to be represented wt the peaco conference as a stable na , 1on. Diplomats here see this angle in Ad . roiral Kolehak 's seizure of the Omsk ftovernmont, for they believe he is oeekinc to bring order in Russia, to dodge bolshevism, to have, Russia oo i'Cr own policing and thus escape Ion roi.tinued or iiicieased allied-American T'flici'ig. If he can succeed in getting stability, Russian authorities hold that ' nation will seek a sent at. the table - Lroff Consults the TJ. S. Prince Lvoff is consulting with Presi dent Wilson and Secretary of State Lansing, Russia wants .economic aid mid is opposed t0 increased associated policing. v Another phase of peace speculation fiore among diplomats concerns the "Rhinelanda. Diplomats declare Prussia 5 willing to sacrifice this territory to ovoid some of the indemnity burden Germany is destined to have." As seen liere, this sacrifice would leave her sold Ifree for development purposes and la ter the militarists might arouse thcr old war soirit bv making the martyr like' appeal of "lost provinces." Porfhrd l'M Ownw Empj )!oycs Getting Raise Washington, Nov. 22.-Icreased 3rr.riaTd TYy by,the B - llLZrJ:, e"'p,0,5'e" f ... -,u ana - , v.ev,u. iae new scale provides passenger mt freight trainmen working on the Jr shift shall receive 54 cets and 56 . i.ts an Hour, respectively. iVoM shift' T-;iisciiger and freight trainmen -shall; V,' . , ec.ivo 60 cents an hour. Day passen-j Thc pent up feelings of the fleet f-er and freigh't brakeraen will reeei ve J Were loosened when Beatty 'g flagship 5! cents an hour and night passenger ) pass?d bak through the lines, men i."d freight brakemen 60 cents an hour. :arl officers wildly cheering. A French Time and a half was awarded for over- je ratter following the Queen Elizabeth, time. - J was also received with eheers, wnile The award is retroactive to July 17, Preach, Britifh an! American sailors l!'iS. The eompany is allowed until joined ia singing th "Marseillaise.'' 1'ehruary 1, 1919, to make back jay- AmerieaB Ships Present . muts. ' .Aiaiiral Rodman eommar.dinj; the ft IS IP Wilson Toured England Oa Bicycle On Last Visit ') Washington, Nov. 22. When i President Wilson visits Eng- land this 'year, the eentral"rfig ure of the world and accorded ' all the homage of a kiig, he may reflect . upon his last . visit there; in" 1908, when he toured the country on adrieycle, unnot iced and unacclaimed. r ' At. that time he pedalled over the- country roads of northern England and Scotland, probab ly with never a thoueht of the ' day that will be his when he arrives next month! The president also has visited Prance and . other European countries. 70 GERMAN WARSHIPS LIE SILENT IN Fl RTH OF FORTH Eighty More Submarines Lost Than Allies Thought Had Been Sunk. v " By Lowell Mellett (United Press staff correspondent) Aboard the U. S. S. Arkansas, Nov. 21. 3 p. m.) Seventy German war ships lie in sulky silence in the Firth of Forth. They are surrounded by more than 20Q allied battle craft which are pre pared to guard them until peace is signed. - - . Gorman officers command and Ger man seamen man the vessels, which are miiuw Rinmnttittoa nd'otherw.i&e maa eulateil ' At 9:10 o'clock this morning, Ger man naval officials, carrying out the distasteful orders ot tne German peo ple delivered this powerful fleet to the allies, who are represented principally by the British navy. Five American dreailuaugWts and three French war ships assisted in the ceremony. -'Dramatic Spectacle :; As seen from the crow's nest of the Arkansas, this spectacle was dramatic. First thej appeared off the port bow, in direct line with rays of. the sun, the llritish observation 'balloon towed by tho British cruiser Cardiff, which went yestorday to escort the Germans to the rendezvous. A few seconds later, thru, the haxe across the fun's path, appear ed a low black shape, which gradual ly took the form of a battle cruiser, the smoke poming from her two fun nels. This was the Weydlitz Th? evdlitz oassed out of the patli sun, growing indlistinct, tuouga isiblo. Another appeared tne Moltko. Then came the Uinrtenour.g, the Derfflinger and" the Van Der.Tann in single file. ' ' ' They all looked alike to the layma'n at the distance but the enthusiastic ensigns in the crow's nest promptly identified each one. Pass Between Two Lines The Germans found themselves pass ing between two lines of wt rships, s'x miles apart. Fach line war .15 miles long. The line of German ships was on-' ly slightly less. ,The allied flct was divided into j squadrons according to the sbip's class. As the German corresponding squad rons came alongside the allied war ship counter marcher! and ( escorted; them to the Firth of Forth. , Thus 6ur ships nicknamed by Ihe Britlibh the "death or glory sqnnflron' in counter marching, brought the Arkansas broadside to the Hindenburg her particular charge', together with a British dreadnauht, six miles distant. While the Arkansas was turning, the; Friederkh Der Groase, leading. the bat tleship squadron, eame in sight. She was followed bv tho Kaiser, the Kais crin. and Koehig Albert. Then came the Bayern, the Grosser Kurfurut, the, Mafgraf and tha Kronprin. Next was'the Karlsruhe, hading the cruisers. Somewhere hidden in the haze, trailed fifty destroyers, escorted by 130 British destroyers. The Queen Elizabe:h, Admiial Beat ty's flagship, was seen dashing east ward, thea returning. Siinuktancouslv with the surrender of th.? f""18" fleet' A(fmirSl BemT- "'hVbe.B tog must be hauled down at 3.57 p. m. and must not be . ; d withoat permission After the ceremonv of surren'ler, Beatty sent messages to the allied fleet recommending that service of thanks- givinir be held at 9 p. m. on every i.-... !,,. uo God for vic- HI TOEUROPE German Troops Rush From Front To See Revolution The Hague, Nov. 22. Gorman troops arc stampeding from the battle fronts toward Berlin, in order to "see the revolution" according to German news papers received here today. The soldiers are seizing railway trains which had been intended to con vey the troops to different parts of tbfl empire and forcing the engineers to take tneui to the German capital. " The roofs, platforms and brako rods are loaded with returning soldiors, many or whom are suffocated and brushed from the roofs when the trains pass through tunnels. ' Troops have been stationed outside Berlin for the purpose of disarming the soldiers and diverting them from the capital to their home cities and towns. American squadron, was aboard the New York, with Aidmiral- Sims as his guest. The other American dread naughts, in addition to the Arkansas, were the Florida, the. Texas and the Wyoming. Famous British vcsssls included in the fleet were the battle cruisers Lyon, Tiger and Princess Boyai, all heroines of the Jutland battle. Their own crews were probably the happiest participants in today's event, though many of the officers and men averred .they were t'orry the finish came in such fushion. The feelings of the' Americans ap parently were chiefly confined to the most intense -citrioadty, whMi increased with a leap at 8 o'clock when the bat tle flasrs wetehoisted" atop the grace ful ",-Hasket masts "t of the" American sin))-,' preparatory to reception of the surrendering, fleet. This curiosity grad ually subsideVl as the long Hue of Ger man "craft- steamed monotonously by and nothing happened secret hopes tlmt something might happen had been entertained by many. King Reviewed fleet King Georgo reviewing the grand fleet yesterday, visited the New York. He ijpressed to Admiral Rodman the hope that the working arrangements of thA British and American navies could b continued in some manner after the' war, possibly through some, American shipping being attachod to the British fleet and vice Versa. It was revealed today in connection with the armistice negotiations that Germany had lost eighty more subma rines than the allies were certain had been sunk. AMERICAN NAVY HAS . TWiCl number ships IT HADBEEORE WAR D2stroyers Represent Back bone Of Increase, Says Admiral Taylor. ' Washington, Nov. 22. July, 1920, the American navy will have more than twice the number of ships it had be foio the outbreak of the war, Admiral Taylor, chief of naval construction, told the house naval af fairs committee to day. . This is inclusive of about 350 wooden submarine chasers, which, the navy ex pects to fell other governments or to mif nut nf mmmtflamn Destroyers represent the backbone oi' the inerease, Taylor said. There are now 100 of these in. commission and 240 more will be added in the next eighteen monthes, making thi coimtry'a de stioyfr force nearly equal to that of Britain, ; Idaho Commissioned. One new dreadnaught, the Idaho, will be commissioned in about a month, Taylor said. Two more, the Tennessee and the California, are rapidly ap proaching completion and an addition al two will be done before the aum mcr of 1920. There will be no hew scout cruisers until late in 1920. Twenty-nine more submarines will be completed before the middle of 1820, giving- this country 35 to 40 more un derwater craft tjjan in 1916, Taylor said. Fiftv mine sweepers which will likely be converted into gunboats, 100'pnrt una tevcral near balem, it is safo.Rizeker tract in the Shaw district has Eagle boats and 25 tugs make, np the estimate to