Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919, December 06, 1918, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text5009 CIRCULATION (25,000 READERS DAILY) Only Circulation in Salem Guar anteed by the Audit Bureau of Circulations Livil Oregon: Tonight and Satur- day rain west portion; raia or snow east portion; lisoderate southerly winds. ; FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES - - ' mc SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VAIr LEY NEWS SERVICE tfK. i ffTi li . II f m . n n ' ah ; vtmaKa FOPwTY-FIRST YEAR NO. 289. Army and Nat Program Depends Upon ie Adoption Q Plan VANTS ENGLAND TO ABANDONIDEAOF SEA SUPREMACY it' Englacd Refuses To Reduce Navy, Then U. S. Mast Strengthen Hers. fttVY EXPASSI0N THREAT QUITE OPEN AND SINCERE Equal Numerical Strength U. S. Sea Power Would Be Greater. By Cart D. Groat Washington, Dee. (S. America 's af-njr- and navy programs will depend largely upon President Wilson's suo icess or failure in securing adoption of nig paii or non-niiiitimsm while abroad What he wants, as nlreariv Benemllv outlined, is to have Britain nhandon ker idea of unbridled sea supremacy, it oi ununuiea sea supremacy, .ts her to pol her naval strength international navy. Ho opposes ;a of an Anierican-15,ilish navy. ie wan uiiy idea At the some time, he want the armed irvamp spirit removed from the: world plishmont, and our steel, textile, leath with respect to army power. " . "Cr. oil, rubber and other industries will if England refuses to heirkcn to his )iogram as to naval armament, this Koverunient will go ahead with a pro- gram destined to make the United (Ntates the equal and perhaps superior it) r.ngmiid on the sens. If England ultimately lower prices for raw mater-Klc-es agree to President Wilson's pro- ia,g ttlld all finished products. The do liosals. it is likely this government will clines wiu como slowly mora siow;y elax somewhat its plans for the future. porhaps than doBired in '80me ca3(!8. blK Left to Congress tne drift is unniistakablo, and deflation These are plain facts, on excellent must be expected wherever inflation Authority in connection with President has existed. The most difficult prob AVilson 's peace program and the army lent in the outlook is labor, which has nd navy future. already announced that it will not sub Secretary Baker has left open the . mit to any reduction of wages, a pro question of recommendations to con- nounccnicnt that is not surprising iu fcrrsii. If the pcaee conference shatters T;ow 0f the high cost of living. Tho militarism his ultimate retommenda- intter can only be reduced by docreas tions will -bo far more pacific than oth- in the cost of production; and, if that vrwrse would be the case, it is helinv- " i:i..i i, Secretary Daniel, has carefully touched his recommendations w as not ih and American 8ea power. But, strip lied of their verbiage, his proposals ap- j jvru'ently mean the administration in- , it nd the United States to be Englands equal on tho seas. The sole thing t n an- sin'li a program will nc a satis ft'lotory internutionul fleet police ar rangement. Open and Sincere Plana Naval experts explain that even if it he United States only equals England in numerical strcnglb, our navy will lie ahead of England's for the types of sr-raft and armament wo nrc building Hre far superior to anything Britain has afloat. ' The Ainri'nii naval expansion threat i.i quite open and quit? sincere, accord ing to this authority. There is still the ithreat of army man power. The United Plates will develop its army strength Ugh if necessary, but the administra tion frankly hopes ships and armies all ver the world will be reduced so as to help insure tho future peace of the world. . ENTIRE RM CONCLAVE DELEGATES iSTBEOPENUDED Cermany Wil Benefit If Na tions Cannot Agree Oa . Warship Balding. By J. W. T. Mason. (Written fur the United Press.) Now York, Dec. 6. Germany is now on the watch t0 take advantage of tho age-long rule that a beaten enemy re covers its power for evil when the vic tors develop animosities anions (ken selves. No peace conference attended by al lied powers, each with its independent interests to protect, has cvtr in tho past Tieen completely harmonious. If the forthcoming conference establishes . (.Continued on page throe) ' PEACE PROBLEMS FORCE THEMSELVES TO TORE Knsinpmpn An Armnnc Tn for tlie hlKh p"8 wl,ich !t dislikes. n n iiUAHIU5 10 Another cause is the profiteering in Be ReJeved From Rp;trir h1110'1 in bv uo,h capital and labor, hons Of War !ovs of a" kin May f tiiose vob- . jleins will, however, solve themselves, ..,,.,.-- I in time, provided there is maintained New ork York, Nov. 30.