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V . 5000 CIRCULATION (2S.O0O READERS DAILY") Only Circulation in Salem Guar anteed by the Audit Bureau of - Circulations FULL LEASED WIRE v DISPATCHES SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VAIr LEIf NEWS SERVICE , , WccrRepsrt 5 T Oregon: Tonight and Thnrs- ' 4c ' day fair, geatle westerly winds. I mm m m in kl I mrim .FORTY-FIRST YEAR- no. COlDmOiFWTiffi! BY SENATE WILL' PROVE OBSTACLE TO PLANS FOR LEAGUE BEFORE EUROPE "Certain Senate Group Fiercely Opposes Treaty That Pro vides For League. AFRAID OF ENTANGLING - NATION IN SQUABBLES Some Believe United States Should Return To Before War Isolation. By L. C. Martin (United Press Staff Correspondent) t Washington, Nov. 38. Public consid eration of tlie peace treaty by the sen ate will provide obstacles to President W ilsou s plans for a league of nationa I " K. Mwrporare,l .in the treaty ae - - Bwiumg i0 wnntprg who have canvass-, ed the soutilnont on "open diulomncv" The danger such a situation would .present may cause, many senators who at heart favor open discussions to vote against them on the ground that they would provide the moans for stirring up 1M,u,iU ociiiiiueui against the league of nations in this countrv. Such prito(i.. it was believed, would put the Unitod States in a humiliating position before tne allies and the central powers alike Nevertheless, a treaty which provides for, or paves the wav to, a league of ation. or an international organza tion for maintenance of world peco will be freely opposed by cwtain senate group - . ' . . Wot Actuated by Common motive These senators among tliem Senator Seed are not all actuated by a con- f ion motive. Some, of th'ein oppose the ague becau.'e they believe the United States should return to its before-tho- war isolation and preserve that inde - iwndemo from .Europe, which Washing - i-irn counsel wu. 'those senators would e tor the league if they could be I siiown that tt wlU IU)t P.ltilJlji0 Ul(! na tion in Jroe's "family squabbics," nor involvo tlie mnintennnce of a bii Jiiilitaiv CHtnlilklin.o,,! 1 1.... i u.. expci'se. I Others 7.ar tliat certain well estab- VK M.-a with respect to trm'ic tr.n commerce could not lie frec- . . v ' cpoirtcd if the Tnitpd Spates, belong- W l 'o Vea ; n Hni -J lav" noU i ',,',9i,,fjlli:8S .Womd f, ,,rT,r tfai1" ,,'sc"li"- t.o,u.v Tlus group ,s composed of thoj Ja"'.a" 0l'0,,)""' b.vtott of Ger- 'iany and measures aimed at nations olZ he'te. but which after the war wil cor.ipe;,. with this country for World s arade. ' m , ' Amavlror, C'J" 111 1 i iinieilCan JO.dlSrS Make drPJlfPcf aHir-L- flf VJnr v,ut luuivn VI II OI Chicago,. Nov. 28. Ameri ca's fiaing men in tin Unit ed State, and abroad today wire to attack the gieatest Thanksgiving dinners in the Irstory of the nation. For tha first and possibly the lust time Uncle Sam ha been n!led up on to feed more than f ur niii-li-n men, on this holidr.y. Typical of the - preparation for tliese dinner. in t!r. Unit-, ed S ates, the menu fc tho 30,000 bluejackets at Great Lakes riaval training station Called for: 22,000 pounds of turlti y. '50,iji)0 pounds of sweet pota toes. 50,000 pounds of Irish pota-to-:. 1 2000 pounds of celery, "2-1.00J p.un is pets. 7500 pumpkin pie . J00) pound of cranberries. 50 0i0 ont?i. bceid's apples a-;d en's, , 200 c kea, oath meas iring 18 ty 24 in.hM. .i. . -it .. m AMERICANS OVER THERE OBSER VE THANKSGIVING Five Thousand Patients In Hospitals Ate Turkey And Listened To Concerts, By Webb Miller (United Press staff corresponded) With the Americans Advancing To wara tne tinine, jnov. as. Two ana a nan. nuiiiou Americans througuour France -and in Bilaium-, Luxembewr and uerman tiorraine, today observed the most solemn ami heartfelt Thanksgiv ing since the birth of the nation. In- thousands of camria scattered f 10m Germany to Spain there were religious services, feasts and samea. Thoxe ia the front line along the Mo selle u,J Sauer ' rivers, awaiting word to march into .Prussia had t. holiday. Many of the messes lacked turkey aud "fixin's," but Salvation army and Rivd Crows irls made pies and doush- nuts, and "the quartermasters sent up extra rations. : - - Discipline was somewhat relaxed during the day. The villagers where Americans