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Newspaper Page TextZ 5000 CIRCULATION J (25,000 READEKS DAILY) S Only Circulation in Salem Guar- sis mated by the Audit Bureau of Weather Report ,2 He Circulations Oregon: Tonight and Tucs- 4c day, fair fast porion, probably rain wes porion; mooVrae winds' mostly easterly, sic FULL LEASED WIRE W r ' DISPATCHES - tic SPECIAL WILLAMETTE YAL- LEI" NEWS SEBVICS FORTY-FIRST YEAR NO. 296. SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1918. PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND NEWS STANDS FIVE CENTS - - jgUiigi, - , rr :: Fehrenba:h Called Reichsta Challengi g Ebert Reported That Von Hindenburg Will Protect Meet ing Today. Dr. Haase Refuses To Recognize This Reichstag.--Spartacus Group In Berlin Demands Dis armament Of Police Officers And Confiscation Of 'Fortunes. By Frank J. Taylor (United Press staff correspondent) Berlin, Iec. lti. Berlin is awaiting expectantly- the. outcome of the con vention of the reiehstag by its presi dent, Konslantiin Fehrenbach, in de fiance, of the Ebert-Haase government. The meeting was to bo held today "somewhere in the Hhinc'and." The present government, which in tended to summon the reicbstag Here later to give the ministry parliament ary support, has announced that any deputy- attending the proposed insur Igent session will be guilty of treason. Wild rumors are afloat concerning the aignifdennco of Fehrenbach 's mom It is reported that Field Marshal Voa liiudenburg will send troops to pretect the meeting. Attained Ascendency The Ebert-Haase government attain ed its ascendancy through the election f delegates to the national work snen's and soldiers' council, in which the Spartacus group failed to gain a tingle representative. Chancellor Eb ert 'a majority socialists led with seven workmen and four soldier delegates. Dr. Iluase was next with fire workmen nd two soldiers. The government has issued a procla mation calling for volunteers for a "peoples army." It also ha.-i urged de mobilized soldiers not to retrain unem ployed, but to go to the country, where labor is scarce and food more plenti ful. Peoplo supporting the preiont govern tuent want strong action against the itpartacus groups and a quick peace. Has Food for Few Months . r Cqpeniiageu, -'En;c. ' IB, i)ri Hugo ITasse, in an interview with the Berlin correspondent of the Politikrn declared hnt the present German government YANKEES KNEWTOO WELL HOW TO EIGHT, SAYS HUN VonSteibel, Whose Division; Was Defeated Jfchiks Am ericans Are Reckless. By Webb Miller (Capital Journal Special Service.) Coblenz, Dec. 14. (Night.) (By Courier to Nancy.) "Tho Americans lacked experience in the technicalities of modern warfare, but they know how to go ahead they knew too well." . That is the opinion of Colonel Yon Stuibel, chief of staff of tho 27th divi sion, which fought and was beaten by the Americans in the Argonne. Von Steilitl, who is attached to the Oi'rman bridgehend commission discuss ed freely with the I'nitod Press cor respondent the phases of the Argonne lueuk-tkrough . " . . . . ,, xuo .. uu. luu luting, smiling and alert. Wilson has f i too much or a Hurry to get things jjovered Paris, and Pa ris has discov dune," he said. Ured Wilson. Weren't Scientific. ! "vve pictured him as akin to Christ, "For instance, in attacking our ma- a Christ not ascending a 'Golgotha' thine guns which are the best in the(the hill who; Christ was crucified), world they utilised unscientific means He is not at all that. Wilson is a man. It seemed to us that the only way they 'He is correct, but no austere. And' if knew to eliminate a machine gum mt he drinks nothing save water, it is per was to keep coming until they gat it. haps well. But after all, he is worthy rThat was rather discouraging to thu ' 0f the love and wine of France, because Morale of our jjuunors. They knew that ho knows how to smile. We thought they stayed long they would be kuU-'hini ed or captured. "We have no doubt that Americas intervention won the war. We aonld min is vivicious. The president who have beaten the other allies, but the j smiles is one of the grand dynamic ..constant stream of Americans, young forces of the world." fini enthusiastic, overwhelmed us. j Another writer aaid: Are Fair Fighters. "Wilhelm dreamed of marching "The Americans are good opponent through the Archea of Triumph; but it nd fair fighters." jw Wilson who did it. VonSteibel declared the Germa ar-l wc g0t a K004 look t his face as ' my could have held out for months if hc Wa smiling. Wo have seen Ameri internal conditions had not