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Newspaper Page Text5000 CIRCULATION (23,000 HEADERS DAILY) Only Circulation in Salem, Guar anteed by the Audit Bureau of Circulations FULL LEASED WIRE H DISPATCHES ' w SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VAIr LEY NEWS SEEVICE FORTY-FIRST YEAR NO. 284. SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1918 PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND NEWS STANDS FIVE CENTS JKH. . Hsgigfa'& & -U&aSagMar . .. IflLSOH'S PLANS FOR CONFERENCE COMPLETE Secretary Lansing, Colonel Hcase, Henry White, Gen- eral Bliss Will Go. SECRETARY BAKER WILL ' RELIEVE WILSON LATER iahor Atsd Congress Disap pointed la Not Being Repre sented At Peace Table. . . By Robert J. Bender (United Press Staff Correspondent.) Washington,- Nov. 30 President Wil on will fin his direct officiul con ference with leaders of the allied na tjons about December 14. - Having announced the ncrsinniiol nt til American delegation Secretary J-ansing, C'glonel House, Henry White ana General Bliss the president's sdans for leading the commission are now complete. Owing t0 the fact that t is not imperative ,that he be in Paris before December 14, however, there will be n0 rush about, his leave taking next Tuesday, or exceptional speed in liijf-trans-oeean journey. Deliver Message Monday. At the white house it was said Pres ident Wiheu probably would deliver itf. annual " l 111 o'clock Monday afternoon k Mnnnir Official announcement of America's peace commission carried only ou r prise the name of General Bliss. It liud 'bceri expected bv those well in formed that should delegation contain i'.vo itiembers, Secretary Houston woidd be added to the four originally fore casted by the United Press a. id con firmed last night. . Secretary or War Biike, wilf go' t,. r ranee in a month or six weeks to re iieve President JVilson at the head of the delegation when. Wilson leaves for fiome. Ambassador Davis on Ship. A glance at the personnel of the par ty tr go to Europe with the president disclose some interesting figures. For instance, the newly named American Ambassador to Great Britain, Johnlv Davis is expected to be aboard the president's ship, thus giving the two u opportunity for discussing diplomat ic matter that may arise in England during the peace conference and which j.'vis is responsible for handling. Da vis will leave the Tinrtv -Tirnlmhlir n TO.. i . .. ' ' :" "i wnero tlie Ameri cans mil land, and will g0 0H to his post in England. Among the women in the party will o Mrs. Auchineloss, daughter of Calon ef House, and tho wives of sevoral 1'TOnmient American war workers in i' ranee, in addition to the slate ladies Aboard. "Lobbies Under Way. nn the peace conference now nrawine near, mrei-mitinnnl i,.i.i.:.. H kinds and merits are getting under way. In addifion to the expected" call of-Miss Jane Addams for an interna t.ona gathering of women in Holland v take up pence problems, (he Ziomnrs and anti-Zionists are sending delega tions to London and Paris, Andrew Fu ruycth, marine labor , leader, will be (o:tr the scene of the peace conference wat.cuful of the. interests of American seamen and America's merchant mar oe, and from across the water come rc S'orts that all of tft little nationalities winch have been under Genua, domi nation are organizing their lobbies for participation nt the peace table. Labor and congress wero disappoint ed in President Wilson's selection of , oeiegates. Both hoped for reproenta tiou at the peace table. Will Vent Feelings. " . The senate today save simis of vent- its feelings next week over what Members consider a slight bv tlio ores- ident in ignoring that body, both in his appointment of delegates and in refus ing t0 take members in to his eonfi dence on his peace plans. The offi- iiil announcernci.t of tut delegates re- terred to "reace eorferences." This1 -u revival oi speculation as to a I'iciuiiiiiiir.v session to dispose or more urgent questions and a subsequent ses sion (o dispose of less pressing impor tance. Joeph Grew, formerlv charge of the! American embassy in Berlin, will be secretary of the American peace delega-! t,on ' I DRAW AT SEATTLE. Seattle, Wash., Nov. ,10. Before NOW tenant Earl Batrd, aviator-boxer fought! New York, Nov. 30 To avoid con draw trith Muff Branson, eoast light- gestion at the B'prs t which in com weight king, last nigiit. jiuo- transports will disembark return Biard, who has" been in the service ing troops, Brigadier General G. H. Me fn? the past nine months showed lack of training when numerous swings went x i 1. Brou.