Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919, December 13, 1918, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text5009 CIRCULATION (25,000 READERS DAILY) Only Circulation in Salem Guar anteed fcy the Audit Bureau of Circulations FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VAL LEY NEWS SERVICE . FORTY-FIRST YEAR- NO. 2r; SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER IS, 1918. PRICE TWO CENTS OJ? TRAINS AND NEWS STANDS FTVE CENTS j-,-' . . . J ......... v - -nlin ilDt fl f1 tlil I Wcathr Report- , i if J tip M 0Tf lli - 1 ?i (iM it 4 i lUWEMM GEORGE WASHIN STEAMED I N mm STEPPED ON FRENCH SOIL AT 32210DAY Colonel House, General Per shing, Miss Wilson And Others Board Ship. DECEIVED ON LAND BY MAYOR HERYAGAULT Weather Gave Promise Of Be ing Clear As President Arrived Ashore.- ; By Fred S. Ferguson. Brest, Dm. 13. resident Wilson li-epped ashore on French soil at 3:22 .'clock 1 1lls afternoon. Mis. Wilson preceded the president, carrying c small ". '". " , ' . ' The George Washington droppei its - lehor at 1:38. As the liner completed her lustone - yii.ge, a launch bearing tho official welcoming party shot alongside. In it 'eve Colonel House, General' Bliss, Gen rnl Pershing, Admiral Benson, Admiral Wilson and tho presideut 's daughter, iiss Margaret. They remained aboard until tho Israsident and hit personal party came ; whore. Batteries Fire Salute The president and Mrs. Wilson left the George Washington in a tug flying the presidential flag. As they neared he landing slip the warships and shore batteries fired a salute of 21 suns and 1e band on each of the warships play-' ed the national anthem as tho George, "Washington passed down the long lane between them. The president stood o.n the bridge, saluting and waving his' land while the crws cheered. I The brilliant sunlight brought the! liuge replica of the statue of liberty ir the e'Uy into sharp relief and turn- fld the flogs and bunting into a riot. f color. The hill rising from the waterfront! ,yere crowded with Breton women and girls in their quaint native costumes, i Hailed as Peace Messenger. j The official reception committee on Miore- was headed by Mayor Herva-' K:.ult. The mayor in welcoming Wil Ht'm saluted him as "the messenger of ji slice ana peace." "You brim? to tormented Europe the ctmifort of your authoritative voice in tio debates which will end our qtmr v's," he said. . Included in the, reception committee were Foreign Minister Pichon, Marine tilinister Lcygucs and Andre Tardieu, oiumissioncj,of Franco-Americau rela tions. , " Eight American canteen workers pro Mooted Mrs. Wilson with a bouquet U she stepped on the pier. They were the ly women participating in the cere , tnialts. Drizzle of Rain Ceased. Twenty -six. American destroyers dished out of the harbor this morning fji join the squadron of dreadnaughU and destroyers from .England in un vdving President Wilson into port. The drizzle of nin which had contm "d for several days ceased with the (iist break of dawn. At the same time blanket of fog over the harbor be gun to lift, revealing the gaily dec orated '-aft aad the grey, encircling lulls, which serve! as a frame for the brilliant picture-. The city is pietor-e.-qne in its holiday a Stirs cf flaga and ntmtin-f ! The preside ? ' lucky number appear j f'l to b? r ad' doubly 1 tky by the fact 1'iat this U Friday the thirt-.'enth ar.d t er- - r-aa every prosptcr that the! 'j he; would do its part in p:ov?axi W U y i ii Li Lwii IlLkal II 11 lilt EVvl II II UHUmVUll t-W - V I Hi HU7 I 1,7 , - . . . . - -w - in.i. i w u fas) sa 4J u i iii STROM Mm TO BREST the proper sotting for the historic event in which, for the first time, a president of the United States will set foot oil foreign- soil. Doughboys And Sailors Film President Wilson Brest, Dec. 13. (By govern- ment wireless.) President Wil- son was given a vociferous" wcl- eome as he rode through the , streets of Brest this afternoon from the pier to the railway sta tion. Once aboard the special train, the president left imme- diately for Paris. ' The president responded to the cheers and hand waving of " sailors and doughboys as he en- tered the automobile that boro 'him to the station. The road from the piar to thu station, which wound along a mil, was uueil with soldiers, in- eluding a company of French poilus, as a special guard ofl tonor. Groups of children wav- ed flags and sang the national songs of France and America. ' . , Doughboys, and