interrorefLj ean general during the past year. They but sooner or. later, lack of material v ould have brought its downfall. He , asserted that Lndendorrf is a great general, but that he mado a Biim fior of fundamental mistakes, such at the Verdua attack. . r He inquired eagerly about the ef feat of German artillery fire. He also want ed twknow what the doughboys thought of. .the German ' soldier's courage and liliiy. - - , S'hnol itrendar.ee at The, Dalles, .which had been reduced 30 per cent or wire through fear of "flu," Is report ed again nearly normal. t -n meeting will refuse to recognize the reiehstag Ottlled by President fehrenbach. Ilaase said that if Germany loses Alsace-Lorraine she will gain German Austria, He said Germany had enough food to last a few months providing it was strictly rationed. Toch Refuse recognition London, Dec. 16. Marshal Foch has refusod to recognize soldiers' and work men's councils in occupied portions of Germany, according to advices here to day. Amsterdam dispatches declare that the strike in (Berlin has readied serious proportions, only two newspapers being iprinted, these being small leaflets. Three hundred and fifty thousand workmen have stopped work, the dis patches say. Spartacus Group's demands Amsterdam, Dec. 16. Sweeping do mands in (Berlin have been mado by the Bpartacus group, dispatches print ed in the Handelsblad toda;' declared. The group has demanded for safe guarding the revolution," immediate disarmament of police officers, the rul ing classes, non-'proictarint soldiers, the confiscation by the workmen's and soldiers' councils of all arms, munitions and .munition factories, the arming of adult proletariat, the formation of workmen's militia and of red guards, the abolition of officers, removal of military officers from the workmen's and soldiers' councils, abolition of all parliaments, election of a central coun cil, cancellation of all state and other public debts, including war loans, down to ft fixed limit of subscriptions. , Confiscation of all fortunej-in ex cess of a certain amount is also demand ed, likewise the appropriation of all lin ilcd estates, bonks, coal mines and factories.!'-. - . pilars she Wilson Instead Of Wilhelm! Marched Through Arches Of Triumph. By William Philip Simms. (Capital Journal Special Service.) , Paris, Dec. 16. Paris has discovered the Wilson smilo. Special writers are dwelting at great length upon it. One said: "Each time he wrote, his messages' were grave. Each time he talked to tho people, his words were full of wisdom. iiiuw upbears in runs inc living man, phlegmatic, but he i9 not." Finds He is Vivacious, It pleases ns to find that this grave were as impassive as warrior monks bound to a holy war. Wilson's smile mado np for them all. He smiled a smile of pure happiness, without arro gance, without effort. The smile of a just man who is bound straight for par adise will be such a smile as that." Subscription papers are being circu lated throughout Linn- toiinty for pledge for the support of a county agricultural agent. These are the happy days whe little noses are pressed eagerly against) the toy -shop window. PAES, PRESIDENT OF PORTUGAL, WAS KILLED SATURDAY Youth Who Shot Him Later Lynched By Crowd Throng ing Station. BARB0SA HAS ASSUMED PRESIDENCY FOR TIME Reported To Ik Part Of Plot To Overthrow Spanish Government Loudon, Dec. 26. Sidinio Paes, pres ident of Portugal, was shot and killed late Saturday night by a youth who was later lynched by tho crowds, ac cording to dispatches from Lisbon. Pace was in a railway station at Lis bon with members of the cabinet, wait", ing for a train to Oporto, when he was attacked. He died within f'vo minutes. Tamagnini Barhosa, minister of the interior, has temporarily assumed the presidency. . The 'Portuguese parliament will meet today in accordance with the constitu tion, to form a presidency, it was of ficially announced at the Portuguese legation here today. Canto Castro has been mentioned as a. successor t President Paes, assassi nated late Saturday night. ,A dispatch from Lisbon today says the Unionist leader, Camacho, is under protection of the police. Sidinio Paes, who led a revolt in Portugal just a year ago, was proclaim ed president June 9, succeeding Tneo phile Braga, the first president of the republic. i This wag the second attach made on Paes within a few days. On December sixth . he was shot, at while-walling through the strocts, but the bullets went wild. His assailant was arrested. - Trouble Feared in Lisbon Paris, Dec. 16. Serious trouble is feared in Lisbon as the result of re