place the prune acreage oil 25 acres with 2,500 trees. ret of the trreat increase, revelation ' the county at close to" 6.000. " I In (he Mcotts Mills district there are of which today astonished even mem-r icrs ot tne naval eommittjfc. tiio have been difficult to secure trees for plain- kept in close touch with naval aiiairs'ing. For this reason in the estimate throughout the war. The strength of of Mr. Van Trump, there-are only 2r5J the navy in 1916 Admiral Taylor said' acre with one year old trees, 'fo 4 """ I., 'grent extent, the difficulty in getting (Continued on page' two) ' pioper trees for planting i due to tne H'ADOO RESICN& HAIG EXPENDED ElitllKpill Secretary Of Treasury Will Leave Public Life For Pri vate Business. PRESIDENT ACCEPTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON Heal of National Railroads Is Also Given Up Along With Treasurership, -; Washington, Nov. 22. 3:cretary Mc Adoo of the treasury, has resigned. His resignation from the secretary ship and railroad administration has been accepted by the president. McAdoo assigned as bis reasons for giving up these important posts the fact that his energies have been ex pended by heavy war-tiine effort. He said, too, he felt he ougut to return to business to make his living. American Aviators JfVho Were Prisoners Reach Paris Paris, Nov. 22. (By Wireless to New York) Among the American prisoners who reached Paris yesterday by way of Switzerland was Captain James Norman Hall, of Cclfax, Iowa, American aviator and author of ''Kit chenor's Mob." Other American aviators to arrive were Lieutenant Eobert J. Browning of Minneapolis, Lieutenant Charles K. Codman of Boston and Lieutenant Henry !. Lewis of Philadelphia, They said they ewed their rapid return chief ly to unsettled conditions in Bavaria. Garfield Has Lifted ' 'lightless' Nights" Order Washington, Nov. 22. Mar's goom will be lifted from the nation's grent white ways. Tomorrow night the "bright lights" on Broadway and every other night light section will twinkle v.ith peace time brilliancy. Fuel Administrator Gnrfield has lifted his "lighttess night" order," which, for i year-depressed the ale and lobster palace crowds, it was announoed.noday. riut the fuel administration wants the pub lic to i-ontinue conservation of anthra cite ecal because 'its production has been seriously hampered by the 'flu' Billy Sunday Will Go To . Europe Next . Sufar , St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 22 Billy Sunday will take the 'sawdust trail to Europe next summer. 'Ma" and ' Bill v " arrived hore to day en route to Fort Worth, Texas, where they will conduct revivals. From there they will go to Richmond, Va., leaving there for France in the spring. Sunday declared today. ''Those boys over there want the red, blooded gospel; they don't want milkmaid today, .that itn effort will be mane, toast preaching about uoa," isunuayy i said, ' COUNTY PRUNE ACREAGE ESTIMATED AT-6000 Largest Single Tract Is Sky line With 1X1 Acres In Liberty District Planted in prunes in Marion, county tfiere' are abont 7,000 acres. And on thcfe acres are close of UjO.OOO trees. At the request of the Commercial club and the Salem Fruit Union, H. H. Van Trump, county fruit inspector, has made a careful census of the prune ai-re;,ec in the eounty. While on uis ('avels throughout the county, Mr. Van j Trump has collected statistics from growers. With the exception of a few districts, including Jefferson, some near Ktnyton and a few tracts north west of Marion, his figures rhow a to tal acreage of 6,38fli 011 which are 585, 194 trees. . Hence taking into consideration the w-viial districts not included in the re- During the past year or so, it has FINAL SESSION OF CONGRESS MEETS WITHIN TEH DAYS 'Big Question To Be Whether Congress Will Initiate Re construction Measures. PUBLIC CONTROL ISSUE SCHEDULED FOR TROUBLE Republicans Will Demand Ab rogation Of All President ial War Powers. By L. C. Martin , (United Press staff correspondent) Washington, Nov. 22. One moment ous session of congress .having just passed into history, the next cue, like ly -to be even more important, holds the attention of official Washington today. - . Within ten days the third am! "final session of tho Sixty Fiflh congress will assemble. ,' ., The paramount issue of that session is: -' - " - : - - Shall congress capture ftrni the ex ecutive branch of Uie government pow ers conferred under Btress of war, and assert itsc-lf as the constituted authori ty fl initiate ani direct reconstruc tion policies or shall President Wil son keep these powers and exercise as an executive function the neeessury reconstruction measures! Number of Offshoots There are numerous offshoots from this main issue. One is the republican denial of democratic right to enact a tax law fixing -the lsvie for 1920. This thucatens to tio i up indefinitely a report by the senate financo commit tee on the tax bill and to postpone' final enactment of, the measure until ext spring. ,... v-..