sailor movie operators, recruited from the jsignal . corps, swarmed about the .resident as Pie landed from thu tug ,filmed him as he- passed through the streets and took parting shots of him as the train pulled out fo Paris. - - V ARGENTINE FOREIGN MINISTER FRIEND TO s OF NATI Is Great Future In South Am erican Trade With United 5 States. Buenos Aires, Dec. 13. Honorio Pueyrredon, Argentine foreign minis ter, declared in an interview with the United Press today that his govern ment is a strong advocate of the lea gue of nations. . - "1 think the league of nations is tho motit wonderful idea yet advanced by ytur great president," said Pueyr redon. , 'The league would be extremely powerful and sufficiently s'.rong to guaranrce absolutely tnc luture peace t of 'the world provided the iations!t can pocket their petty egotisms.' "It would be a pity if the opportu nity afforded by the peac conference is allowed to pass. Now is the time to form the league." Regarding Freedom of Seas Regarding freedom of the sea?,Pueyr redon said "Argentine expressed hev ideas of freedom of the seas when she senv the note to Germany after the sinking of the Toro. She demanded not only repa ration and satisfaction, but assurance that the Argentine flng wouid have the liberty of the sons." Pueyrredon then discGss. d the rela tions between Argentine and the Unit ed States. Cordial feeling depends upon the friendjhip of the two countries rather than upon diplomatic representation, he said. When the United -States notified ns she had deelared war on Germany, we sent the United 8tatcs a note recog nuing the justice of her cause and no tifying her that we had not declared our neutrality. The present government which has keen in power since 1910, has never declared it neutrality." Great Future In Trade The; foreign minister predicted there it a great future in trade with the United States. "A good, direct steamer line between New York and Argentine would be ever useful, both to ns and to tho United .SJ .'e1a.on- , . "Wh I visited Chi-ago ia 1903 Ii told the paekera the United States would be iporting eattls !na Arsen-u AT 1 P. ! GERMANS MAY ASK ALLIED ARMIES TO Schcidemann Says They Will Shrink From Nothing To ' Establish Order. GERMAN CROWD SHOUTS "LONG LIVE WILSON!' Statement Of Socialist Leader Taken As Measure To Instill Fear. Amsterdam, Dec. 13. The German government will ask the allied armies to occupy Berlin in case the bolshevik movement continues to grow, Philip Seheideinaiin declared in a speech at the capital, according to Berlin dis patches received today. Sclieideuianu predicted American troops would soon arrivo in Berlin up on which his audience cheered. "Hie government flas" decided to I osjuuia. irom uotning t0 establish ; or der" Schcidemann aid, in aotwcssnig an open, air meeting. "We will request the enemy armies to occupy Berlin if tho Bpartacus group continues its demoiii trutious. "We may have American troops herd shortly God knows for how long. Is that what the people of Berlin want?" "Long livo Wilson!" tho crowd shouted. "Better the Americans than tho .Spar tac::sians! " X - Attempt to Instill Fear. Washington, Dec. 13. Philip Schei deniunn's statement as to tho American occupation of Berlin is taken here largo ly as a play by the socialist leader to instill the fear of the United States military forces into the masses of Ger many. .i The war and state departments have persistently denied that any such occu pation is now contemplated. Wnno j state of litter nnarchv would doubtless cause a shift in allied plans, it is stat ed strongly that there is now no lnten- lon to inerferc internally in Germiinv. Both departments have been in the dark as to recent neutral country cab'e grams 'elajming to have word from Am erica that occupation wss contemp'ated These are now believed to be "plant ed" reports, inspired by those Germans who desire to quell bolshevism through fear. - tina within five years. My prediction lias bceir fulfilled. "The United Htates will do more and more manufacturing as its population increases. It will import raw .materials from Argentina, such aa meat and wheat.tben transform them into finish- Led products for export to the whole world including Argentina." Pueyrredon mentioned th swiftness with which Argentina acted, in eon junction with the United States, in aiding to compose the Cliilenn-I'eruviaa differences. Argentina is now awaiting the reply to the advances by its minis ters in those