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5000 CIRCULATION 2 . JFK. . . . . (25,000 KEADEKS DAILY) Only Circulation in Salem Guar- antced by the Audit Bureau of He Circulations 2", FULL LEASED WIRE He DISPATCHES t SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VAIr i LEY NEWS SERVICE - FORTY-FIRST YEAR NO. DECLARES IT HIS DUTYTOAnEND I PEACECONCLAVE Resident Believes Final Peace Will Be Completed By .Spring. HE DESIRES PASSAGE- OF W0MAN'SSUFFLAW,gram. - leaves Railroads' Future With Congress But Recommends Careful Study of Matter. By Robert J. Bender. ( luited Press Staff Correspondent.) Wellington, Dee. 2. -President Wil ,tir; 's "readjustment." message, to Cou urcss today i.s his answer to critics of lis peace, trip, and post war economic ijdans. . . . Convening at noon fur tlio "short tf.f-.iion, uu'iiiix is f the liouso Mmate were in such n fm.n of mind duty to play my full part in making good what they offer !e uturSff' J fali bl00t0 obtain- I ?an think of n call to toward tiie cli ti.s appearance ru' luceu 1110 necessity or replying in k: .:nu measure Pitlicr directly or inijl leetly to the most acrid criticism of f is plan to attend wace conference aii Europe and of-clearing up his po ition on readjustment problems, such 4i'. railroad and wire control, opening of natural, resources and broadened cdu- -vmiunui oppoi tunnies lor tuo youth ot t'.ic nation. I'revious to the hour oi delivery, the must completo measures wcro taken to smrd the tontent of the message, the nly thing positively known being that ' 'a longer thau usual, about 4000 words. Features of the Message. Declaring that present government i;,- lieics can handle the routine prob d.'ciis of readjustment, President Wil k.iu today said the chief need of the ;nmlry is development of its railways waterways, highways and country roads The old system of handling railroads, lie- said, brought '"conditions of ro j.f.'nint wothout development." 8ome "new clement of policy" is absolutely iieetssary, lie declared, ioT the public frirvice, release of credit and protec tion of stockholders. I frankly turn to yflj. for counsel" lie said, at which republicans in the ;iiint congress session hearing him, i laughed. In his annual message to a joint er ioii opening the' short term of the "ro construction congress" todar. the pros iilent outlined this and other measures his policies of readjustment His Duty to Go. At . the same time, he explained ! leaee trip t0 Enrope, as one that it wa - New lork greeted t:ic r.'rst home Lis "duty" to make. f bound transport with a New Years eve "lv I not hope," he added, "that;uproar of whistles and sirens, a flut- ii the delicate, tacks I shall have fo!tering of scraps of paper from roofs ot perform I may have the encour-i skyscrapers and a eheering and floiir iigeuient and the added strength of i.ihing of handkechiefs from ferry boats j mir united support f jnnd win.Iiiws of tall buildings as the The president declared he believed Luiitanie's sister ship, in hex checker tlir final peace would be completed: board camouflage, her upper decks a hf spring. , raas of khaki uniforms, moved majes- Meantime, he said, the American bus-'ticaliy up the river. The ferries carry jiiessman, with his "quick initiative"!ing the boys to I-ong Island City re i going ahead with his readjustment. fecived similar greetings all the way. As fur nuv uetiute concrete scheme fif "reconstruction," he added, none b., eierged as yet which he lu lieved iContinuod on page three 285 PRESIDENT'S JEAWUSMT PROGRAM Passage of woman's suffrage. : Use of existing government agencies to effect recon struction... . - ' - ;. Immediate resumption of development of public works to" provide employment for returning soldiers. Ratification of the Columbian treaty to improve Pan American relations. . , ''.... v Immediate determination of taxes for 1918, 1919 and 1920 and lifting as much of the tax burden from business as government needs will permit. , Priority of distribution of American raw materials to Complete consummation weaves aetermination oi railroads future to congress, but recommends against return to pre-war conditions of railroad control unmodified. Urges railroad control ture. . . Reclamation of arid, swamp and cut-over land. Peace based upon international justice not merely domestic safety. ; President Wilson's reason for attending the peace conference: "The gallant men of our armed forces have fought for the ideals "which they knew to be the ideals of their country. I owe it to them to see to it that no false or misaken interpretation is service wmcn wouia iranscena mis. . Demoocratic members and large groups in the gal leries rose and cheered. . , FIRST LOAD OF SOLDIERS LANDS SINCE END OF WAR Four Thousand Troops On Liner Mauretania Greeted With Uproar of Whistles New York, Dec. 2. Bearing the first load of American troops to come home from Europe