ports that the assassination ',f Presi dent Paes was part of an extensive plot to overthrow tiie government, ac cording to dispatches from that city to da.y. Officers and non-coms paraded the streets crying "vengeance!" An accomplice of the dead assassin (Continued on page six) OF CLEINCEAU PLAN 10 CAUSE JilS DEFEAT Socialist Leaders Using Wil son's Visit To Overthrow Present Ministry. By J. W. T. Mason ' (Written for the United Press.) (United Press Staff Correspondent.) - Now York, Dec. 16. Political oppo net3 of Premier Clcmenceau are trying t0 capitalize President Wilson's visit to i France;' in an-f fort to bring about the rtvrtl, riur r itia ( !lniiinrwiiu n niiniutrir I The socialist leaders and labor ex tremists among the French politicians are antagunistic to Premier Clcmonccau who is a radical but is anti-socialistic. The have long been working for his downfall and for the substitution of an other socialistic government similar to the administration's that preceded the formation of he Clcmenceau cabinet. Planned Demonstration. -It is their purpose to attempt to cause the impression that the soeiiirs and extreme laborites are the only sin cere supporters of President Wilson's completed peace program and that the Clemenceau radicals are secretly work ing against some of the Wilson princi ples. A clash has already occurred be tween Premier Clemenceau and the so cialistic laborites owing to a demand of the latter that they be peramya to organize a street demonstration and pa radc past President Wilson s re.v-re. Clemenceau haa refused to sanction this procession nntil President Wilson speci fically requests it. For tho president to do so might easily result in the whis pered charge that he ws interfereing U rFunce's domestic politics. Sm' an accusation, whether 'true or not, probab ly would strengthen Clcmenceau 'a po sition. The life of a French ministry is al ways precarious. The French chamber of deputies is the scene of constant po litical conspiracies against the minis try in power for it requires enly a sin gle adverse vote against a government measure to force the cabinet's resignation. WILSON MADE CITIZEN Of Delegates Favor Preliminary Conferences Of One Man From Each Nation. By Robert J. Bender, (United Press StafY Correspondent.) 'Paris, Deo."l.-President- Wilsoa mo tored this morning to Versailles, where tho peace troaty will be signud. He briefly inspected the palace and park. On the way to Versailles the presi dent's car was showered with flowers by children.- Bain began t0 fall when the party was returning but ao lncon venience was experienced. Thomas . Nelson Page, ambassador to Italy. and Mrs, Page wore the Wilson's guests at luncheon iu the Murat palace. rresidorit.Poincaro and nis wife, with a cavalry escort, conducted President and Mrs, Wilson to the hotel do ville for the official reception. Tremendous ..throngs cheered them along the route. . - Presented with Scroll. J'ollowing the ;- ceremonies - making Wuson a citizen of Paris, he was pre sented with a scroM, declaring his citi zenship. - Tho president of . tho council, behalf pf the city, then presented Mrs. Wilson with a brooch composed of an olive branch enerusted with dia monds superimposed on which were six white enameled peace dove. At 3:30 this atfernoon the president and Colonol House were' to . visit Pre mier Clemenceau at the foreign office to repay tho latter' call and resume the informal discussions. King Victor Emmanuel of Italy will call at the Murat palace Thursday aft ernoon. " ' j . The president and Premier Clemen ceau exchanged idea on the course of procodure in a conference yesterday. It is understood the American diMi.es aro in favor of the preliminaries being conducted by Wilson and one represent ative each from France, Italy and Giot Britain. Formulate Proposals.- ' This body would formulate a series of proposals which would be submitted to open conference of the. full delegi tiona of all the entente belligerents, for debate, prior to drafting the final trea-r tr- Some of the entente representative, it is reported, favor having te full delegations of America, Great Britain, Franco and Italy, and ono representa tive of Japan draw up the treaty and submit it to tho other entente bellig ents for signature. It is understood that the question of tho voting powers of the respective na tions will bo ono of tho big probloms for which no definite plan has yet been developed. Working Hard. Wilson is continuing to work hard, between festivities. A private direct telephone line connects his room with Colonel Houso's room. Tn a conference