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Newspaper Page Text. Weather Report 2 4c Oregon. Tonight and Friday - rain west, rain or anew east portion; warmer tonight east ' portion; strong' southerly wind " " , - FORTY-FIRST YEAR NO. 294. SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1918. PRICE TWO CENTS OK TRAINS AND NEWS STANDS FTVE CENT8 Mb. m t - ra.-.n -nil? u 0I0l RAILROADSftV mm Government Ownership For This Period Would Give Fair Test Of Mot Sation Could Do. Fight To Keep Wireless Systems Under Government Control Is Beginning Today. Opponents Say Issue Will Be Test Of RECIAMATIONWORK SWAMPS WILL PROVIDE POSITION S ill MmPRESIDENT WILSON TO , WAIITS TO KKOW U. S. RUSSIAN POLICY Secretary Lane's Plan Is To Reclaim Arid, Swampy And Demands Answers To Qnes- Cut-Off Land. Washington, Dec. 12. A request for) immnil iatrt n nti in liw inn rr mua nn .4a . v" 8 - v" "v i i enra a nAiff iTtmimr nn Irctary Lane', plan for reclamation of AjK J AdMU 1 NUI'lLft Iff tions So Americans May Re Advised, He Says. i arid swaaiu and cut-off land, including Washington, Dec. 12. Eventuul ffov-jjg the hoUM fis a .test of atrength' an appropriation of not less than $50, .ornnient ownership would result froiujon t)le wnoie ownership question. j 000,000, will be presented soon, it Was Director General McAdoo's plan for a) Tho wircicgs wag tft0 first means of intimated today at tho department of evo year exrcusion or reaerai ranroau ..im,lni.Mnn tak nTer b the ov..tno interior. operation, according to belief in thoirrmucnt Rftcr the outbrcak of thc war( nnitnl innuv. .... r. ... -r-. i .. a n wvauwj fmuf . - ' i turv Bnkr have declared there Is a -to Senator Smith, South Carolina and) t nocessity for government con If lobs aro to be provided ij recla mation work for returning Hc.iliers a definite program must be mapped out at once, it was said. itopresentative Sims is endorsed ly,"ro 0 th0se facilities than either in-! While it is considered improbable that Vresident Wilson. It contemplates teat-;jan(l wire 0r cabteSi , i tho present session will result in the ing government control for five years y.. thcg0 factj in naml( 8(jvocatos necessary appropriations, interior - de fter peace is declared. Either ua of overnment ownership say they may partment officials say they have beea should lje done, he says, or the railroads gs wol) quit uow-;f tnCT cannot keep ntsured a sufficient number of republi irtioiild be given back to-private control;.. ,. . ffOVnment hands. If thev cans and democrats are friendly to th win it will encouraire them to try the proposed measure to see it through telcirranh and telephone lines, thc ca- t the special session expected to fol bios, and finally tho railroads. , PEACE MACHINERY AT quickly as possible. Would Give Fair Test. HcAdoo pointed out financial read justment and conflicts between state mid federal jurisdiction make it uitri- cult to continue government control for- .a short time and do justice to the roads. 4The five veur Deriod. he holds, would permit cf ptopor financing without the i resent liuiitatious and would give the notion what he says it is entitled to fair test of such control undor nor mal conditions. Experts on ifcHroads declare his sys- J.un miir.it tii. i:i u icnrll tinnr nnaflAB- ed by broader , socialized ciews thaal " -Over before, would certainly lead t' , . novernment ownership. These autliori- .f"0"gjJH J gngfS rilled wa oil j vn unit. 11 l wr t i " vi an (propoily demonstrated in war times, for tfio.1 costs went by the board sacri ficed lor speed and other consideration Kellogg Presents Letter. Bonator Kellogg, Minnesota, today deolweu Director General McAdoo in trying to "put over government owner- . i a . 