countries. Parects Hear Son Is Safe 1 After BeEsYing Him Dead Hastings, Neb., Dee. 13. Friday, th I thirteenth, became Mr. and Mrs. J. M 'Holder' red Jotter day when they r- ccived wird that their son, Paul Hoi der, 22:id aero squadron, given up fot dmd as a prisoner of Germany, wa safe at Havre, France. German authorities withheld his mail si,,ea his r ;yture, Mav Yank mo'' mwtirff teams and their ck'' ' toring his ealth. ' !p313ts s, follows: CAPTAIN LESTER IS TESTIFYING ABOUT PROPAGANDA TODAY Activities Of Fox, American Newspaperman In Ger- v'''many;Disdo$ei' Washington, Dec. 13. With' plans completed for pisnging the world into war, the Oerman government in July, 1914, despatched 130 odd trained prop agandists to the ' United States, South America, Mexico and China. They were informed oa July 10 by German government .ofjfieials in. Berlin that there was fo e war. and were thor oughly instructed in their tasks. This testimony was. given today to tlile senate '.propaganda investigating committee by Captain Lester, of the army intelligence department. Activities of Edward Lye'l Fox, Am erican newspaperman in Germany be fore the United States enterod the war were disclosed by Capraiin Lester. ., Wrote Propaganda Articles Lester Baid Fox, wroto articles from irermany ' wnicu were aneer propa ganda." . "Fox went to Germany ostensibly as an employe of the Wildman News paper Syndicate," said Letter. "Wild man was wholly-innocent of the'trans aetion. He believed he was sending Fox as a writer. Fox was really sent, however, by the German embassy, ar rangements being made by Von Bern storff, Dr. Albert and other German officials in this country. Fox was al so employed by a firm financed by Germany. Hearst Employed Fox "An arrangement wa made by the Hearst papers to employ Fox to rito for them and ho was to attach himself to Hearst headquarters in lerlin." . Senator Wolcott asked whether Les ter had evidence showing that Hoarst knew of Fox's connection with Ger man officials. "f am not iu a position t state whether Hearst or tna Heant papers knew Fox was in the pay of Germany" said Lester. Wolcott asked whether Fox's arti cles from Germany were different from those of ISO other American corre spondents, who --Loster said, were in Germany at tho time. "Fox's articles were sheer propa gnnda," said Lester, J' They were ad mitted to be. There was no foundation in fact for one of his articles, writ ten under direction, as he told me, of the German publicity bureau Lp Berlin. "Ho told ine the ,Qerman publicity bureau understood lie was there to write whiat they told him to write" Lester read from tho New York Am erican of April IS, 191 j, an article credited to Fox and headed "hands (.Continued on page three) ANGLO-AMERICAN FINAL ." BOXING BOUTS TONIGHT United States Service Men De feated In Preliminaries Yesterday. By Don Chamberlain. (United Press Staff Correspondent.) London, Dec. 13. Uncle Sam's hat although pretty badly mauled and bat' tered, ij still in the ring. His proteges' entered the second day ef the Anglo-American service boxing cha.npioitships determined to wipe out ,-esterday's defeats. . Despite their reverses and their un familiarity with the British rules, the American morale is at its highest point aim they still had a' formidable rem nant of their delegation with which to go over the top in today's scraps. The United Htates navy still had U."riy Greb, Pal Moore, Young Oheuey and f'al Delaney eligible, while the United States army was represented by K. (). Brown, Eddie Coulon, August Rat ner, Mike O'Dowd and Eddie McGoor ty. The latter two have not fought yet. Cheney Outpointed Bingham. In last night's bouts Cheney otit polrted Bingham of Canada; Ooulon re ceived a decision over Davis of the Briti.di navy and Ratner won on points from Monte Cross, American middle weight. When the elimination contests were i: vjmed this afternoon tho British ar- ii.r and the roval air f'v tint nlnce. Th forces were tied position of the score In paia YANKEES EXPECT TO CROSS TO EAST BAN , OFllETOilOW Doughboys Are- Encampd Along West Bank On Front Of Sixty Miles. . By Wobb Miller (United Press Staff Correspondent.) With the .Americans on the ' Rhine Dec. 12. (By Courier from Coblenz to Nancy.), The Americans are oncninped along the historic Rhino on a front of nearly '60. miles.,. Their patrols art. guarding the left bank. ' Tho Second division won the race of tho mam forces to reach this rivor. The Thitry'-Second, First and