yesterday, in which Ttouie, Clcmonccan, Henry White and Herbert Hoovor participated, arrange ir.rnt wcie made for the fullest public ity throughout tho world concerning America's position. The conviction is growing that pub lic opinion is swinging more and moro into lino behind Amcrivan views. This couvlclion is borne out by press com- mont here and reports from other allied and neutial countries. At I'.JiO this afternoon Presidont Wil son will he officially recoived at the Hotel De iiel as a citizen of Paris, p.aced Wreath on Tomb. The city is greatly imprssed by tho simplicity with which tho president placed a wreath on Lafayette's toml: yesterday. . He was accompanied only bv Brigadier General Harts, a French aide and a secret service mnn. Attached to the wreath was his p r f,iil card, on wliich'hc wrote "for the ifieai. Lafayette from a fellow servant of liberty." A number of aged nuns wh0 happen . : are mm I . -. Ex Pash had jest bought two bushels o' carrots when peace come an' upset his plans. Home fellers are sich glad hanilnrs they kin even make sudden ad versify feel like ther glad t' meet him HONORARY PARIS TODAY vd to bo in the cemetery were greatly tonfused by Wilson' unheralded ap pearance. They were the only native witnesses of the simple ecremony. . The street celebrations in Wilson's honor continued all day yesterday and last night. 72 0. S. WOMEN REACH RHINE TODAY, FIRST THERE IN UKE OF DUTY Third Army Issued Proclama tion To Germans Insur ing Fair Treatment By Webb Miller (United Press Staff Correspondent.) With the Americans Across the Rhine Dec! 15. (By Courier to Nancy.) The first ' American women to reach tho Bhine, iu tho lien of duty, have arrived hero. They number 72 and were attached to evacuation hospitals' two. and nine. Their arrival attracted considerable al tontiou from townspeople. Some of tho girls walked to the river, whoro col umns of the First infantry were cross ing." Tho doughboy spied and cheered them. Included in the party are nine girls from the Presbyterian unit of Chi cago, half a dozen from New York city and state and a number from -me-land, Kansas City and. other niiddlo wostorn Citios. "Whilo tho First was crossing tho Khino ton wounded Americans, releas ed from German hospitals, arrivod on tho east bank opposite Coblonz. As they limped across they woro greeted . by yells of welcome from the doughboys. Wounded Well Treated. .. All. the. wounded men said they wore treated well by the Germans.. , ' The First, Second and Thirty-Second divisions are nearing the end of their 200-milo inarch. By Monday thoy wl.l halt at tho edge of the isemi-ireurnr bridgehead. Undor the new plans, the Americans will occupy area north of the Ems river and the Froiicn tho re maindor. The Third army has issuod a procla mation containing the following provi sions: Tho local authorities must mark the boundary's of tho bridgehead with signs in English and German. No assemblages will be allowed for political discussions without special permission. Tho same prices must be charged Am ericans and Germans for all goods. No Gorman uniforms may bo worn within the bridgehead after Sunday un less special permission Is given. All firearms and explosives must be surrendered to the Americans. Satisfactory shcltor, beds and storaTr facilities are required for billeting pur poses. Special roads will be constructed and the HI cities within the bridgohead must keep up and repair all the main roads. ' THIS STATE DIDN'T GET MONEY VALUE INi! CHAMPOEG EUIK Lewis, Of Portland, Wants In vestigation Made Of Memsrial Building. D. C. Lewis of Portland, a mcmbet of tho legislature, does not think the stnte got its money's worth when it built the memorial building at Cham poeg, for which the last legislature ap propriated 3000. Here is what be says about it in a letter to Governor With ycombe: , "At the last session of tho Icgis'a turo we made an appropriation of $5000 to erect a building on the provisional government park at Champoeg. I am told by good judges that the building erected is a. disgrace, and the one there can be erected for $2000, and in any event for not to exceed tZHOO, "It seems to me it would be well for you to have this investigated and learn who caused the loss. I am sure, from what I am informed, the state has not been given a square deal." Judge. P. H. D'Arcy of Salem and George H, Himea of Portland, a com mittee from the Oregon Pioneer asso ciation, were sponsors for the buildine. Wut when the board of control adver tised for bids, only one bid was n' mitted end it was n excess of the $"00fl armrrtnriation. ' A