11 : i. , jKt " "K " ,' "l t a-standstill, pending.rival of WL IIIU n DKJltt.AU IJWW IWt, IXVltUg . , -t-i:T meaning of McAdoe'a,1 !lslut"" ""B0U- ARRIVAL OF WILSON With Doings Of President But TeJ Little Of Conclave. ' By WilUam PhiUp 6imii. . (United rrcss Staff Correspondent.) Paris, Dec. 12. Tho peace macainory low. Irrigation Projects in West. Secretary Lane's plans coll for vast government irrigation projects in the west, for the clearing of extensive tracts of cut over timber lauds in vari ous sections of the country, and for the drainage and clearing of large swamp- i.reas. He proposes to put as many soldier. TROOPS MOW IN RUSSIA Also Concerning Mianee Of jad Comnsi And Soviet. Railroad Commission By L. 0. Martin (United Press staff corrfspondctit) Washington,- Dei. 12. Senator Hi- rain Johnson, California, today intro duced in the senate a resolution cau ing on the state and war departments for a franfc statement concerning: 1 The Unitod States ?over4iment' policy in Buasia.t 2 Operations ef Anneriein troops in Russia. . . , Th resolution would call on the state department to "send to the sen ate all data, documents and informa; tinn ahnwini? at bearing uoob our prcs it.1i Russia, as to Deace as may uesirc vf lul" "" " t, . ,i .. ij,. .. . -j y t or war. so that tire senate and the na rue joo at per uay eucn xur cumrnuu - . . . . fc . ' --r: - :. ... labor. Russia and . . . . .i ..j-ino(iB onr soiuiors aro in vvnen tuo lana is ciearca auu mnu,' . f ty,a D,Brr,mRnt wnub is tuo ."v li elared. if the n quest io CDiiijrcsd lor a five year ea iO'Mioti cf (jve.fuu.ifnt control. 1'ellogg, .1 liicmbt4- of the senate in leistate )1.4nieree committee, presented McAdoo's 1' Iter to congressional loan em, outlining the puin with the state ment that it is a most remarkable document co'itim.; j.o soon after Presi dent Wilson to'd congress he had no plan for solution of the railroad prob lem. Now we are given a thoroughly thought out plan, which McAdoo say li is the approval of the president." Wireless Fight Stars. Washington, Dec. 12. Tho much dis cussed government ownership fight siarted m congress today. Tho first skirmish in the battlo that it. expected to last through tho remain kr of 'Ms congress and the life of tho net, comes on n bill to give the gov Even informal preliminary conferen ces havo been abandoned until tho Am erican executive can be heard person alty. . Newspapers of all shades p'f political affiliation agree that Wilson's influ enco will bo enormous. Little is being published at present regarding the peace congress itself, but columns arc being devoted to President Wilson, his principles and his attitude. Cannot Foresee Friction. The Temps declares it cannot foresee any friction between Washington, Lon don Eome and Paris. It says the ac cord winch has existed since Airrca's entry into tho war will continue until peace is assured. This unanimity, it holds, will expedite the work of the in-tcr-alli(.u conferences. There is some rivalry anions the various uoliticsl fac- j tions as to which shall tnko the lead ready for habitation and cultivation it is. to bo made available for settlement by tho soldiers nd to bo paid for from in mfare-iiRa to Eussia." ft would direct the war department 'to advise the senate of the numbor by tho soldiers and to be paid for from l f .. . . . . troops in Rus3ja their - J - Ji i . iLn.,!!. nn(a V" . . location and their operations, togciner with any lists of casualties which thoy have suiterea.',: Pronminds Questions in unench on tho resolution, Sen ator Johnson propounded ft long list of questions to which he declared the 'American, poople have th right te de mand answers,: hocause "an ..extraor dinary amount of misinformation about Russia" has Deen given- uui, The Question, follow: "1 fn it true that the soviet gov ernnient offered to tho American gov ernment a basis of co-opeialion, eco nomic and military, and sought the help of tho American government to prevent tho ratification of tho shame ful treaty of Brest and tUt.t the Am erican government never replied to tfiiment ownership and control of the! in welcoming Wilson. Posters have v ircie.