were quartered also declar ed a holiday, decorated their homes and shops with evergreen, and gave re ceptions to the officers, . Special Service at Headquarters Paris, Nov. 28. The bishop .of. Brest iwill conduct a spocial . tliankseivinir whon -ncralrPershing, and hi?jrtf win attend. All Paris , homes have been opened to American soldiers. Special- food and entertainment will bo provided at the American hospitals.. . Game In England Cancelled London, Nov. 28. Thi football igamo between the army and navy team8' whicn was to havc Matured the : Thanksgiving day sport p-.ogram in i bn8aild. was cancelled because most ' 0fatho Pi have departed, V PV"af1 f11 lin"ers ,v'cvre iven' , f" 7 l w':.'h 8 S Amrl" otf,c"8 . cl""- At'm 1 1 Y " if - eJ to 8i)eak- special thanksgiving service was conducted at St. Martin's. Five thousand ratients in American hospitals ate tuikcy and listened to concerts. x - ' British and American flngs were f'oated side by side from nil public j buildings today, l . ' ! llfl. - T- D-. Ufl' t" Ul hllVl 1 1 DSdl lit A Billy Sunday Gives Thanks j rurl vvorrn, lexas, iov. buivi "."king here "to beat hell,"! L F? ica has to give thanks for this Thanks- " .niv a. i v 'o mien. i imuAB amri vi. (lVe rc ""W"'." Sunday said, "'tat the white-winged dove of peace has at last burs through the storm clouds of war. I That the Pruwian beast and hiai whe'ps have been caged. We will check ' their baggage to St. Helena. I "That Christ is mightier than Krupp. ! "That the cross of Calvary has tri umphed over the cross of iron. "That at the dlrkc3t moment in his- tT. & armed the American nation I and sent her into the fight with legions ot angels and battalions in fthaki and saved the w world for christian civiliza tion. j "That from now on, we will occupy ' loftier position in the council of na- j tion.' ''That the flaes of the allies wave over Jerusalem instead of the star and crescent of Mohammed. ' j "That the tension and strain which! have 4ugged at the hearts of millions i of fathers and mothers for fear their! sons would sleep somewhere in France i U over and soon the boy will come j marching horn, singing 'My Countrv, 'tis of Thee.' ' " ''That we ha,Ve rtattle and sheep' enough on Our hills and hogs enoughs in our pens and grain enough in our granaries to feedthc hungry world. "That we have ben able to dig tnis grave and carve this epitaph: j ' 'Here lies buried Prussian militar-i ism and German knltur, slain by the ! help of Almighty God and the "army,! the navy and marines of Uncle 8am.' STAIfTA-KS CELEBRATE THANKS-1 . GIVING ! R-wne, Nov. 2S. In 'confcinity with President Wi'sonV Thpjikitgiving day iroc'anyition, the Italian fovrnment Jecref,rthat this is a It-gal holiday. SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER OF IT1S POPULAR DEMAND FOR TRIAL Of WILHELM AT BERLIN IS GROWING Gerpans No Longer Attempt lo Deny That Government WisheoTorWar. Washington, Nov, 28. Popular do aiaud in -Germany for trial of the for mer kaiser at Berlin is growing, accord ing to diplomatic advices from Berne, " The recent Bavarian disclosure con cerning the Prussian responsibility for the war has g ven considerable impetus to the socialist' demand that Wi helm and his war lords be made to answer for their crimes, the cables stated. The decisive character jf the Bava rian disclosures are beginning to be generally lundorstood, tie ndviees. de clare. r" 'Tho Germans no longer attempt to deny that the iroveinment of Willtelm II, not only wished the war to break out but that they also prepared and planned fur it. ' The revelations do not allow any doubt to be pre3er-ed,vthat the German government is- indeed re sponsible for the invasion ot.Boljiuia'' lhe National Zeitung of Basle terms the disclosures of "universal impor tanco"" and states that ''other publi cations relating to those unlucky davs of July, 1914, will surely follow, but the reports of Count Lerchfeld ere suf ficient and indisputable proofs of the responsibility of Germany and Austria in the origin of the war. Ti e guilt of Germany appears to be even great er than was believed." William Thaw Promoted To Lieutenant Colonel New York, Nov. 28. Major William Thaw of the -103rd United States aero squadron in France, the famous Amer ican ace, has been promoted to