modification was mde in the srwcifi'ations to bring the ation and the building was constructed. OFFICIAL RECEPTION TO IVILSO CITY HA K Mithouard, President Of Municipal Council, Calls Presi dent "Great European Interrogation." Wilson Re sponds To Welcome With Speech Showing His Pleas ure At Understanding Exhibited By French People. Paris, Dec. 16. Presideut Wrdlaon was officially welcomod to France to-, day as "the great European interroga tion." The expression was employed by Ad-rion- Mithouard, president ef the mu nicipal council, while addressing the president in bohalf of the city and the nation. It was accepted as meaning that Wilson is regarded by Europe as tho enigma ot the peace conference the man around whom the interpreta tion of tho various principles at issue will bo centered. Mithouard ' speech was on the occa sion of the official roeeptinn to the president at the city hnll. Tho French official paid a high compliment to Mrs. Wilson for her decision to accompany the president. . Wilson, in a brief address, thanked Paris a"d France for the reception ac corded him- and paid tribute to France's part in the war. "Your greeting has raised ' man. emotions within one. It is with -no ordis nary sympathy that tho people of the United States, for whom I have the privilego of vspoaking, have viowod the sufferings of the peoples of France. Many of our own people have beon themselves- witnesses of those suffer ings. We were the more deeply moved by the wrongs of the war Decause we knew the manner in which thoy were perpetrated. "Wera Witnesses of Ruin" , "I beg that you will not suppose that because a wide ocea.i separated us in spaco we wore, not, in effect eye wit nesses of tho shameful Tuin that was wrought and tho cruol arid I'lineoessary sufferings that were brought upon you. Those sufferings have filled our hoarts with indignation. We know what they were, not only, but we know what they signified and our hearts were touched to the quick by them, our imaginations filled with the whole picture or wnai 'France and Utelgium in particular nad experienced. Whon the United States entered the war, therefore, they enter ed it not only because thoy wore mov ed, by a conviction that tha purposes of the central empires were wrong nd must bo resisted by mon everywhere who loved liborty and the rijht, but also because tho illicit ambitions which thoy were enlortaining and attempt ing to realize had led to tho practice which shocked our hearts its much as they offended our principles ''Our resolution was formed because we knew how profoundly great prin ciples of right were affected, but our hearts moved also with our resolutions. "Hare Been Generous' ' "You have been exceedingly gener ous in , what you have been gracious enough to say about -me, generous far boyond my personal deserts. But you havo interpreted with real insight the motiivos and resolution of tho peoplo of the United States. Whatever influ ence I exercise, whatever authority I speak with, I ilerivo from (hi m. l.know what they have thought, I know what they havo desired and when I have spoken what I know wan in their minds, it has been delightful to see how the consciences and purposes -of free men everywhere responded. We havo merely estnli'ished our right to the full fellowship ct them; peoples hero and throughout the world who reverence the right of genuine liberty and justice. : "Your welcome to Paris I shall al ways remember as one of the unique and inspiring experiences of my fife and, while I feel that you are honoring the people of tho United Slates in my person, I shall nevertheless, carry away with mo a vpry keen personal gratifi cation in looking back upon these me morable days. Permit me to thank yoii from a full heart. "You have made me feel very much at home here, not merely by the delight ful warmth of your welcome, but also ny the manner in which you have made mo realize to tho utmost the iatimat community of thought and idea's which charaetori7.es your peoplo and the great nation which I have the honor for the time to represent. Mithouard 'a Welcome Adrion Mithouard, president of the municipal council of Pari, addressing President Wilson, said: ' "I have the honor, in the presence of the prewidont of the republic, to pre sent to you tho municipal council of 1'aris, whoso interpreter I am in wel coming the chief of the great nation whose aid, arriving so opportunely, brought Us victory, and the upright man whose conscience fashioned . bia policy and whose diplomacy was made nf lovSltr. Turning to Mrs. Wilson, Mithoaara aid: "Madame, Paris is