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Newspaper Page TextA 5000 ammoH (25,000 READEES DAILY) . Only Gireulatian in Salem Qsax -$ anteed by the Aodit Bureau of ' - . Circulations : - . FULL LEASED WIRE - dispatches special willamette vair ley news sektich Weather Report 1 U J" .1 Oregon: Cold tonight end Wednesday fair, continued sold, gentle easterly winds. PRICE TWO CENTS OK TftAINS AND NEWS STANDS FTVE CENTS FORTY-SECOND YEAR NO. 1. SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1919. i i hup-1 mi im &h -jiffi. il mmMi PILiriAMES FOR FOHPHI Wilson's Return From Italy: Is Signal For Immediate Plunge Into Final Deliberations Before Peace Con ferenceIs Believed That President Fees He Has Accomplished Greater Part Of What He Sought In Making Trip To Europe. . . . Paris, Jan. 7. President Wilson re turned to Paris from, his Italian trip at 9:58 this morning. ; TO BEGIN PftELIMlNAIUES By Eobert J. Bender (United Press staff correspondent) Paris, Jan. 7. -(Back in Paris, Presi dent Wilson was expected today to Jifunge immediately into ths final pre liminaries which will precede formal peace deliberations of associated pow ers. The president returned from Italy, armed with the obvious support of the ommon people of that country. This , ndorsement, added to the apparent Backing, of his peace program by the majority of public opinion in great Britain and. France was accepted in American circles as giving him an ini tial advantage in approaching conver sations. Inasmuch as Wilson declared in his Milan speech that peace must be die tated by the common people, it is be lieved he feels he has accomplished through this apparent public endorse ment tho greater part of what he ought in coming to Europe. ' To Be Joint Conferences The ioint conferences of the Ameri can, British, Italian an'd French dele gations which, it is believed in many quarters, will constitute the real pvace ongress, were, expected to get under way not later than the first of next week. - - There was some talk in unofficial circles that any scheduled formal con versations might be adjourned tomor row, the, date of Colonel Roosevelt's funeral, in deference to the memory of the former president. The president was given a riotous welcome in Turin, despite a rainstorm. After he spoke from a balcony of the palace, he shook hands with 1400 Ital ian mayors who had gathered to hear aim. Many of these men had walked miles to the nearest railroad in order to get to Turin. The president said that the "Pulse f the modern world beats in the field and the factory. " Wilson ' spoke again at a luncheon given for tho presidential rarty. " The real blood of the nation flowB in the streets in which are the people who more than the rest of us have borne the stress of war," he said. WILL BE END OP SECRECY By Fred S. Ferguson (United Press taff correspondent) Paris, Jan. 7. The death knell of secrecy is expected to be sounded when the formal peace deliberations of the associated powers open next week. The feeling "was growing among officials todav that these sessions, which prob ably will start at Versailles Jan. 13 or 14, should .be open to the press of the world. Since the allied nations lave agreed that secret diplomacy must be abolished, it was felt to be the American attitude that this is the time to put the principle into effect, Bhould it receive ready endorsement by other delegations. Symbolic Sessions The sessions at Versailles are expect ed to be symbolic of the new era of Tell Binkley says his butcher informs him that it's alius th' rule t' cut to price o' pork chops when a final an' laatin' peace has been signed, an' ever upon th' mere cessation o hos tilities. What's become o' th' ole time drunken sailor f ABE MARTIN I - open diplomacy and abolition of se cret treaties. While the Versailles con ferences will mart the official opening of the negotiations toward peace, the aetual opening, so far as discussion is concerned, began with iPresident Wil son's return to Paris today. The Serbian, Greek, Polish, Chinese and other smaller delegations are al ready here. Lord Bobert Cecil assistant secretary for foreign affairs of the British empire, was expected to arrive today and Foreign Minister Balfour will probably be here Saturday. All delegates are expected to be here by Sunday. First Subject of Discussion The first subject for discussion will of course K relative to another exten sion of the armistice. There is a possi- sibility that some modification will be made in the present terms, along eco- nomio lines. The armistice is entirely a military matter, however. In view of the growing threat of bolshevisim. the Americans are under stood to be inclined toward modifying the blockade feature of the armistice Herberts Hoover having declared . that food conditions in some parts or Aus tria are desperate and Germany is so lacking in fata as to threaten serious disquietude, it is felt that tne great est care is necessary t9 avoid cring ing about conditions in the central powers which would result in such dis order that there would be no respon sible government to deal with. At the same time German statesmen have no hope of gaining the sympathy of the United states Dy currying xavor. la suite of preliminary , discussions between tho associated powers, the Germans will have to realize that the Americans, the same as all the allies, are here to make a ' victorious not negotiation peace. League or Nations second The League of Nations will be the' second problem in connection witn tne general peace settlement to be taaon, up. Despite pessimistic expressions in some quarters, it is oeuevea tne gen eral idea of the league will be adopt ed with