-tu made the Seattle bor i; r ni.r times.- Bronson seemed to hold back several r " during the fight when there was a'-viear opening ror nis powerful right, K eft 1 i!) N Lord Northcliffe Could Not Conceive Of Conference Without President NOT MASTER OF POLITICS BUT ESSENTIAL FACTOR As Unthinkable As If Lloyd- George Should Be Absent . From Meetings. (Copyright, 1918, by the United Press) London, Nov. 30. In view of the widespread discussion regarding Presi dent Wilson 's decision to attend the peace conference, the United Press ask ed Lord Northcliffe, Britain's great est publisher, for a statement of the European attitude toward the presi dent's personal participation in tho do liberations. Responding to this special request, Lord Northcliffe today made the fol lowing statement: "Foreigners have no right to take part in tho politics of other countries. That the president of the United States would attend tho peace conference has always been regarded here not as a matter of politics, but as an essential factor in the situation. It would be ,ntuj ikboic iius, ior example, wwi -reuuer liioya-ueorge suouia not oe at the pence conferences. Not Speaking for France. "I am not in a position to speak for France, but cannot conceive it possi ble that tho peace conference should lake place without Fremior Clemenceau as one of the French representatives. "The whole discussion shows that grave danger that always exists on in ternatiorial misunderstanding. 'It is ap- paioutly evident from cables we are now getting that manyeitizens of the United States, Democrats as well as Republicans, object to the president's voyage. I can only say that we cannot comprehend that situation. "Britain and her four sister nations, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, have had nearly 900,000 men killed. People of all shades of opinion hero realize that our head man, Premier Lloyd-George, must be nt the peace conference to look after the in terests of a nation liko ours, that ha: suffered So terribly. Played. Great fart. "The tinted States has p:-nyH, a great part in the war and tho Germans have consistently addressed the presi dent. vas a foreigner, altliougli a warm friend of the United States, I can ex press no view of American politics thou,gh, of course, I have inaiiy views J but I may be allowed to sav, a-s an ex pression of personal opinion, that if these conferences were held without President Wilson the whole European world would think that there was some- Miing very wrong, indeed, witji these conferences." AID AGAjNgT ATTACK Band Of Mexicans Returned To Own Side On Seeing U. S. Troop PatrcL El Paso, Texas, Nov. 29. Civilian!" were pressed into service in Juarez to day by the Carranza garrison to aid in repelling a threatened attack by ll li.'ttas reported within 18 miles of t.u border. American preparedness against bor der troubles was reflected in the te treat of a small bund of. Mexicans who craved tha Rio Grande near Fort Han nck but nilii'ltlv returned in ihoir nwn :!,. ot tl,o troop patrol. No shot was fired All eummnmcation south of Jubio is broken. Mexican telegraph operat orj refused, to accompany a Carranza reconnoitering force which left Juarez to scout along the railroad south Weather conditions were severe for troop movements. American offictrj have had nothing definite on Villa's whereabouts but believe he was nt Villa Ahumada and may have started north with an attacking column. RETURNING SOLDIERS Mnnns announced today that permits will not be issued to relatives and friends of tho soldiers and all are re ;quested to remain away from the piers so that the landing and expeditious niovemv-ut of the troops to their camps nay be cuecteu. . ENGLISH "TV SO I ATTEND CONCLAVE WILLIAM HOKEN Z0LLERN RENOUNCES THRONERE PORTED TO HAVE THE FLU Am'sterdaui. Nov.. i. 39. Wil- - helm Hohenzollern has signed a document detinitelr renoune- ing the throne of Germany and . Prussia, as well as releasinir all officials from their oaths of al- legiance, according tn a Berlin dispatch today. The former kaiser is reported to be ill with influenza and was unable to greet his wife when she arrived at the Amer- ongen station. $ MAY NOT MEAN END OF PL0TJ8 BELIEF Ultra Mutarists M Retain Positions Held Under Old Regime. ; By J. W. T Mason (Written for the United Press) New York, Nov. 30 Reports from Berlin that the kaiser has signed a for mal document renouncing the throne and absolving all officials from their oaths of allegiance to him do not mean an end has been made to the conspir acy to return the Uolierxollerns to power. 