-Peace a ,pirit of fuir deMng nd )atien(,0 problems are already-asserting them-, upon ail sides. A considerable number selves with increasing force. Business of men and women have been disehnrg- men are anxious t0 be freed from war ed from ""tion plants, and these are restrictions as earlv as possible, mving "ff!lin llew employment with j , . .. . Jittlo difficulty. due regard to the avoidance of unnec- m, '. . , , , . . essary disturabnee. They want super-' . m satisfactory development of fluous regulations removed or modified h wc.ek f was a par- , . , . , ,. . , . tial relaxation of artificial resrictioua and at least gradually eliminated. They , . , . i. i i e i- i. i" tho money market. While govern want to be rid of pnee-f lxmg schemes. ' . - ' . . ., m, t .1 R . , . . i incut requirements in financing the war They want reasonable consideration'. ., 1 , . . . - ' . . . c to the end must of necessity rcceivs from the government in the transfer of " . .. .. ., . , J , . .. : . , , J , ,. . . ... , first attention, there is no doubt that industry from public to civi ban work. . ..... ., ,. , , . ., m, i . . . . . too littlo consideration had ben paid .. ' . , ., , turns, mwl flhnvft nil tliev wish tnn pnv crnmeut to avoid injury to credit in the process of demobilization. In short they earnestly look forward for a re turn to the normal, and a restoration of business freedom as soon as consis tent with safety and public welfare. The government is making a praise- worthy effort to meet such ideas. It is -i . i j.i ..i.i: also under the pressure of public opin ion to reduce expenses as far as prac ttcable in order to minimize burden some war taxes. Not lcss-han $1,300,- 000,000 of war contracts have been can "mm, numjut iu,. ous difficulties, many business coneerna having discounted such contingencies. A gradual and steady reduction of war celled, without thus far giving any seri- work is already in process of acconv find ample work to take the place of cancelled war orders. War products wiH naturally disappear, and the wholo tendency of 'industry is to go back to I moro nonnal conditions. This means T r wnHnv. he " thc t of lnbor it8clf. To a very considerable extent labor is responsible TURKS SUCCEEDED Three Million Persons Have B;on Massacred And An other Million Will Starve, London, wireless.)- Dec. G. (British admiralty -The Morning Post corre- pendent at Constantinople, describing ; tho corruption and misery in Turkey says that throughout the last fourloyod, in co-operation with organized years the Turks, acting under orders ' labor, through government works is of the "committee of union and pro-such enterprises as road building, for greas," have done their tt-st to ruin 'cstry, timber and fuel production, flool their country and have sn.-ceeded well Threo million persons le been mas sacred and another millior is on the verge of starvation this winter. A great portion of the empire has been con quered and parceled out among the different races and what remains is totally mined. It is probably true tha never be fare have the Turks in the empire been so rich. Ordinary policemen in Pera are estimated to be worth from be tween ten and fifteen thousand Turk ish pounds. This accumulation of wealth has been a portion of the pro gram of the committee to en-ich Turks at the expense of tho Ch-iftians. It must not be supposed that Constanti nople lackg anything. Shope are well stocked. But Mohammedans hat all tho tiade. German officers had their share in this plunder. Tbey robbed both Chris tians and Turks. In the first days after the armistice there were at least 27,000 German sol diers at the capital. Tlie have now been mostlv deported to Haidar Pasha np.l Scutari. It is well worth noting that Count Bernstorff, who succeeded Von Kuehl mann, left Constantinople thi day af ter the armistice was signed. His sat elites remained, however, stiil plotting. Inferior German consulates are still at work. SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER to ordinary credit requirements. Com- . J. . . promise views on between widely diverging the subject was inevitable. I While it may have been difficult to Idraw the line between artificial and a free money market, there was no doubt jas to the advisability of moderating re cent restraints, if only to permit a '""UUI . tu "u""" - . As a result tune money was in better supply than for soveral months; much to the relief of both the business and the financial communities. It did not, " fen red, lead to a sudden out burst of wild speculation. On the con- :. . rpeordo(1 8wn fan 0f !!''' tat tt did nermit niofe cvtera ,)0 l "ntl"al ftnd waled a undl!r- 'Continued on. page two . SAN LEAGUE EOR GERMAN PEACE World Democracy And Other Bolsheyiki Nonsense is Promulgated. St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 6 A peace which would create a "United States of tho world, by consent and not by conquest!' is favored by the National Non-Partisan League, acoordiug to its programme," adopted here today at the league's