- t Anbr-hef is the public ownership is sue,' which is jo enfanghd with the general cause of dispute lis to. bring uneasiness to both aidmiiiistration and republican forces. Publte ownership has a bi-partisan following in both houses But public ownership of utilities, tak en over by the government during the war, is condemned by the republican "old guard" leuderg as a democratic plan to create a socialistic state. The test on this question is expected to come on a bill giving tho government permanent eoniroi of the wire systems of tho country, which, it is believed, the administration will back. . - ' Three Cornered Fight .TJipon such a bill a three cornered fight would be made. One group, com posed of both democrats and repub licans, would oppose it- out of hostil ity to public ownership of anything. Another would fight it because of par tisan political opposition to any recon struction measure backed by the pres ent administration. The " third group would assnil it because of personal an imosity to Postmaster General Burle son who now controls the wire sys tem and who has long advocated ipub- lie ownership. To Hurry Next Session ' Republicans will demand abrogation of, ail presidential war powers and handling of reconstruction problems largely by congress. They foresee, they (Continued on page two) fact there are aboiit 300 in two year old trees, about the same in the three year old. But in the acreage of the four year olds, there is quite an increasc,.as the census shows 586, to which may be ad ded 50 or more acrcg fo( the few dis tricts not covered. In the five year old orchards soon to come into commeieial bearing the census showed 873 actus, which may be estimated closely at 10 JO acres in the county that will soon be yielding a commercial return. In general, prune tracts lnay bo sai'' to average close to 13 acres with the great majority from 10 to 12 acre tracts. 100 trees to the acre seems to have been the average for the later plantings while many of the tracts ov er five years old oiiow a Icndcifcy u closer planting. mic Hhaw dii-:'. there um a num ber of tracts with more than ten acres. Tho largest acreage in this district a shown by the report is the E. W. Peter son of 30, with 3,000 tiees. Tho Clura several fair sized tracts. The J. D. Wor-J den place has 50 acres with 5,000 trees waiie the I. J). Wordcn tract lias 40 acres with 464S trees. J. A. Taylor has 26 acres planted 100 to an acre. L. -J. ' " Continued on page two) Evidence of German Plots For Revenge Appears on Horizon Former Threat Of Huns That, Shou'd United States Bris About Their Defeat, German People Would Turn To East : And oFrm Alliance With Russia And Orient-This Will B2 Well Looked To At Conference. ; By J. W. T. Mason (United Press war exprt) New York, Nov. 22. The failure of thp German revolutionists to engage in exuberant celebrations of their newly won popular rights continues its sus picious manifestation of sullen resent fulness against the democratic nations of the world. The Germans are not preparing (o enter the peace conference as the rep resentatives of a nation that has boon redeemed from tho mediaeval blight of the Hohenzollern rule. On the contrary, Germany is following a course of demo cratic inaction that will inevitably load to her future isolation among free na tions, unless a change of spirit over takes the present attitude of tho Gor man people. Germany is now a defeated nation, but if the democratic leaven had work ed its: way through tho nwas the peo ple would not show, even in defeat, this gruesome sileuco iu tlfl) presence of human liberties that never before has been theirs. ' Retreat Marked by Cruelties The Gormans exhibit evidence of al ready beginning to plot for revenge. Their retirement from France and . Bel gium has been marked iby iinal cruel ties, furtively perpptrated on the in habitants. It is impossible to overlook the fact that some tie, stronger than tho natural antipathy between democ racy and reaction is holding together in theso revolutionary days German ul tra radicals and extreme conservatives, iThig tio is ills desire of all Germans for revenge. That is the dominant trait EROERMANCR PRIKCE88WDEIARR Former Kaiserin Is Reported To Be Too Senously III ; To Join Wilhelm. Amstcrdani, Nov. 22. Cecilic, the former Gorman crown princess, assem