since the war ended, the big Cunard liner Mauretania emerged from the chill foes that -shrouded the Wr imv. t(((laVi refeiVed a vociferous welcome and docked at her Fourteenth street pier. There, the 4000 troops, mostly avia tion units that had been training ire England, were transferred to ferry jboatx and taken around the lower Man jhattnn to Long Island City, where they entrained for Camp Mills. uetugea witn Messages. Iu rely to a request from Mayor Hylan. asking that the troop be given permission t0 parade from the pier up f'sftu aveuue, Secretary of War Baker SALEM, OREGON, of the three-vear naval nro- . ; " question be studied by con- put upon hem. I is now mv sent a telegram stating it would bo inadvisable. As the Mauretania made its way in to the bay it was deluged with wire less messages of greeting. Mayor Hy lan and other etty officials aboard the police boat, who went out to welcome the homecoming soldiers, we're first i flash a wireless welcome. The cheering doughboys were thor oughly frivolous and were most itner ested in what arrangements had been made to satisfy their appetlft- Often and anxious was the qticiy: "Has New York gune dry yett" "New York is proud of every one of you," was the first wireless greeting of Mayor Hylan to the soldiers "and welaomeg you with ' its warmest wel come." "When Do We eat." And then came the reply, the first message of returning American troops to the folks at home: "When do we eatf" Almost coincident with the first was the second answer with enthusiasm: "Oh, how dry we are!" Mayor Hylan and city officials went aboard the ship and extended a heartv welcome. Through the L rated Press reporter, who boarded the Mauretania down the bay, a number of officers of the avia tion corps sent greetings to their sr-la-tives and friends. "Tell 'em we're glad we're here be cause we're here," aaid First Lieuten ant L. J. Galehouse, of haeranmnto, Cal. This sentiment was heartily ech oed by First Lieutenant Richard A. Hnitth of Denver and Second Lieuten ants Georje Kiiby, fcalt Iike Ciry, and E. P. Talbot, Mason City, Iowa." MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, RT HAS SUPRISE UP HER SLEEVEJ ERANCE Kaiser's Decree Of Abdication Jot Satisfactory Merely Bluff, Many Thinki By William Philip Swung (United Press staff correspondent) Paris, Dec. 2 That Germany is car rying a surprise up lier sleeve is the contention here. ! , ' A coup d'etat is not regarded as im probable. The kaiser 'decree of abdi cation is not satisfactory. Many believe it is only a bluff for the benefit of the rabble. Tho junkers and workmen and soldiers are fighting among them selves and Berlin admits there are no masters of the situation. A high authority declared -to the United Press today thot the United States must stand bv the fillies that Europeans never needed America mine than sow, while anything is liable to happen in Germany, "The role of tho 'United . States, which- was. decisive l'-thc war, ;4s equally important in preparations for peace," declares' the Temp. ' "Nothing can bo dono before Presi dent Wilson arrivrs. Tho p'esent .con versations in London are not diplomat ic, jrroor. oi mis chii lie Juunu in iuv fact that Marshal Foch and not For eign Minister Pinchrn accompanied Premier Clemenceau." WAR BETWEEN CH1LF AND PERU POSSIBLE I UNLESS US. STEPS IN Rumors Of Alliance Among Small Countries Make Sit uation lore Serious. Washington, Dec. 2, War on thu South Ai.ieiican west coast is threat ened unless the United States or con certed powers intervene in the Peru Chile dispute, according to Lutin-Am- ciican diplomats hero. Latest advices from Luna and Santia go verified reports of mobilization at both capitals. Both the Chilean emhas Isy and tho Peruvian legation admitted that undoubtedly a crisis was at hand. I The most serious aspect, diptomnts said, was the evidence that attempts are heing niado to form alliances that , might throw the entire continent into (war. Dispatches announcing the recall I of the Brazilian minister to Peru weru held to be without logical foundation. Rumors mentioned a lineup of -Brazil, Bolivia and Peru against Chile. Argen tine and Mexico. It wag also suggested by Latiu-Ameiican diplomats that Bo jlivia and Argentine miglit stand by Pe ru against Chile, owing to Chile s ad mitted military and naval superiority. Want Abrogation of Treaty. The general diplomatic view was that Chile insisted on forcing the war to bring about abrogation of the treaty regarding the occupied provinces of Tacna-Arica. It i declared she feels certain her retention of the territory will not be upheld at the peace table in France and tliut she has all to win and nothing to lose in a brisk conflict that might enable her to becloud the real issues involved. ' . "' The United Press is able Ut niiiiounce toda? official verification of its ex- 'elusive report Several wrcks ago that ' Peru positively will make formal sub ' mission to the peace conference of her I demands for a fairly conducted plcbi; .scite in Tacna-Arica. The Peruvians contend that "Presi dent Wilson's statements in the matter of self-determination of peoples gives j Peru a feeling of . perfect confidence in the early realization of justice" and j that "the United Htatcs will not de jir.and justice in middle Europe and the iBa'kans and at the same time permit oppression among the Americas." 