-s systems of the country. been circulated by the luborites and so- tiecretaiy of the Navy Daniels and cialists, appealing to the people to wel- Cuptain Todd, chief of the radio nu vnl service, are to come before the com mittee lo explain fully their reasons for- requesting introduction of the measure, which was fathered by Repre sentative Alexander, Missouri, chair man of the merchant marine committor. Ofifciuls of the Marconi company and others interested in keeping t!io come Wilson as an advocate of their particular brud of principles. The Temps objects to this attitude ou tho ground that Wilson is the guest of all trance. , -' "Ho is the guest of no party, no fac tion, no man," the newspaper said "As ft huh uf great ideals of justico and liberty, who has touched the heart period of forty years or thereabouts. Lane also plans government aid in per mitting the soldior-farmer to obtain modern farm machinery, housing and the necessary farm livestock and poul try. , - . ' , Has Made Surrey. The TCclHinSjtion - service already has made a preliminary autvey of the lands that can be reclaimed and these aro cs timated af between 15,000,000 and 20, 000,000 acres. ' : It is estimated that the proposed reclamation work will provide employ ment for every roturncd soldier who cannot find other work and also that most of the men can be employed in their home states. GO ASHORE TOMORROW BETWEEN 1 AND 3 P. M. FIRST FOREIGN HOME OF WILSON IN READINESS Prince Murat's Residence Has Been Arranged With Care For President's Coming. By Margaret Kobe ' (United Press staff correspondent) Paris Dec 12-Waxed and garnished by thq united hands of the poUus and the doughboy. JPrinee Murat'a sumptuous residence at .28 Hue Moncrau is now ready as the first foreign home of a president of the United States. AH of tho wonderful paintings and priceless tapestries which were remov ed during the bombardment of ris Grcuze have now been restored. Whun the first salon, auge Btate thi. ff,.r rtmil IUU U'm!T U I Iff B-4a U true that the Willi I'll! I II VII "II I Klidcnt, definitely refused intervention if intervention lady of the land becomes the tempo rary chatelaine, ehe will enjoy the mag nificent : surroundings of the days of Louis. The private apartments of President and Mrs. Wilson are on the second floor They are reached by an imprewive white marble atairease from a whito marblo entrance hall. Tho walls along the stairway are of vari-colored mar ble excopt the top landing, which is a vast sheet of mirror. Opening off the central hall comes first a small private study It contains a charming inlaid desk where the pres ident may work if he can, facing a wonderful painting of Cupid and Psy che, almost filling the entire wall above the bookcases. Library In Crimson ' Next comes a large library decorat ed in crimson damask. In it are many paintings and busts of iNapoleon. . Adjoining the library n tho presi dent's) sleeping apartment,, whieh al so filled with innumerable relics, en gravings and paintings of the famous rmperor. Tho Inoat striking feature of this room is a wonderful empire bed. AU. tho furniture consist of exquisite examples of the Empire peiiod, though the charm necessarily 5b broken by the anachronism of a real American desk telephone, on the Empire stand near the bed. .Scarcely perceptible panels in the walls of snge green brocade at both ends of tho bed, lead, with tho old al luring secrecy and charm characteris tic of all well regulated French pal aces, into Mrs. Wilson s apurimuiu. rooms. The president's is done in ivory hi, wife a in French, grey. These, hap-, pily, are all in the 1918 poriod of com fort, luxuriousnesg and sanitation. There are unique eolleotions of por celains, ivory, prints and paiutings in the charming boudoir. , Small family salons and a dining room are on th sane floor. ' , : General Color Scheme The general coIot scheme U crimson. The walla aro of brocade and tho car pets are velvet. On the ground floor tho fotmal apart menta are ornamented with - crystal chandeliers, mirrors, taprBtricg and paintings, among which are many heads. The tau room, gronn dining room and 10 PAY FULL ALLIED WAR DEBT, IS BELIEFiSHHHSfS ' i.,..n. Hint to intervene in Sioeru thC; whore Madame La l'rcsidento will Officials Declare That British Demand For Paying Off Debt Is Election Talk. By Carl D. Qrat (United Press staff correspondent) wireless in private hands will be called C all humanity, he is tho guest ol nt; bo asked to pay the Washington, Dec. 12. Cieinmny will i' empires? was desirable or possible, tn.cn waa u.j horgolf flt homo in the mi(ftt o( time to intervene, before the rigors or iRt,B starvation, the red terror oi i uu.ij hrocado cupids and garlands of golden hue. Mrs. Wilson's