infinHcly happy and i touched that vou who have ac companied the - president have been good enough to add to this occasion the charm and grace of your presence. TODAY AT LL OF PARIS Wo have long been aware of yonr de- votion nd of the wise and beneficent activity you have shown bj the aide of your illustrious husband. Yet, nothing strikes so much at the heart of the peo ple of Paris as to be permitted to know those who have already conquer ed by their goodness. Thus Paria by ray voice acclaims you and lays at your feet, Madame, the homage of it grati tude and its respect." "With Deep Emotion Finally, speaking again to President Wilsorf. . "Mr. Pressdent.'it is with deep emo tion that the capital welcome today tho first president of the United States who has crossed the ocean and our hotel do ville, cradle of French liberty, will mark in its annals the day en which it was permitted to roeeivo tho eminent statesman of the union, tha citizen of the world dare we say tho great European interrogation whose voroe, before the coming of victory, called to life the oppressed among the nations, "During weary month our soldiers have fought with stoic resolution In dofonse of the soil of their forebears and tho land of their children. So vast was the field of battle, so g;eat was tne issue, at stake, so fritter and so hard was the struggle that only after pnssago of time dad it seem possible that the grandeur of their accomplish ment could clearly show forth. YH 'your distance from the theater of war has allowed you to tee while yet they lived the greatness of the monument they Vere building. From the other side 'of 'the world yoii have spoken in. advance of the judgment ef history. What a source of strength was it for these, lighters, sudenly to hear your voice,' in its distant authority resembl ing the voice of posterity, what joy to welcome those new brothers in arms hastening with ardor to claim it the) critical hour, their place upon the field of battle, what comfort fer. thorn to feel that they were henceforth arrayed with the glorious army of Gencrnl Per shing, the victor of the Argonnel -Eager to See Wilson "Thus Paris, eager to see in the flesh I the man it hud known only by his win- ten worn ana uy nis image tunny uvea over again with poignant intensity tha lust ily of America's decision as it was unfolded in your conscience before tha eye of the world. "Profoundly moved by the magnifi cent generosity with which our compa triots had set themselves to relieve our sufferings, with what anxious, yet con fident expectation did we follow Iko progress of your thought and of your feoiings. Beneath tho deliberately measured tone of your notes and nios snges we felt little the mounting of a righteouB anger. What was thea our uiLid admiration when there burst upon Ug the mchsnge of April 3, IWi , which gave tho questionings of the Am erican conscience their supreme conclu sion, in Pascal's ' words, 'brought to-, gether justice and force to decide ivt long centuries the fate of all buiuuii- '0-' ' " .. : Proud to Welcome Him. 'Wc urc proud, Mr. President, to of fer you welcome in the name of this eauitol. Intellectual tradition lifts u j eternally toward the truths of a new j day. Our country ia not alone that well loved land for wlioe lil-rtin the blood of sons of tho union is mingled ' with that of tho sons of I ranee. Our couutry t0 us meaus also right ef heri tugo, justice, good sense and honor; and because you come to us iu the natntt of these noble tilings today , wo dura ( call you citizen of Paris. "Take then, Mr. President, the good wishes of our city, yesterday under tho ' menace of the Berthas and the Uothaa, a citadel of the liberties of the woru:, . bu,t today open to all. noble and gnnei ous ideas and enthusiastically acclaim ed in the great citizen, "she has tho hon or to receive the embodiment of a nvyi ideal which comes to her." : Prefect of Be in Make Address. M. Mnautrand, prefect of tho Sein, addressing the president said:, .t : "Mr. President, a day memorablo be yond all is that on which I'or.tse Urst time, 0. chief of the great American re wublic cronses the threshold of our ho tel de ville. None among your illus trious predecessors not even those most deeply venerated from their, genius and their virtues, came to sit for an instaut at the hearts of people of Paris. Ti.bs in mourning the death of George Wash ington and Abraham Lincoln,, our fath ers had felt a dcop regret t"int thev could render but a post ui or to the great men who had tns oM--of their enthusiastic veneration. . The (Continned on page six) , , -