lieuten ant colonels m the United states or ment made today by Alan B. Hawley,1 president of the Aero club of America. Colonel Thaw is only 28 years old and becomes one of the youngest lieuten atn colonels in the United States or allied armies. Recently he was award ed the distinguished service cross; with two. citations, bv General Vershiug, He has e.lsu recoived a number of French awards. ' The Aero club of ' America, in ap preciation of his work, has awarded the club's medal of valor and diploma to Colonel Thaw and the French aces, Captain Guynemitr, Lieutenant I'jbcJ. and Lieutenant Nungesser. FORMER CROWN PRINCE KM! One Would Expect To Pay 3 tumeas A Week f or It, , Says Correspondent London, Nov. 28. (British Admiral ty Wireless.) The Amsterdam corres pondent of the Morning Post gives a description ,pf the former crown prince ' new abode at CooterlanoV "Thia place, a house of eight rooms,' is thoroughly suburban, with its iront gardes and flower beds," the corres pondent said. "In fact, it in just the sort of a place one might expect to pay tw0' or tnree guineas a week for, furnished, at Hern Bay at Felixstowe, neither better nor worse.' "The men servants are German. Tho ouly person in uniform about thu is the orderly. The table is laid ii the modest dining room and through the folding doors cfte sees a not too new billiard table. On the sitting room table are the family portaits, including one of -Friederich Wilhelm himself. "The island is by no means unat tractive. It lies not far southeast of i Texel and between forty and fifty mile' north of Amsterdam. Home eight miles' in length, its greatest width is about j rive miles." PRISIDEIIT EXPECTED TO DELIVER ANNUAL ISSAGMIIDAy Barnch Anticipates Higher Wage Scale In Ail Euro pean Countries. Washington, Nov. 28. While Prcsi dent Wilson is preparing his annual message to congress on reconstruction; departments of the aovtrnnient ar be- KVining to sound the keynote of the administration 'a attitude toward labor and industry. ' - Presideat Wilson is, expected to do liver his mossage next Monday or Tues day, just previous to his departure for the peace conference. The - United Press has previously outlined its gen eral trend, which in a measure has been further forecast -within the last f?w hours by government officials. Chairman Baruch of the war indus tries board, predicting prosperity and insured employment of labor, declared significantly that the working man hereafter is "entiled to a greater share in ahe profits of the industry." Ho sug gests that this will bo accomplished oo- cause "a far better understanding ex ists between capital and labor than ev er before. He anticipated, ho said, no destruc tive competition on the part of Euro pean countries because of lower wage sea es on the other side. European .la bor, lie believes, will seek and obtain higher waires. and thus, he said, "for eign producers, aa well as those in this" country, face higher mosts. " Simultaneously with baruch 'a state ment anticipating continued high wages for labor, Joint Chairman Frank P. Walsh of the national war labor board issued a statement -warning against the amazing proposal advanced in gertam reactionary quarters that the country's (Continued on page four) CHILE AND PERU JGIVE ICRAPOFftER" I E Pern Students Demand Qjving BackUt lacna-AncaAnd Tarapaca. Santiago, Chile, Nov. 28. "The scrap of paper" has appeared in the controversy botween Pern and Chilo under a new name. Tho Peru students' association, in answering the invita tion of " their Chilean colleague to work for friendship between the two countries, refused unions Chile disavowed the Aucon treaty and gives back the provinces of Aacna Arica and Tarapacae. Tho Peruvians referred to the treaty as "chiffon paper." The Peruvian consul at Valparaiso, who sails for home tomorrow protest-" chI against a peaceful demonstration, in which young men paraded tire streets as a protest against Peru's efforts to influence the American, European and Argentine press to sympathize with them in the present controversy. Tho northern cities are calm, An unknown Peruvian presented $200,000 in geld at a local bank yes- j tenlay. He presented a note to the president of the bank. The rnme of tho 1 Peruvian was withheld. It is rumored that .the money was to be used in pac ifist propaganda. i The treaty of Anoon signed by Chile and Peru on Oi tober 20, 188'!, provided , for the transfer of the disputed prov-1 iuces to Chile. I tnn ii i nimi . ... ,' : cnuoi ne so aniriim-a as 10 roroin conn AEa MARTifl ilf""" A,m,r"'u"8 ,n Iar, wl,Vk 1 ty officers from sending children to twu luiuiiin i know of two strong U worded cables ti, .i.i. .....:i ..i..uj ... .u Th' regulation Christmas carton for soldiers in France is all right if you want t' send your-,. boy a chocolate waft'l fir tmmtjirrl tilastr Wknt'. become o' th' ole time manager that used t advfrtine a stnefly morel entertainment? if 28, 1918. CHURCHILL APPEALS TO PRESERVE BRITISH NAVY For Third Time, English Naval Power Has Saved World From Tyrant, He Says London, Nov. 28. (British Admiral ty Wireless.) "Nothing in the world, no arguments, however, specious, no ap peals, however, seductive, must lead you to abandon the naval supremacy on wnicn tne lite or our country tte- pends," declared Winston Churchill,! minister of munitions ond former first, lord of the admiralty in a speeoh hero, j j!or tno tmra time in history the freedom of the world against a military tyrant nas been preserved by the Brit - ish navy against Philip II of Spain; agamst Napoleon and against Kaiser: mllielm. Without it not only should we havo been lost, but all the world would have been cast back for , ii - turies. wiwain ui aagu. i am a noperui aaia sincero advocate of the league of nations. I will do everything in my power to make bucV an instrument a practical, powerful reality. But the league of nations is no Biibstituto for the supremacv of th British fleet. , .'From. the battle of Trafalgar to the end of tho .nineteenth contury neany 100 years we were absolutely supreme at sea. All other nations together could not have faced us. Did we abuse our powert Did wo mis apply this enormous advantage? On the contrary, we were tho only nation whose ports were open to tho wholo world; whose markets were unrestricted by any tariffs; whose coastwise trade was not held as a national monopoly, "Our British way of doing things is AMERICAN OBSERVERS SEE ATTEMPT TO SET tils. frank R. Kent Declares Offi cials Of EuropeMMDo Not Love Us." , Baltimore, Mr., Nov. 28, "Now that the war is ovor, American observors of experience and facilities for obsorva- tion are strongly disposed t0 think they! discern a disposition on the part umir I'vn cio iu out i no otuu aUiiioi i ns. At the peace conference somo of our powers and aims are going to clash and (-limn sharply with tneirg.' . Frank li. Kent, managing editor of the Baltimore Sun, makes this state- mini, in n niKuiiu uiiiuiu puuiuu 111 ma witnout going to court. Experts believe Sun today. Kent ha just returned 'that many threatened attacks of in from England, where he, with othor'ganity could bo prevented or at least American editors, was the guest of the lessened and shortened if such a meas British government abroad. jure were on our statute books. He declared that tho French andf That an act bo passed preventing British governmental circles "do not junk dealers from buying from child love us," despito fair words spoken ln;ren, any kind of junk. Out.of 3SIt boys the open ,althuugh this feeling does not committed to the state training school reflect the sentiments of French and during the past two years, 10). were English people, Offensive Due to Pershing, General Pershing, ho declared, was responsible for tho steps fhat forced the allied offensive which began Julyj 18 and ended with the complete defeat of Germany. . ' Kent ((noted Arthur J. Balfour, Brit' ish foreign secretary, the peace conference ns saying., that 'is going to be a rough ana tumble affair." Discussing the situation in Kent says in part: - Taris, "Fair words flow in the open, but when one goes inBide quite an amazing Hiualn is revealed and it does not augur a lack of sanity Or balance to acknowledge it. It is tins situation tnat led to an HQS call for tho nrosidmit know of two strongly worded cables tii-lll 10 nun lruiii mere urimiic ino VII- al MOcCKsity of his presence and laying before him certain facts. "The truth ijB and everybody in Par- is knows it, that in governmental and political circles they do aot love us at all