bled her , houshold attendants in the throne room of her castle at Potsdam Sunday, according to advices received here today, and addressed them as roi lows: "You know how things have turned out. The time to separate fins now come. I hopo you will entertain pleas ant remembrances of us. My heart breaks. Farewell, my trusted friends. May God bless you." ..,. The weeping princess shook hands with each and presented them with small gifts, saying "I can't give more, for the present." Cecilie plans to visit; her sister, the quoen of Denmark, and will reside per manently with her children near Cop enhagen, close to her mother, the Grand Duchess Anastasia. The former kaiserin is reported to be so seriously ijl that the doctors oppose her journey to joii the former kaiser, who is telegraphing daily for her to come. ABE MARTIN J Remember Germany an' don't it tii' big; head. You never hear a woman refemn' to' ole times. if15? Ill in the German character. It would not exist if a true spirit of democracy had taken possession of Germany. What tho future German democracy will be like the world has yet to know. ' Ditferemt from U. & Democracy . : It is certain that it wiH be differ ent, ia many respects front American democracy. Itrwill probably gravitato toward a natural intimacy with th more orientally-tinged domo.-racy of Huusia. , Before America cniered the war it was a favorite threat by Germans in Berlin that if tho United S:ato brought about Germany's defeat tho ; Gorman people would turn to tho cast and nuike themselves tho leaders of a j future alliance with Ruahia, and the Orient. This method of revenge must be well looked to at the poaee confer ence. It can be blocked only by tho in timate relations being permanently es tablished among the . western (iemoc- ruuiew. war Department will keep out of matter of military training Public Ssntcnent May Gui 4k 1V Administration Officials la Ultimate Decision. By Carl D. Groat (United Press Staff Correspondent.) Washington, Nov. 22. That the war department will keep hands off in the matter of universal military training unless asked specifically for its views, was the opinion in general staff quar- win iuj Indications are that tho president di rectly, or through Secretary of War Ba ilor, must sponsor the idea, else con- 'gress will have to ask tho war depart- . mcnt for its suggestions. It was said that indications now are that the mili tary men themselves would not attempt to urge such training unless asked to do so by the president, secretary of war or congress. j. Stuff officers profess to bo in ignor ance of what policy the iidininistration will offer. The general staff has niailrt a study of the subject and is ready to present very definite proposals if tlieso are desired. i It i possible that Secretary Baker's UllllUHt n,.uu .irivin ki ..... give an indication of the administra tion's attitude toward this subject. Eakor Sidetracked. Problem. In his lust message Buhcr sidetracked the problem because of the war situa tion. . Since then it I1B3 been ,gossie,d that tho jin sidciit was then in favor of a modified plnu of universal training which would not convert America into an armed car.ip, but which would givo an adequiito measure of prcparcdiios. Chief of Htaff March will be culled before the military committee when tho military measure comes up, but men close to him indicated that ho probab ly would net give any suggestions as to universal training unless tho commit tee specifically sought his ideas. In that case ,he will be ready with con crete measures. I Is Problem of Future. I Thus far there is little in the way !of public sentiment to guide either ad I ministration officials or military men. j 8he suddenness of readjustment prob lems has eclipsed this particular piob ! loin of the future. While the militai men believe the ijation should maintain such a system as a safeguard much de pends upon the demands made of tha ieague of nations for police protect 10:1. The question of how large, a standing army shall be maintained is likely tr crystalize soon. Tims far, however, b!i "Secretary Baker and Chief of Stint March have declined to give any guid ance as to their position towards oithcr this question orthothaiulisrf matter,-, Men Needed h Industries Discharc'dAtOwnRu not iWi Washington, Nov. 22. The w?r fl ; partnient today ordered department ': i-onmand-rs and jrmnandcrs of camns Jto rt.'schnrj.'o eifrs'ed man- iron th'ir -own fti;iUfiiti0ti when there is si'knpat or other trouble la. the sn'dnr'i fain- ilv or when he i needed to resume em-. ploynient in an industry or occupation in which there is urgent need of ts semces. , ' ... , t