Third divi sions finished in the order named.. The doughboys camp fires were gleaming tonight throughout the val ley. They are awaiting orders to cross to tho enst bank,, expected tomorrow. . American troops aro guarding Stolz enfelz castle which was a summer home of tho former kaiser. Occupy Score of Towns. They are als0 occupying a scoro ef picturesque towns in tho valley. The advance guards marched into :e villages, with their bands playing "Ov er Thoro." "Hundreds of doughbovs went on a pilgrimage to the river bank Immediately after they had broken the ranks. Some cheered at their first sight of the river. .. hTe four divisions aroioxpected to crosg tomorrow, when they .will formal ly occupy - Coblenz, :ElireB'!aroitonstein and Asterstein. y ' The burgomaster pf poblonz-has is sued proclamation! disbanding the civil guards, instructing all discharged sol diers to discard their uniforms and or dering all public places closed at 9 p Number Of Seacraft l)ue In New York December 23 W ashington, Dec Nino or ton droadnaughta, some destroyers and oth cr craft aro due in New York from Eie ruptan waters about December 23. At thai time there will bo a grand rti ut Now York. Secretary of the Navy Dauiels an nounced this today. Admiral Miiyo will be'in command of this returning fleet which comprises nil that can be spared from L'urope at this time. Danic'.b will, go from hern to New York, in the presidential yacht, May flower, to give tho men a rousing wel come. Washington lumbermen in session at Spokune vote almost unanimously ti continue the Loyal Legion of Logger; and Lumbermen. British army, 21; Rolay Air force 21; British navy, 19; United States navy 17; Australian 17; United .States army 16; (uuadu Hi. The finul will be held tonight when King George the-Prince of Wales and Prince Albert aro expected to be present and distrib ute the prizes. Mitchell's Defeat Surprise. The big surprise of yesterduy's con tests was tho defeat of Richie Mitchill regarded as the runner-up for Denny Leonard's title, by Sergeant Miller, hitlieito unknown British lightweight. Mitchell scored the only knockdown, in the third, but the referee explained that Miller won on his aggressiveness. Tho defeat of Joe Lynch, New York bantamweight, by Jimmy Wilde, the British sensation, was expected. Lynch, however, put up a good argument. hTe only Americans who won were The only Americans who won wcr weight, who knocked out Corporal Green of South Africa in one round, and Pal Moore of Memphis, who won from Seoman Patten, British bantam, on points. Joe Cox, American heavyweight was eliminated by Sergeant Bcckct ot the British army; Jake Abel, Chicago welterweight, was defeated by A. Wil kinson of the British admiralty; Sea man Callander of the American navy lost to Soldier Groves of the British army in the flyweight class, and Joe Percival of the British army knocked out Sim of Canoila, in the second round in another flyweight bout. Admiral Beatty, eommander of the grandf leet, was present. He was given j Freedom Of Seas Seems Not To Furnish Only Point Of Difference With American Policies. English Women Tomorrow Will Have First Opportunity Of .Voting For Members Of Parliament. Are 707 To Be Elected. 3I.W.W. CONSPIRACY CASES WERE CALLED TODAY Defendants, With Exception Of lliree, Will Take No Part In Their TriaL - Sacramento, Cal., Dee. IS. Witness es for the prosecution were called to day in the I. W.sW, : conspiracy cases here. ' ' - . ; The defendants, with the exception of threo who will offor a defeuse, hav steadfastly refused to take any part except that of listcnors. . They read magazines, adopt a far away look, and make notes, . Attorney Robert Duncan of tho de part men t of justice chunged this atti'J tude when ho read to the jury tho pre amble of the I.W.W. constitution. , "The employing class and the work ing class havo nothing In common, "Jit rend. Instantly the .defendants put away their paperji and squared their, shoul ders. They rose to their feet, much as an American audience pays respect to the national anthem. Frotest Censorship. The only formal action of tho defend ants has been to protest the censorship of their mail by tho federal authorities Judge Frank H. Kiidkin cxpluiim.i tditi was legal n"d customary. "I don't caro if the devil in hell represents you." So declared Mortimer Downing, I. W W. defendant, when Miss Theodora Pol luk ,tho woinun defendant in the case asked the othor alleged members of- tho order for their