over thorc, neither the English nor the French. Views and Aima WlU Clash. j "Now that the war is over, Ameri- can observers of experience and facili- tie for observation are stronirlv dis-! posed to think they discern a disposi- "urate with their duties and rcsponsi tion upon tho part of the other powers hilitics. These officials havo been t0 set the stage against us. At the ve,T lu in all of the war drives peace conference some of our views and and navfl Klven willingly and generous aims are eoimc to clash, and clash ; .mnT ot them tAX,v ,he 'mit of .W..L .ih k.i.. n. i ,i,o we did over there is going to lie a lit tle different from theirs. Their incli nation to 'pick the bones' of Germany docs nut exactly fit in with our feeling and there will le a divergence a very marked divergence upon the intcrpro tdniiit ot iiiomi lannms imrasfs e M. Davis, commander of the 361st regi frecdom of the seas' and 'aea powor.'!mr,nt 9Ut division, was killed in action "homo disposition to resent anything like Americhn domination or the speak-1 mg of America in a strong voice at the, peace tallies,. is already manifesting it- Colonel Davis had many, friends in self ia an undercurrent of criticism of.Tacomn, being one of the first offi- our army staff and a tendency to fiiwe - ' - what iiiiniininc our effort in the war. ' .-...imui'd on page two) PRICE TWO CENTS .nowhere more admired than among the . - . L . ia ... ttnuviiB wu ua,e uvoiiuiuwa. 11 Ola- er nations -of the world are content to allow us to keep our supremacy of the seas without demur it will be because we hold it as a trust for all. "Lot u preserve our great and old renown as the first of free and liberal nations as the birthplace of parlia ments, as the pioneer of popular govJ eminent and as the iinfailme fountain !er enlightened thought and humanitar- tan sentiment. "That does not mean we should give up the fruits of victory. Practically the whole German nation was guilty of tao crime of an aearessive war. con ! ducted by brutal anl bestial means. It 1 is no use pretending that their late government is solely to blame. They were all in it and must all suffer for it. Particular individuals aeainst j whom definite breaches of tho law of lwnr on land and sea, can be proven or Iwho can be proven to have treated pria- j UI1CFS Willi CTUOliy, SI101IK1 00 DrOUgUl to trial and punished as criminals, how ever highly placed. "Alsace-Lorraine must be restored to Franco. Poland must be a reconstitu ted nation with access to the sea and uormany must give up nor foiisu vinces. Nouo of the Gorman eolonins will cvor be restored to Germany and none of tho conquored parts of Turkey will ever be restored to Turkey. "Reparation must bo mado by Gor-maiy-to tho utmost for the damage she has done. I cordially sympathise with those who say 'make them pay the ex pense of tho war.' If the allies have not claimed this it is for one roaso:i only. It is not physically possible for them to do so. Reparation for damage alone will soon run into thousands of millions." STATE CONTROL BOARD RECOMMENDS THAT 1EW LAWS BE MADE Legislation To Effect State In stitutions Contained In Report. , Ten recommendations for additional legislation -affecting the various a'ato , institutions are embodied In the hien nial roport of the state board of control - 1"0" was approved by the board and ZVAt That n 1 L. MH.n,i - ; i .,:! w;n,j ti ' w 5 . ;jent insane. That a voluntary commitment law be nassed whmfl will nnnliln nafinnta t :got the kind of treatment they need committed for stealing. That some provision bo mado by which "pay patient 7 could be re- . coived at the tnbtrculosis hospital, That the county sanatorium and c"nty n"e law be so amended as to requiro more counties to nialu pro- ihe commitment to tho trai i'ng school o; to the girls indiiitri.ii school -f f.hildiec that are merely poor and de pendent. Tha,t a uniform commitment paper be devised for the nse of all counties in making commitments to the training school and the industrial school. That tho laws governing, commitment tn thn Irninln i.hnnl ,1 . !. l-lu v..