annual conven tion. . The piogrammo as given by tho league tonight follows: First A peace prograinnio ending war by creating world democracy, not substituting ouedespotism -fur another. I A united states of the wond, by can jsent and not by conquest. Second A reconstruction programme : providing for the employment of all, I reduction of tho cost of living, viidlijg monopolistie extortion and retina vfefcd , tho state aird national governments I from autocratic control of monopolies, and in this way making the world saf for democracy. Third Tho termination of the pre ent national control of railways and all other public utilities and industries taken over as war measures, not by re- .. . " , ' . . '.,.:. Fourth Employment of the unen protection and land reclamation Fifth Complete enfranchisement ol women with equal opportunities witk men and equal pay for equal services. Sixth The national government should make loans to state government Urn state bonds and first mortgages on real csiaio in oruer mat larmerg can get loans from the state at cost. Meveuth Immediate reduction of freight and passenger rates, especially on food and fuel. Eighth Immediate abandonment of all interference with political rights of employes ia the public service and abandonment of the exercise of any further postbffico censorship. Ninth Liquidation of the national debt through reforms in the income and inheritance taxes. Tenth Restoration of the rights of !d;or, surrendered for patriotic reasons and the repealing of laws regulating the civil rights of people as war meas ures. Eleventh AM use of the mails, tele graph, telephone and express companies and banks shall be denied for making sales of goods, properties, investments or sei-urities, except for direct delivery by the owner or his authorized agent,' and then of the specific goods, proper ties, investments Or securities Involv ed in order to eliminate gambling and speculation in necessities of life. SENATOR LEWIS SAYS LEAGUE MAY BEC01MER Tells Senate That League Of Nations Might Menace World Peace. SPEAKS WHOLLY ON HIS OWN RESPONSIBILITY C l D L' U . (JUHKCilS I USMUav ndSIHJillilV-S In lase Of Jealousy Among Nations. By L. O. Martin (Capital Journal Special Service) Washington, Dee. 8. Warning Pres ident Wilson that snares may be set for him in Europe, Senator Lewis, demo cratic whip and clo4. adviser of tho president, told today the senate tho proposed league of nations might be came a danger to tho world pence rath er than a guarantee of it. He said that "in tho past the great; wars , nave Deen conducted between those who were previously allies and grew from the execution of the com pacts of peace." "I will not be blind to this prospect even as between ourselves and those we now call allies," he said. Detailing his fears, Lewis declared if the United States was favored in the decision of a dispute, other coun tries, demanding reciprocity, might ex act so much as "to weaken the link with the future or cause us to bo charg od with bad faith." He said Japan might solicit Great Britain and France to demand abolition of our policy of exclusion of Asiatics and that they in turn might persuade Japan to demand retraction of the Mon roe doctrine. j ,,. 1 Lewis said ho- spolco whollyoh his own responsibility. v GREAT' ARMY PLANS HALTEDJBY PEACE Chief Of Staff Tells Of Won derful Military-Organization In Making. Washington, Dec. 6. The army pro gram of 80 divisions in France by June 30, 1919, was embarked upon with com plete confidence that Germany could and would be defeated during 1919 if the project was carried out, General March, chief of staff, declares in his annual report to Secretary Baker, made public today. That conviction was bas ed oa a comprehensive study of the whole war situation ordered by General March immediately after he assumed his duties as tho head of the army last March. "After a study of the situation," tho report says, "including as accurate an estimate of the potential strcngt ol our allies on tho western front and of the probable German strength as was possible, I came to the conclusion th' the war might be brought to an end in 1919 provided we were able to laud in (Continued on page three) ABE MARTIN Another real patriot you hsint heard much about is thf feller that has eherefully lostrmoney ever' since th' war begun. Uliss Linnet Spry is so blamed homely she don't even good in o sunbonnet sideview. looK 6, 1918 LEFT WING OF SECOND DIVISION IS THREE DAYS MARCH M RHINE Poi i'iad Labor Won't Strike In Behalf Of Tom Mooney Portland, Or., Dec. 6. Pending tho governments "investigation of the ehargos of fraud in the Mooney trial" Portland union men will not striko in behalf of Thomas Mooney. The Portland labor council pnsscd a resolution to that effect last night with out a dissenting vote. It practically binds all unions here, so there will