Apartment The colorings throughout are of tho gold and grey. Tho bod has a panel of fairy like fillet lace as a background to the canopy at the head Easy chairs and a chuise loungo of brocade invite relaxation from social strain. A perfectly appointed writing table stands between two long windows which overlook the rear of the beauti ful park that surrounds the house to tho extent, of a city block. This, in the he art of 1'arisl Off the presidential b:d chambers are large dressing rooms and bath kitchen aro all of rogaUproportions. . The third floor is reserve! for other member of the family suite. Besides bed chambers, it contains offices and various work rooms. . IF PEACE IS DELAYED WILSON MAY MAKE US SECOND TRIP ACROSS it , , ..us. ' If Treaty Is Not SigsedBy March When Congress Con venes He Will Return; BRIEF i CERO-IOiiY AFTER LiDI mm i I All flu bUilUUHI ilUUAl George Washington to Receive Presidential Salute Of Twenty-One Guns. FRENCH GOVERNMENT TO GIVE OFFICIAL WEC0LIE !'-n,.M bo "doing in tho east exactly what the Germans were dnng in the west' and would subject America and tho allies to tho same suspicion on thc part of th- Russian peopb About Bed Cross "3 Is it true that the Russian sov iet government offered a riagram for making America the most favored for eign nation in trade and commerce and Involving thc control by tfe : ai es o nil IhllSU StimUK'S ""US!, ui.b.hu -v tomorrow. Will Attempt to Kill BiU. While, opponents of government own ership will undoubtedly make a show of trying to kill the bill in committee, tJiey arc known to be eager to get it ABE MARTIN France. It. would bignallv reduce tho war imon.:;.ce of hip vicit and ask com promising .nfluentcs if he wero repre sented as tho champion of any party K'jtiabble. It marks a great'step in cit- iliitert society. " I 1 Educational Courses For Men At Camp Lewis Taeotna, Wash., Dec. 12. Drill for men of the 1.1th division at Camp Lew- is was cut to six hours dailv beirin- ninl;- today. Night work in the bar racks has been discontinued. However, a three woeks compulsory education course has been inaugurated .at. Camp Lewis to equip soldiers for bnsinss life and to aid them m deter mining what occupations they will pur sue upon leaving thc army. Every soldier must attend lectures on thc fundamentals of citizenship, com- Ar.ie Small is workin' at llog Island an cam-in' his dinner in a cash box When a woman S3vs soniethin' wouldn' Miirise her che means that it would her. full allied debt as Lloyd-Oeorgr has advo cated provided - President Wilsons principles obtain ,in the paaec confer ence. Officia's here privately declare much of the Uiitish talk of making Ocmnany jpav this enormous debt Lloyd-Oeorgo Mtimates it at 12O,0ft,0O0,0O0 is I election talk. The American govern ment believes Oeruiany will be about "cleaned" financially when she is ,done with paying merely thc restora tive indemnities to be asked of her fpr Belgium, northern Franco and else where. . tierniany will bo working for the al lies a long time ahead and will pay in the sweat of her orow, in lowered liv ing conditions and in taxes on all for her brutality and the suffering her autocracy imposed upon the rest of the world. Believes in Stern J'istice President Wi'non believes in a stern justice for Germany. Neither he nor anv oilier American should of tho initio. ill 1 o u" fiiiAiiriniina ivnm II nil lrtrt- ! dred subjects to be given at the Y. M. ; otllc w' eru., territorial readjustments vinl rt ora- I tive indemnities. But .President Wilson hit, declared C. A., Knights of Columbus and Jewish i Welfare buildings. hi Ta it trao that renins a i?..il 'ios remaned in vi,.t Russia until October in pc .... ,,nr1 rensonable comfort ouit.j - - ....;., - after we had interveneu-aui. .;-- troops were fighting tno soldiers of the soviet government and that the last members of the original American Red Cross mission to Bunsia left Mos cow on the fifth of October and Petro grad on the sixteenth of October in the safe conduct and sccunty ot o protection of thc soviet government! 