0 ' Having broken 'his word to civiliza tion, Hohenzollern would net hesitate to recall his renunciation oath if con ditions warranted. The fact that. Gor man officials have been relieved of their pledge of loyalty to the head of the Huhenzollerns is valueless, in view of the in-bred antagonism oi the Ger man official class to popular rule. The most favorable factor in the situation for the return of Hohenzoll ern to Germany is the continued reten tion of their positions by the same old reactionary officials who were appoint ed under the former regime This part of the 'German population is not in aym, pafhy with the curious" socialist exper iment -in conservative government now being undertaken by the Berlin poli ticians. The army itself is c.iunuandcd by the same ultrn-militarifs who save their military oathg to Hehenzollern and have been ineradicably educated in the doctrine of imperial-mi. The real machinery of government therefore, are, the chiefs of the army undoubtedly imbued with a s?nse of loyalty to Hohenzollern and are bound together by a community of ideas. Here is a strong nucleus for the growth of the idea a inonarehial restora tion. There is little evidence that the Germans blame their plight on their own- sins or the sing of the militarists. Bather, the blame is piled on the rest of the world which leagued itself against Germany. This feeling of re sentment against the. planet will grow in Germany. Its tendency will be to unite all Germans together. Through that spirit, Hohenzollern may yet find his. way back to tho throne. Revelations From. Secret Chapters Hun Royalty Colonel Schroeder, an officer with the armies of German Crown Prince, once trusted messenger of the emperor, confident and companion of Baroness Else Baronin Schweirin,, and until recently aide-de-camp to Rupprecht, the crown nince of Bavaria, now a deserter in Denmark, makes sensational revelations and reveals the hideous secrets of kaiserly intrigue before and during the war WRITTEN BY COLONEL EMIL VON SCHROEDER. (An officer in the German army, trust ed messenger of the kaiser, associate! of Baronets El.sa Baronin ,SchHciriii the kaiser's own personal spy and', aide dec amp to Prince Rupprecht. 1 the erown prince of Bavaria. The author of these revelations is now in Denmark, a deserter, and from that -place sends these chapters.) The world seems to know very little about our imperial German constitution Outside Germany people seem to think every German is in love with his kaiser and that he or she would ley his or her life for the preservation of William II. The most remarkable feature of the German empire, that huge agglomera tion of kingdoms, principalities, duch ies, and dependencies, is that, although the knifcr is the titular bead of the whole federation, yet, in point of fact, his authority is by no mpnns so wel come, or so securely established, to make disruption impossible, or even so improbable a contingency as to be dis missed from the cares and anxieties manifold and multiform as they are that beset, that harassed, nd at the present date the most bated man In the FIRSTDIVISION LISTED TO RETURN IS THIRTY NINTH 76th Arid 87th Also Designat ed to Return When Trans ports Are Available. 