be lo walkout tor Mooney in tins city on Moii'luy, the time scheduled for the proposed nation-wide -Spriko The resolution states that while new trial has not been accomplished strike at this time is "fraught with much danger," and that Moonev will not hang "while his innocence is being established. FOOD DISTRIBUTION WILL GO TO FRANCE Vilson To Summon Them Soon After Landing. Steamer Still On Heavy Seas. By Robert 3. Bender (Capital Journal Special ,Sorvico) Aboard the U. 8. S. George Washing ton, Dec. 6. (By Wireless to New York.) Prosident Wilson will summon other officials to Franco, soon after landing, to aid in directing distribution of AnHwieau foodstuffs a4 raw materi als among the. suffering European pop ulations! Bernard Baruch, chairman of tho war Industries board, probably will be oe of the men named for this work, "n The Georgo Washington has, been av eraging 17 knots an hour and at the time this dispatch was flted was about 600 miles duo cast of New York, The liner was still encountering heavy seas, but the president has proved hjin self r good sailor and has shown no signs of sonsickness. His cold is much better. Ho has been resting a groat deal and has held no formal conferences with any of his advisers. Ho 'and Mrp, Wilson sat through "abandon ship" drill yesterday. .The president's visit to Italy is ex pected to be undertaken within two weeks of his arrival at Brest. He will go to Belgium and England later. URLES9N ADVOCATES GGVEIiENTGWNl Reports That Postoffice Did Largest Business In The History In 1918. Washington, Dec. 6 Permanent own orship of tho telegraph and telephone systems of the country is recommended by Postmaster General Burleson In his annual report, made public today. 'Tho experiences as a result of tht present war have fully demonstrate that the principlo of government own ership of tho telegraphs and telephones is not only sound but practical," h stated. "While such control is torn pornrv and will exist only until the ratification of the treaty of peace, ye'; tho best results can be accomplished on ly when these systems are owned b,r the government, made a part of tin postal establishment and operated sole ly with a view to serving the public and not of making profit or guarantee ing returns on the investment.'" The report shows that the postoffiet department did the largest business it history for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1918. State Treasurer Transacts Heavy Annual Business Receipts of the state treasurer's of fice during the last two yearr have to taled 120,133,970, which U $H,00,000 in excess of the total receipts of any previous biennium in the state's his tory.. These figures will ht shown in the biennial report of State Treasurer Kay, which is now being compiled, Cash on hand October 1. 1910. to- ta'cd $1,138,802, which when -added to the receipts for the 'biennium makes a total of 121,272,772. Uifbursements for the two years aggregate 18,81i5,- PRICE TWO CENTS WHOLE FRONT TO be owe ey AMERICAN ARMY Gssieral Pershkg Has Taken Over Federal Building In Trier. STAFF OFFICERS ARE TO SUPERVISE INDUSTRIES Germans Ordered To Cease Sending Russian Prisoners Toward Allied Lines. By Wobb Miller (United Press Staff Correspondent) With the Americans in Prussia, Dec. -(Night.) The left wing of tha Second division is within three days alH gervi(!e Bt s8, f $ir inarch of the Khino. The wholo front year; wa9 the testimony today of A. is to be occiipicd by tho Americans Bruco HicWski, head of the department along the historic river and is expected of justice, bureau of investigation, beta-be reached by December 13. foro tho senate committee investignt- A corps of engineers left yesterday ing alien propaganda, for Coblenz to dctormino tho exact ar-l Biolaalti road into the record cblo ea of the bridgchoad to be held by the grams furnished by the s'.ate depart Americans and to arrange for taking mcnt from among the records of Voa over the railways, telephones and tele-Birnstorlf, former German ambassador graphs. . (to this country, to provo what he said General Pershing lias .taken ovnT the about Hale. The first of these was sent fodoral building in Trier (Trcvia) as t0 BtTlin via Buetros Aires and kxock hia headquartors. Staff officers are be-.'holm on Jlma 2 1910. In it. Bernstorff inrf appointed to supervise tho. public 'advised Berlin that "the present is works, police and schools. . favoralble tamo to get Hearf.t to semi T rrav th i,,fi. ,t i,,..i.rf.'a first rate journalist to Berlin. The of Bussian prisoners, which the Ger mans aro turning toward the allied lines, the feeding, housing and trans portation of which would be a huge task, Genoral Dickmnn has wirelessed tho Germans to cense sending them, as they will bo turned back. ' TIT UD W0NTG00N AGAIN IN PORTLAND Health Officials Announce Set Of Rules Which They Urge All To