5 Is it true that the de).artincnt of state hag refused to allow the Am erican Red Cross to ship supplies to Moscow and Potrograd for the relief of the returning Russian war prison ers from Oermany, sixty per coat of whom are suffering from some form of tuberculosis f Concerning Eallrodr Ta it true that th - American x; By Robert J. Bonder (United Press Staff Correspondent,) Aboard tho U, 8. 8. Goorgo 'Washing ton, Doo. 10. (10 a. m.) (y Wireless to tho United Press via Paris) If the peace treaty is not signed before March (when the now congress convenes) it will be necessary for President Wil son to return to the United States and make a second journoy to Franco, was tho belief expressed today. It was hop ed. However, that this would not be noceisary. Tlii Cenro-a Wnshinirtnn rounded the Azores this morning and started on her last lap of tho voyage As the liner passed Pont del Gadu a Portugese cruis er fired a suluto. Tho Goorgo wasiiing ton repli tho Brest off the fort rcnlied. President and Mrs. Wilson stood on the deck and watched the maueiuera of tho war ships and getting their first plimpsc of land in a week. The presi dent will give a dinner tonight to French Ambassador JusserUnd, Italian Ambassador Ccllere, Secretary of Ktuto Lansing and Henry Whife,( republican member of tho American pence delega tion. Miss Margaret Wilson Accom panied By Other Americans Will Come Aboard. By Fred S. Ferguson (United Press Staff Correspondent.'; Brest, Franco. Dee. 12. The Georgo Washington, bearing President Wilson and his party, -was six hundred miles out .from Brest whon she last reportei by wirulesa at midnight. The big steam or waa making only IS knots, owing to the heavy seas, but was expected to ar rive on schedule, Friday afternoon as the result of her shortened course. There wbb a heavy fog -and, a. d'ia r of rain off shore. . The present weather Is anything t-nt fitted' for a eclebration but Friday fall, on the 13th, the president's lucky number, and Americans here are bet ting It will clear up. According to present plans, Wilwm will como ashore botween 1 and & o'clock tomorrow afternoon. U delega tion of socialists, headed by Albert Thmnns, Mayor Goodo of Brest and oth ers will greet him when ho lands. Welcomed by French. Previously, ho will bo welcomed aboard the George Washington hy For eign Minister Pichon, Mnrino Minister Lcygues and Andre Tardiou. Colonel House, General Bliss, Gener al Pershing, Admiral Benson and Ad miral Wilson also will board tne sww ied. Then four destroyers off ? ""'""K8 K1"! W ,t squadron, which had arrived Ending of tho party. Margaret WJ- FRENCH BONOTPLAN 10 OCCUPY BQHJ EITHER, IS REPORT U.S. POST OFFICE Service Between San Francis co And Seattle Soon To Be Eiilsnte To Send Troops To Prussian Capital For Po licing City. Cologne. Dec. ll(Dclaycd.) The entente will send troops to Berlin for ambassador and the British high coin-jlnB purpose of policing the city, it was TRANSPORT ON WAT Washington, Dec. 12. The transport Martha Washington' left France December 9 with 110 officers and 16o3 men, be sides 53j wounded and sick en listed men and 33 casuals. The personnels aboard follow: 38th division, G A.D.H.E.8. (training nucleus.) llfith field artillery, head quarters company and 118;h field artillery. officials here are correctly informed, he will oppose the Lloyd-Ceorge plan of seeking to make ticrmany pay thc Lloyd-George will have hrarty up- l port from the president in seeking to abolish conscription. Concrete evidence of thU snpport is seen in the fact that the war depart- ment has privately let-N congressmen know that at present there is no plaa 'for universal military training in this !country. Oermany is soon to face a revUion of the srmintiee terms. Thv limit expired yesterday. The revised 'version probably will vary only slightly from the one previously in effect. missioner in Kussia Tecun.inenueo. co operation with the soviet government through the American railroad com mission, that the soviet' government invited this cooperation and promised control of the Hiberian railway, to be placed in the hands of this mission and these recommendations wero refused bv the American government largely bwaiute of misinformation received through the Creel committee, support ed by leaders and representatives of th? old regime in Russia? "1 is it true that reiucai 01 ineso