-f ... , a b these schools until advised by the su nnr nlum lint Hint tlinrn u vruim That sn act should be passed makliiK ! it possible to exercise greater parole supervision over the paroled boys of the training school, That tho legislature ree.ogniro the obligation resting upon tho executive heads and certain other officials where salaries aro now fixed by law, and grant the board power to increase the alaric of such executive heads and other officers and make them common- their resources, Colonel Davis Killed I- I r,. 111 ALllUU Ul llOUU; Tncnnm. Wnati.. Wnv. Tolniiol W. November 1. Word of his death was received here today by Mm. Davis in a telegram from the war department. cers to reach Camp Lewis. The 361st regiment was mado up large!' or Heat- tie, Hpokanc, Tacoma and Washington state men. ON TRAINS AND NEWS STANDS FIVE CBNTS GERMANYSEEMS T0BE11EARSTATE OF DURABILITY Political Pendulum Has Halt ed Between Bolshevism ! And Conservatism. ; POSSIBLE TO CONDUCT PEACE NEGOTIATIONS Two Classes Of Socialists Arc Still Suspicious Of Other Party. , By Ed Zh Keen (United Press Staff Correspondent) . London, Nov. 28. Tho political pen dulum in Germany which has boon swinging between conservative social ism and bolshcyism, aeems for the pres ent, to nave halted midway, giving rea sonable promise of some sort of unified government which will make tt possible for the allies properly to negotiate) peace. , This situation is largely the result of tho forcefulness of Kurt Eisner, -prcf-ident of the Bavarian fcpublic, who gives the federation dearly to un- Oe'ftand that Bavaria and tho other state will jnot tolerate either the old gang or the bolshcvlki dictatorship. Two Parties Suspicious, 'iiu social democrats under ' Fhl!t; Schcidemaun. and the independent so cialists under Doctor HnaEe, although temporarily partners in the aociulist co alition, arc still rivals,! as formerly Moreover, each is now especially aus picious of the other. The independent socialists firmly believe tho social dem ocrats, who opposed tho revolution, con tinue to bo dominated by the old regime At the name time the social democrata accuse the independent socialists of bid she vism. - . In the liH-antiino,' Karl Licbnecnt'a Spartacu-J, bolshevik movement must be reckoned V.i'.h. Its acopo is un'.cr taia, owing to it nndergronnd meth ods, it is probably growing in the in dustrial teirions,'but apparently U mak ing no headway in the army. Many sol diers' organizations already havo strongly resolvedto support the present government . and national assembly. Therein, ti g. iher with yatural Teuton ic tedency toward organization and dis-ci'li-e pini l. y lies ti-i af9i'.fic . that the new Germany will not follow in Kutsiu's fo;i.i!',i'ps. T ciini Aim iUlMHMJ HOME BV CHRISTMAS Sailings Scheduled Will Ac commcdate All American Units In England. Washington, Nov. 28, All American troops In England, it appeared likely tmlnv will be home by Christmas. With three ships due In the last part o; tnis moiitn ueunuit mutiny " ci. men, several vtlncrs are sailing within the next two weeks bearing ad ditional air fcrvice and special units from England. . Tho sailings aliendy scheduled are likely to Hccominndnto all the American unilf) now in England, or to leave be hind only a few for one or tw0 ships, not yet announced. Holdiers from three aransporti ar- riving at Hampton Koads are being disposed of in neighboring eampt pemt- .in 'inal discharge. One of the threo "hips rarried sick and wounded wiiila I the others aro reported to have had aboard men who had Icon sent acrm-a but who arrived too late for,. assign- ment o tho front. 1 1 AJJ TL. ! D0J" iVZtl 1 ESI 17 LfColl 1 (UiiV Started In Exchange Today New York, Nov. 28. News that' the' government had offered to buy. tha ships of the International Mereantila Marino company, s'artcd an old tim 'bear panic" A the floor of the stock exchange today. A large short interest in eommon and preferred stock senr ricd to cover, many of them experienc ing great difficulty in obtaining stocks to cover their commitmnets. Following a meeting of the board of directors of tho International Alercan- tile Marine eompany, the following statement was given out this afternoon at the offices of tho corporation: "We have been advised that the government ia preparins to take over the ownership of the vensels of the ln- ternational Mercantile .Marine company upon the terms of tho British offer 'and the details are to be worked out "