1009 DAILY DISCHARGE EXPECTED IN U .S. CAMPS Revised Casualty List Reaches Total Of 262,723 Exclu sive Of Prisoners. By Carl D. Groat (United Press Staff Correspondent). Washington, Nov. 30. The Thirry ninth divisions is the first one of the list of divisions "designated to return home in its entirety. This does not necessarily mean, however, it will be the first to sail, f Tho 39th is composed of the Missis sippi, Arkansas and Louisiana national guard, the 76th is the New England , national army men and the 87th M! ; sissippi, Arkansas and Louisiana na tional army men. I The 78th and 87th are also designat . ed to return in their entirety. These divisions Will be moved when trans I portation is available. General March, chief of staff, noted these facts today,; adding that 79,633 ,-mcn and 3,451 off icera overseas are I tho total at present designated for de , mobilization. '. I He said the army expects to reach a return rate of 173,000 a month in December and alter 300,000 a minth. Troops in ?tho United States desig nated for demobilization now number (119,000; and the government expects to keep prodding the eamps until a 1000 daily average rate id obtained. ... A revised casualty list up to and in cluding November 26 was announced as follows: ' Killed in action, 28,363. 'Died of wounds, 12.101. Died of disease, 16,034. Died of other caufes, 1.980. MissiitR in action, 14,290. ' Prisoners of war, (number unintel ligible in cable). ' Wounded 189,!53. including 54,751 reverely. 43.180 undetermined degree, and 92.0.18 slightly wounded. Total , exclusive of prisoners, 202. 723. Incidentally March announced that the actual estimates -of the army ap propriation bill hnd been flashed to Jess than three bilH'in dollr.is, whereas originally, with the war still poin, they were booked for about nineteen' billions. Discussing the demobilization of men f Continued on paee six! whole of our empire and throughout, the world. : ' It is my firm conviction that in case our armies are demobilized the kaiser would find it prudent to take refuge in a foreign clime. And thi hatred of the emperor is not limited ao the peo ple alone. He has his bitter enemies among the high generals. The majori ty of the German kings would liko to eee him overthrown and their independ ence established. But nowhere is the hatred and jealousy of the kaiser so bitter as amongst those who - worship the crown prince. The empty-headed erown prince and his" immediate retinue of degenerate bombasts have more than once contrived to depose the kaiser and seize the rein, of the government for our pan-Germans. The kaifcer, it should be remember ed, is the German emperor; not the emperor of Germany, and even during the present war some of the vassal states that go to make up Germany have come near revolting against the yoke which has been imposed on them from Berlin. Austria, Saxony, Hanov er all these have groaned and fretted beneath the sting of Prussian insolence and at least on one occasion,' during the last four years, they came near breaking the tie which binds them and 6000 PEOPLE IN ICELAND CITY ARE STRICKEN WITH DREADED SPANISH W - 4c Winnipeg, Man., Nov. 30. Winnipeg Icelanders today ea- bled Prime Hinister MagnuMon afc at Raykjavik offering aid to if. stricken Iceland. " ' Cables to local Iceland news- papers dated November 21 are $ straits never equalled since the )k to the effect that Iceland ig in black plagne of the fiftevuti century Sixty per cent of the po'pula- tion 0i Reykjavik or 10,000 .-, 4c sons, are down with Spanish in- 4c 4c fluenza. 9 . 4c 4 "Kalta," second largest vol- 4c eano on tho island, dormant 4c 4c since 1724, has keen in contin- 4c 4c uous eruption for two' weeks. 4c 4c 4 4c 4c 4c FRENCH CHIIDRFM HAVE LEARNED TO SMOKECIGARETTES Sergeant Stanley Adams Tells ' How The Little Ones Hold UpOurBoys. Just think of the dear lit tie French children between the ages of four and ten years smoking America n cigarettes and openly, right out on the streets. And on top of that, an uncanny desire on their part to 'hold up the good Am erican boys over there fosr souvenirs and smokes. ' ' 1 Sergeant Stanley Adamwho onlis'ed with Captain Knoxs' artillery at Al bany immediately after the United States declared war upon Getinnny, and who has been on the fighting line with Battery O, 65th artillery for the past six months, is authority for the state ment. He writes: - ! : "As to the French children, a sol dier at liberty in any of the larger ci ties is in no position to voice a line opinion. He doesn't see. the real true typical French child. . In every place I've been, the most striking character istics have been their thin little bare legs, woden shoes ajid an almost uncan ny desire to ''bum" aid the cigarettes and souvenirs they can from . the "American Moldat." Tho fact in, it is the exception rather than tho rule to find many tots who do not smoke, and openly in tho srtrects at that. , '"But of course we see nothing of the real "homey" children as they are being taken care of by the many war orphan enterprises, which are all do ing a great work. "Wo have been under heavy fire ninny times and I'll now tell you how it feels to be scared. If any man of any rank tries to fell yau he didn't feel the least bit perturbed when he heard the first Boche messago whistle over his head, and knew it was meant (Continued on page throe) the German.