recommendations prevented the evac uation of large amounts of munitions and war supplies from thc western front that subsequently were captured by the Germans in their advance after the Brest negotiations had failed! Commission to Eurfia "8 .Is it true that thc Britixh high commissioner sent to Busa.a after the bolsheviki revolution, because of his reported here today. Continued on page six) Persistent reports have come from Germany, particularly Cologne, to the effect that thc a'lies arc planning mil itary occupation of the German capi tal. Each of these reports has been of ficially denied by Washington. Not Contemplate! Paris, iJi'C. 12. Allied occupation of Berlin is not contemplated at present, the United Pre,, was informed today by a high officer who vtry elose to French headquarters. "Tho rooorts from Berlin that the allirs nmv occunv the cU- are tho re sult of an attempt to leal the allies into revealing their intcnt'ons regard ing possible extension of their march into Germany," the official declared. "But entry into 'Berlin would be dangerous unless it were undertaken by a hundred thousand men. No such action would be taken, witaout the Ut most de'ibcration,". ST Sacramento, Cat. Dec. 12. Licuten ant A. jr. Hoglnurt, who late yesterdny afternoon completed his flight from Sacramento to Seattle and return, was preparing today his report to tne com manding officer at Mather Field. Hogliind arrived over Haeramciito at 15. His trip was to investigate tho feasibility of delivering mail between the two cities by the air route. Preparing Landing. Eureka., Cal., Dec. 12. Eureka began tnitev preparing a landing field for an airplane which is expected to stop h"-s on a flight from Sacramento- to 1'ort land carlv next week. City officials weie notified that l-ien tenant Colonel Emmons will start rn flight from Madid Field. Establish Service f oon. 8untle. Wash.. Lec. 12. Trnnscon tm.'n:al mail by aii planes will become a permanent and practical feature of the postal sorvice, according to a report from tne postotr.ee acpurimeni Wnshingt-n, 1). C, tc Postmaster E; gar Battle or f-iiiui, louay, While socialist leaders and membera of the chamber of deputies will await the president on shore, the-official wel come will remain in thc hands of thj Flench government. Ships Anchor in Line.. Nino French cruisers bonded by the Admiral Ube, four, French destroyers, Admiral Muyo' flagship, the Pennsyl vania; Admiral Sims' flagship, the Wy oming, the American dreudnaughta Florida, tTtnh, Arizona, Arkansas, Hew York, Nevada' and Oklahoma and a mint bcr of American destisyers wiii anchor in n double line. - The George Wsiiington will proceed down the lane between tho warships receiving tho presidential salnto of il guns from the French cruft. The liner will then anchor "t the head of tho col umn while the warships pnss in review.' . When the president comes ashore a brief ceremony will be held on the quay After this the party wiil drive direct ly to the railway station and entra.n for Paris. They will not pas, through the center of the town. The entire rout to tho station will be lined with Auici icun soldiers. A company of poilus as a guard of honor also will be present. Captain Mack, 2:08, PurchasedFor JbUUU Rneo horses seem to be in good de mand at the present time. A man named Harden of Goldendale has born making some purchases at e""d Pri.W! in this part of the state, and Mr. Kline of Indianapolis seems out after tho fust horses we have in urcgim. jv cently he purchased the well known young trotter Captain Mack, from Fred Woodcock of this city, paying $5000 for him, a pretty higli price for an Oregon horse. Captnin Mack has a track record of 2:08 and is supposed to be able to ninke a mile in about 2:02. OBSERVING HOLIDAY TODAY Washington, Dea. 11. The senate eemmittee investigating activities of the German propagandists in this eonn try today observed a holiday while Ma- GU'l'nic.iug mo a tl.n itinnri entirm rre mr r.. u. iiuiueo, wuu ih news that an aerial mail service bs-l probe prepared new evidonfe tween Hcattb' '!; Saa Francisco soon be cstKiilic'.td. D?- PTOWU prrjmi ...... . . wl.l Samuel Untermyer, New York law yer, was expected to appu.i jtiubj.