1918. TRANSPORT" GEORGE WASHINGTON READY EOR PEACE DELEGATES Expected To Sail With Presi dential Party Tuesday With Escort Of Destroyers. New York, Dec. 2. The transport George Washington is tied up at Pier 4, Hoboken, today ready to tako aboard President Wilson, his guests and Amer ican, delegates to tho peace conference. The big vessel, under convoy, is ex pected to sail for Europe tomorrow or early Wednesday -- - - Every comfort possible is being ar ranged for the presidential party. Na vy cooks will not be required to cater to them, as a crew of fifty culinary experts, confectioners, bakors and wait ers from a famous hotel have been put aboard. The peace delegates and other gutesm aro expected to board the George Wash ington before 3 o'clock Tuesday, at which hour she is scheduled to steam out to Gravesend bay and anchor iwbv ing tho president. .',.. . The presidential party is to occupy the suites and cabins on the promenade deck. These have been entirely k! oratcd and refurnished for the trip. They are described as plain, but homo 'ike. , An orchestra will go along, playing at luncheon, dinner and on Bpoc.iai oc casions. . ,- The Brooklyn navy yard band will give concerts on the decks and will piny when tho George Washington enters the harbor of Brest, which is expected to be on December 11 or 12. OREGON SOLDIERS LEAD ALL IN HEALTH Rupert Blue, Surgeon General Of United States Gives . This Report. It is Oregon first again. This tinifl it is in the mauliiiess, clean liness and healthiness of the youi: men Oregon sent to war Oregon leads all other states in tho small number ef men who were af flicted with venereal diseases when they wero received -at tho training camps. Oregon's percentage- of awt ed men was fifty-nine hundredths of one per cent, which is tlio bcH record of any state iu the union. i'leio is what Rupert Blue, surgeon gkjicrul of the United States, says tn a telegram received by the Oregon, Ho cial Hygiene Society, which sent a copy to .f. A. Churchill, superintendent of public instruction: "A tabulation of 1,000,000 reports first received from camp surgeons .throughout the country shows that Ore gon leads the country with rate of fifty-nine hundredths of one per cent to have a venereal disease On arriving in camp. It is hoped thnt Oregon can continue vigorous measures in coin hat- t:ng venereal diseases during the period j 'f demobilization and thereafter." I The secretary of the Social Hygiene j society, in his letter to Huperintciident j ivijiiirmu, buvb; . "The executive committee of the so 'cii.ty feels that you, as superintendent j of public inntructiou, will be especially i inler(.i.tcd in this wonderful showiiii -of our state aud'that you will be glu'i I.. i. :...i: t-.i.i id kjuit ui nun inui?puiame uviuciirt'j of the fact thnt tho public mind wilij r.-sjyoi.u to clean instruction in muttorsj of M'X. . I "The message justifies absolutely the expenditure of the time and money.' We rejoice with yon in this truly re j mnrkablc record." The record for the state having thej greatest number of men afflicted wasi K9 per ecnt. I PRICE TWO CENTS 400 Square Miles of: German Territory Qccupiedby Yank Americans Encounter little Hostility From Inhabitants As r They Cross Into Enemy Territory. People In Valley Towss Hid At First, When Columns Of Doughboys Marehsd Alczg Streets, Bat Gradually Ventured Out. , : By Webb Miller (United Press Staff Correspondent.) With the American in Prussia, Dee. l.-(-Via Courier to Nancy, Dee;- 8.) The Third army today occupied about 400 squure miles of German territory, including scores of towns and "villages. The Americans encountered littlo hostility from tho inhabitants. While hundreds lined the streets in Treves, there was absolute silence as tho tired OiXih infantry, of the Fifth division ninrched In and occupied tho city. Five hours before the official entry into Treves, an Amorlcan train arrived at tho Treves station.. It was composed of a captured locomotive, and cars and was luv charge ofv the Thirty t'ighljli enginVois. They left Vordurt and crossed the frontier simultaneously with tho troops. They made the trip without incident and reported that all tracks were intnnrt and the crews work ing, ns specified in the armistice. When I outorod Troves, hundreds of civilians wore crowded at the station, staring at the train. The strcots wero filled with welt 'dressed people. Many discharged Uoldiors were mingling