- empire together. That they did not do so was due to the fail ury of Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria to rise to tho level of a great opportunity. In the following chapters of secret his tory I am about to relate, it will be seen that, but for the Bavarian Prince' cowardice in the last moment the kaisor might have been compelled t0 relin quish his throne, and the degenerate crown prince rule the destinies of tho Gerniun empire ill partnership with Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria. The event to vj :ch I refer took place shortly after tin Homme offensive. Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria and tho Crown prince of Germany were ordered to report to Berlin for conference. His failure to realize almost impossible ex pectations of the high command had led, if not to his recall, nt all events to the suspensicm -if his command, lq do the prince justice, 4be failure was not his fault. At is happened, when Prince Rupprecht and myself reached Berlin we found that "William the Sudden" hal for the present abandoned the task of investigating the conduct of thi. campaign, and had proceeded to the eastern front. But though the kulser was absent, we found Berlin full of genernlg jtl divisions, officers of the t (Continued on page four) Ex-Kaiser Extradited To U, S. 13 BOYS HAKE BREAK AT TRAINING SCHOOL Six Of Number Were Captured And One Returned Voluntarily. In oe of , the biggest breaks ever made at the state training school for boys, thirteen boys made their escape about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. One voluntarily returned; six were cap tured and six are still at liberty. The break was executed while the boys were out maneuvering as soldiers, as all but one of them were members of Company A of the school military organization. Even outside of drill hours the boys played at being soldiers and yesterday afternoon as dark began to settle, 'by a pre-arranged plan, they worked their way to the edge of the school grounds and close to the brush. At a given signal the boys, who ranged in ages from 14 to 17, made a dash for tho brush. They were seen by employes of the school who gave chase, fissisted by four other boys at the school. The fleeting lads, however, soon were lost in the darkness and the brush Later in the night one of the boys was caught by officers from the school at Turner, and Sheriff Needham nabbed fivo others .in an automobile on the fairground road. The boys had stolen the car from Adam Burns, in East Salem and were merrilyy on their way to Portland. ' ' Nearly all of the boys were com mitted to the school because of their inclination to steal automobiles, and Superintendent Gilbert says that class of boys is the hardest to get along with. The boy who does not know how to drive a car is not so anxious to at tempt to run away- . The fivo boys captured in the auto mobile were Wallace Crews, Hex JHwag gert, Ralph Calhoun, and Fred Biggs, all from Portland and, .Abe hiW-f from La Grande. ' ' .. ,.. Percy 'Lute is the lad who was over taken at Turner, while August Larson returned voluntarily. The six boys who are still at Liberty aro Robert Burroughs, Vernon Bradford Russell Hill and Roy Toothman, all from Portland, and Lee Diilcy from Forest Grove and Jerome' Sacks from Roseburg. REPATRIATED AMERICAN SOLDIERS T;ELL Of ACTUAL CONDITIONS IN GERMANY People Wear Paper Clothing And Eat Bread Made From Barley And Sawdust. (Note The following remarkable story is the first written by an American Soldier describing actual conditions in Germany.) - . ' By LoRoy Congleton Repatriated American 8oldler (Copyright, 1018, by tho United Press.) -London, Nov. 30.' Tho German revi, lution is genuine, judging from what 1( raw in Darmstadt, Limburg