Follow. Portland, Or., Dec. 0. A new influx enza lid will not bo put on Portland, aw threatened yesterday. Health officials today announced a set of rules which, if followed, will ob viate tho lieceKsity of closing the town again, they believe. Theatres will bo allowed to accept seating capacity only. Stores shall keep aisle clear and limit number of passengers to half the ca pacity of elevators. The temperature in business houses must bo regulated so it is nevor less than 68 and never moro than 70 degrees All "colds" in department stores must bo stmt home. Employes shall un dergo daily examination. Any person, who caught away from home coughing or sneezing will be ar rested. Windows in streetcars must be kept open. One hundred thirty-five new lnfliion za cases had been reported at 9:it tats morning, compared to 190, a record nurn bor, for the wholo day yesterday, when tbcro wero 12 deaths. No deaths are on record today so far. 518, leaving a cash .balance on Septem ber 30 of 2,ri7,254. ror the first time since 1874, tho re port of the state treasurer shows that the state has a bonded indebtedness. The state now has outstanding bonds amounting to $3,OW,00 of which $2,- 590,000 are highway bonds and $450,000 are rural credits doiiiIe. figures are given in tho report show ing the growth of tho state business as represented by the amount of receipts and disbursements. Tho disbursements for tho biennium ending Septotnbcr 30, 1908, totaled $5,527,124; f r the bien nium ending September 30, 1910, $7, 329,262; for the biennium ending tiep tember 30, 1912, $7,738,359; for the bi ennium ending September 30, 1914, $10, 652,592; for tho biennium ending Sep tember 30, 1910, $11,473,409; fo the biennium ending September 30, 191S, $18,615,518. T . -- ON TRAINS AND NEWS STANDS FIVE CENTS HALE, EMPLOYED BY HEARST, ALSO GERI4A1I AGENT Was Given Salary of $1503 Yearly As Head Of Prop-; aganda Service. HALE SENT TO BERLIN AS HEARST CORRESPONDENT Attempted To Sway Public Opinion In U. S. Favorab c s To Germany. Washington. Dec. 6. That William. Bayard Hale, employe of William R Hearst, was also "confidential agont" of the German embassy here and was employed as head of the German prop- confidential agent of tho embassy un der a contract which runs to June 23, 1918," Bernstorff Complained "K ' In tho second ca.blegrain Bernstorff complained that "Halo says, and. Hearst confirms, that Tho World (the New York World), cn account of Wio gand (Karl Von Wiegnnd.),. gets the im portant interviews. Urge Hale to get preference, as Hearst has, since the be ginning, placed himself outspokenly oa our side." Bielnski said that so far n he knew, Hearst knew nothing about llala being in tho employ of the German govern ment. Bielnski told of tho meeting at the ItiU 'Carlton, New York, if German propagandists, headed by lr. Dcrn'her chief of the propaganda sc'vicc in tha United Ktutrs. Dernbcrg, Myer Gerhardi, a Gorman embassy employe, an nnp'oye named Meyer of the Itaniburg-Aine'ican line; Ooorgo'Sylvcstor Vericck, eiiitor of thov fatherland, and Von Bniftorff wcro present, the witness said. Dernberg Outlined Tolicy Demberg outlined the p dicy to be pursued iu shaping American pubiia opinion to Germany's advrutage. Hoj said that "made in Germany'1 efforts to sway American public t i inion had reacted unfavorably. Dernberg said more money would have to bo spent with tUf American press, according to Wiolass.:. "Through direct bribery nothing can be dona," Dernberg was quoted, "but it is said ono can work on reporters." Dernberg announced ho was consid- cring "taking into his services tho fa mous, clever Journalist McUlure. When Hale was hired by the embassy he was not only to head the German news service, Ilielaski declared, but was to .make an effort to t.ct in touch with President Wilson and impr.ess th; Gorman view on hiin. Hule, who is au thor of "A Life cf President Wilson" tried to get an interview with Presi-' dent Wilson for Dernberg but was re fused. " "The public opinion of America in a proflcrman sense i highly import ant," Bicloski quoted Dernberg as say ing, "Our efforts must be enlarged, for they have already, prjved uncom fortable to the Knglish." 2 Dr. Carl A. Fuehr was ono ol the brainiest men connected with tho Gcr- man propagandists in tlitir pre-war campaign in this country sad directed much of fhe publicity iTom .ew fork, Ilielaski testified. Prominent Man in list A long list of names including many men prominent in the educational and public, life of the country was seised among other pnperg from Kuehr nd rend into the record by Biclanki. Under the caption "ilmpprlant list, of names," were the following: Processor William R. Shepherd, Co lumbia; Professor Hugo M nnterberg, . Harvard; Kdmund Von Mack, Cam bridge; Professor Jchn W. Burgess,. Newuort. K. I:i rrofesir Herbert f an-v (Continued on page two)