with the crowds, (streetcar service contin ued, several cars passing through the marching columns. Baud Played American Airs. With a band playing Amoricun marching airs, the Americans swung up tho principal street. A hush foil on the uity und tho people were strangely quiet. They did't talk, even among themselves. l'olicenient. appoitned by the local workmen's' and soldiers' council aided in clearing the streets. The doughboys mostly looked neither to right nor left but marched quietly to tho barracks in tho center of tho town. The eommund aut had arranged for the furnishing of wood and forage. General Parker, . commnnding tho First division, ut tho head of tho com pany of the Sixteenth infantry, was this first to reach the outskirts of Treves. All the other troops, with tho exception of tho r-ixth infantry, skirted tho town The bund was playing and regimen tal fltigs flying as tho regiment Bwuiig thriiogh the principal streets, led by Colonel Henry Hunt. The people stood staring furiously or followed quietly behind the Americans. The streets were patrolled by deputies of the local workman's and soldiers' council, who wore white arm bands and carried ri fles. Church Bells Tolled. During the march through the city church bells tolled and Amoricun itir planes cicled overhead. Both the Ger mans and tho Americans maintained a certain aloofness and thero was little fraternization. Tho doughboys main tained an soldiersly, dignified ottituto. Whilo there was considerable crowd on tho streets, the majority of the peo ple stayed indoors and peeped through the windows. Not a single German flag could bo observed anywhere. The Americans began their niarch in to Prussian territory shortly after duwn. The Third division crossed tin. Moselle in the region of Kemich; the First near Gravenmnchcr; the Thirty Second farther north and tho rtecond in the region of Echternach. The whole: front advanced with tho -Moselle as an axis, ' Aroused Before Dawn. .Before duwn tho men wero arouw."' ate ii hasty breakfast and fell in. All the roads toward the Moselle were soon jammed. Generals Lassitcd, Lepeuntf and llougj rode ahead Of the advance guard at the points of crossing and were the first of the army of occupation to oc cupy Germany. Within half n hour after the gener als had crossed the river the valley wns alive with khaki columns. There was some cheering as the doughboys first stepped onto German soil. But as a rule the proceeding was very quiet and buiiuesUike. ..--,.,- ..'. Weather Report Oregon: Tonight and Tues day rain west portion, probab ly rain or snow east portion; brisk southerly windl. .. OX-TRAINS AND NEW STANDS F1W CRNT3 s People Hid at First In the . valley towns tho people at first hid indoors and not a bouI ap peared in the streets. ' But as they found the Amoricans paid no attention to them they gradually ventured out. After tho occupation of Troves, Colonel Hunt visited the burgomaster and informed him that military law would be enforced but that tho inhabi tants would not be intotforred with as long as they wore peaceable. ; He asked the burgomaster to furnish provisions and billets for the American 'officers. The. Third army 'a plans for oivil gov ernment of the" German town leave the machinery jas much as possible in jha. hands of the German authorities, the Americans', work being mainly that 'of supervision. Iu taking tver the rail ways, streetcars, telegraphs and tele phones, postofficos aud lighting systems the Americans will see that efficient service is maintained, utilizing as much i as they need for military purposes, but interfering as little as possible with teh usual service. The profits will bo turned over to tho proper authorities. , Leave Operating Staffs. Under the terms of the armistice, tl.a Germans will leave operating staffs which the Americans will supervise and direct. I pon entrance Into each to a ltt commander sends for the burgomaster, chief of police' and other officials and informs them that military govern ment has been established, with the ob ject of providing Bitcuroly and efficient ly for the army, but thnt as long as the inhabitants are peaceable the utmnl oiv il ti n (I criminal laws will be enforced anil aduiinintorcd by local officials. Tho commander informs the burgomaster thnt personal proporty rights will b respected and instructs hint to direct' tlio people to go quietly about their ordinary nffuirs. ., , The Americans offer to provide any extra polico protection if needed oud order the burgomaster to prohibit the rale of liquor, with the exception or beer aud light wines. All wine' shops will close at 9 p. m. Carrying of fire arms is forbidden. To Furnish Billets. Tho burgomaster is instructed to fur- (Continue, I on page two) ABa MARTIN Lent Hawk has sold his farm t' be come a carpenter's helper. What's be come o' th' ole time girl that used t' complain that she wu being folleredt