decision as to Attorney Nathan Coghlan's representation of hoi self, Baile Snffores and A. L. Fox. Thero is obviously bad blood betweei Coghlun and certain of tho defendants "Ho will receive his reward," suid W. 11. Hood, one of the prisoners, "if ho goes far." Frederick Esmond mut tered "damned crook.'' . . - Vote on Coghlan. Miss Polluk had asked the, prisoners in the morning .to vote on allowing Coghlah to represent three of the do-; fondants who me out on balls Down ing 's speech was in response, in the afternoon, when the court had recess ed snd cleared the courtroom of all but the defendants and tho court attaches, Coghlan will represent tho trio, it was decided. Harry M. McKec, Fresno attorney, who has handled their cases up until now, will till be retained. The fourth defendant on bail and the 42 who arc prisoners arc on a "silent defense strike." Their only action in court has been a protest to Judge Rudkin against the censorship of their mail by the fed eral authorities. This, the judge told them, was legal and customary, C. A. Marey In Jail After Killing Alfred Schafer Heppuiw, Or., Dee. 13. C, A. Morey is in the county jail here today havm voluntarily surrendered himself after killing Alfred Schafer ,a neighboring rancher, in tho Lexington country 3. miles north of here. Morey rode into Schafer 's field yes terdny and shot the farmer while he was plowing, using a .41 calibre revol ver four times and killing him instantly Morey gave himself up to a deputy sheriff at Lexington, being brought to this city last night. The slayer, who has a wife anj jwr children, cltiims Schafer ruined his home. The dead man was a widower. : While running amnck at Lewiston, Idaho, with a butcher knife, and after slashing one man, George B. Rub, sup posed to be insane, was shot by offi cers. ' sKS By Lowell Mellett (United Press staff correspondent) London, Dec. 13. In the midst of th turmoil of petty election ii-sues, it is difficult to discern Great, Britain' peaco policies. But it is apparent tka"F "freedom of the sens" -will not furn ish the only point of difference with America", Premier Lloyd George ' . Yeceas speech at Bristol left many Americana gasping, because- of his " declaration that Germany must pay the whole eost of the war. This is regarded as being; in direct contravention to tho armis tice agreement. Premier Declare Himself Tho premier' declaration followed steady and increasingly insistent da mands from Lord Nortlicliffe and oth er British publishers that Lloyd-George fnankjy declare himself,' Making this tho price of their support. It appeared that tho premier had determined to re sist these demands until Tuesday night. ' , Previously Lloyd-George Lad torincd tho 1 newspapers' cries of '" punish the kaiser," "make the Huns pay" and, "drive- the Huns from England," M "only a stunt,',' hut on Tuesday niaht ho officially announced five points on which . howa, asking ; votes. ' ' Punish the kiaiser," antt "uihkc Germany pay" are two. The othor three wcro "purely domestic."' Balfour Uncertain Before this Foreign Secretary Bal four, in an interview with American correspondents, refused to go boyoad tho statement, that payment of, uam ages done on sea and laud probably would be the limit of Germany e paeity. He wins uncertain as to wheth er the armistice terms precluded de mand for more. Tho sentiment of tho liberals, wh aro hoping to find Great Britain and the United States aligned at the peaee conference, is expressed by. the Man chester Guardian. "Luckily, the temptation for elec tioneering soon will be over, or there would be no saying what" we might come to," the Guardian Sa'd. The Westminster Gazette says: "The armistice terms mav havo been good or bad, but every honorable man must desiro to Beo them honorably car ried out," Women to Vote Approximately six million women will vote tomorrow at the general elec tions throughout the United Kingdom. Never before were women eligible to vote for members of parliament, al though they have participated in elec tions on local questions fur many years Tomorrow they will help cbet 707 mem bers of the new house of commons. This house will be' responsible for tho lersonmd and conduct of Great Brit ain s peace table plenipotentiaries, 'Continued on page six) I : ABE MARTIN I I Nearly ever' boy sows wild oats nm nearly ever' girl wastes a year or two on some tianusome loarer. a reiier kin havo more money than brains uu' still have t' smoke stogies. V WeiiTTj I if ;