and Opplu- den. The common people realize for the first time that the militarists duped i them. It is impossible for militarism 1 10 return to power. I On November 8, German marines went along tho Rhine, waving red flue, throwing away their weapons and dis arming other soldiers. People Wild with Joy. At Oppladen tho people and the gar rison wero wild with joy. Xho ... garrison there packed up and all of them returned to their homes. Mv uiiard, announcing tho news, tos sed his cap and cartridge belt ih the (air, crying: -. "Now we'll have freedom!" I I had acted as interpreter and as a result was allowed the freedom of th .towns where wo were quartered. I talked with masy people regarding tho food situation, which was extreme ly serious. Here is a menu of a typi cal family, such as I often dined with' For breakfast a substitute for cof fee, consisting of barley, etc., and bread made of potato flour and sawdust. For luncheon a soup made from sub stitutes for fnts and potatoes or on lions, alternating with cabbage. On Sundays meat was allowed for dinner bread and jam. Restaurants Closed. I All restaurants were closed. The peo I pie had plenty of iron and paper mon jey, but n0 gold, silver or copper. Any- way, they did not have anything, te Bpenu it lor. , Tho factories wero making only such necessities as war materials, iiouselio il furniture, etc. Everything was expen sive. 1 paid 13 marks (3.60) for a Could Be This Could Be Effected Under Treaty Existing Between . Holland And America.' New York, Nov. 30. William iToken zollern, the ex-kaiser, could be extra dited to United States and placed on trial for his crimes, in the opinion of: Charles Thaddcug Terry, member of .tho executive committee of the American car association. The kaiser has been indicted in twa western states, and under the treaty between the United States and Bolta,uti. his extradition could be affected, Ter ry declared to tho United Press today, "To vindicate tho highest instinct of human conscience, to satisfy tha requirements of universal law, to re establish the rules and regulations ot international, the trial of William Hi henzollcrn must be held," said Terry. Trial Must Be Held. "Whether it'be held pursuant to the provisions of tho extradition treaty be tween Holland and tho United Btutea or similar extraition treaties betwoea Holland and France and England, dooa not so much matter. Tho point is that the trial must be held. "4n dealing with the question of ex traditing Uohenzollorn from Holland, it is necessary to ovoid technical den itions of . specific crimes. We must place the emphasis upon those crimes which are recognizee, to oe sues; oy an mankind. Accordingly, we must avoid, the term 'piracy' and tho term 'homi cide' and deal only witfi 'wilful mur der, ' on tho one hand, and that which in our own treaty with Holland is de scribed as au extraditable offense com mitted on tho high seas, without des ignating the same by a srocifie tech nical expression." it , . ,,. , , Terry cited passages from . tho three treaties with Holland which bear on the extradition of criminals, . particu larly from 'that of 1887, article two, section 12, which reads: "Persons shall bo delivered up, ac cording to the provisions of this con vention, wh0 8h'iU 1,ay. 'J"'- charged "with,, . r. coiuiixd ot. any ot the. fol lowing crimes: .- --, ''12. Destruction or loss of a yes 'I on the high seas or within tho juris diction of the party asking extradition, caused intentionally." Sufficient Evidence, . "There would seem to bo at least f Continued on page six) knife uiul fork. , Laboicrs, who wero mostly women, earned from seven if nine innrks (fl.tiS to 2.13) a clay. Prisoners did all the farm work. The country was fairly orderly, but presented a ry dilapidated appear ante. Houses, mills and fences were drop ping to pieces. All work clothes were mtulo from pa j.er, while nil dress clothes wero mado from old things. Shoe tops were made from paper and the soles were either paper or wood. Hats wero mado of straw, The only amusement was the movies. s 4i)k4tifc4c ABa MARTIN 4t 4t - 4ck4 Winnie Moon is th' h02 killin' guest o' relative in th' country. TV. girl that used t' sigh for a tall, uars stranger iu a flowin ranc now has-k . daughter who longs fer anything in pants an' a yeller roadstsr. , , .