reasonable promptitude. The president had termed all information conferences on this subject ne nas naa to date " satisfactory as can be ex pected." , Premier Clemeneeau says, " Utter ances regarding the balance of power have not worried the Americans. It is also stated that certain circles who are hoolniy to muddy the league waters oy stirring up Great Britain iu regard to whose position in regard to tne iree dram of the seas has not yet been stat ed in detail, he is expected to make clear that America will not accept sec ond place to any power. It can be Stat ed authoritatively, however, that he does not intend to ask that the Brit ish fleet tie scrapped. To Work Out Details Upon adoption of the general plan for tho league of nations, a committee comprised of representatives of vari ous powers will be appointed to work) out the details. Freedom of the seas doubtless will come under such discus sions. . Aside from frequent sittings of the formal session at Versailles, there will be serious separate discussions at tho headquarters of the various delega tions. ' American. British. French and Ital ian delegations were unusually busy today on the derails of organization. Hundreds of experts were uaseuiuuug entire libraries of data. The American library alone now consists of ten thou sand volumes. POLISH GOVERNMENT WOULD ESTABLISH COALITION MINISTRY AM State Buildings At Warsaw Were Occupied Early Yesterday. Warsaw. Jan. 6. The Polish govern ment today was in control of Prince fianieha. who acted as stage manager for a- coup d'etate yesteraay morning, which had for its object the establish ment of a eoalition ministry. Under direction of Sapieha all state hnildintni were occupied during the ear j , - ly hour8 of yesterday and the cabinet members placed under arrest. Sspieha then conferred with the government's military leaders, 'General Piludslai and General Szcptycki. Sapicha, earned away by the success of his eoup, en deavored to get the generals to agree 1 - - .!..4i'sn Knf ftlAV in. paign of a coalition government. BAKDITS ROB ARMY WATCAIIP LEWIS Three Captured And Fourth Thought To Be Wounded In Woods Near By. ' Taeoma, Wash., Jan. 7. Three un known bandits, who held up and rob bed the Cs-mp Lewis Army Bank at 11 o'clock this forenoon were caught by the military police after a chase through the cantonment. One Or the robbers is believed to be a woman. En tcring the bank, they covered the cash ier, a cleric and a lieutenant wno was making a dope sit, then went back of the cage and secured $500 In cash and fled. The holdups are thought to be color ed. James Creehan, president, and three clerks were in the bank when the robbers enterod. The trio drew revol vers and commanded all present to hold up their hands. The army officer at the cashier's window and the clerks- reached for their guns and a lively fus illade followed. James Henry, military policemen, who was attracted by the shots, rushed into the DanK and was shot by one of the robbers and seri ously wounded. During the shooting, the smaller of the robberB slipped be hind, the cage and grabbed $500 in gold lying loose on the desk. All three men made a dasn rrom tne building. Military police gave chase and soon overhauled two of the band its. The third man escaped but was later surrounded in the woods, lie is said to be wounded sod his capture is certain. A fourth member of the gang, driving an automobile, which was wait ing on the others, was also arrestea. Later Reports. Taeoma. Wash.. Jan. 7. Military po lice this afternoon surrounded in the woods and captured the last or the trio of colored bandits, one of whom was a woman, who earlier held up and rob bed the Camp Lewis army bank The driver of a Taeoma taxicab, in which the robbers ( intended to make their escape with the $1,000 in cash taken from the bank, was captured Continued on page six) WERE WILLING TO KILL HELPLESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN Correspondent Writes Of Impressions Of German Sail ors. Off icers Are Mostly Men Who Were Educated To Consider Crimes For Fatherland Honorable. Jackies Are Of Different Stamp Entirely. By Edwin Hullinger (United Press Staff Correspondent.) Harwich, Eng., Dec. 18. (By Mail.) What kind of fellows personally are these German submarine sailors they who used to go about sinking passen ger vessels and hospital ships without warning? This is a question every American has asked himself at some time. From a British launch today I saw hundreds of them standing in gro tesque groups on the U-boats' decks, tumbling from the submarine into the launch and leaning against their kits as tho launch hurried them back to their transports and I talked person ally with dozens of them. The firat personal impression as your launch draws up beside a submarine is the boyishness of the faces before you. -Many seemed from 15 to 16. Sev eral admitted they were 18, one 17 Expressionless Faces, The next, is the remarkable expres sionlessness of their features. You had expected to find sullenness, or dejec tion, or spite. Instead you find your self looking into a group of absolute masks, registering neither joy nor sor row, relief or strarn, pleasure nor bate I absolutely nothing giving the faintest hint as to what is going on behind. Yon never realized before the capacity of the German physiognomy to conceal feeling. ! You came to find desperate men You found strange-looking boys, in gro tesque nondescript uniforms. Some wore the conventional grayish jacket worn by locomotive and station ary enginemen in the states. Others combined the regular blue jacket of the German navy with a pair of olive khaki trousers. Still others had their engineer's jaekct over an ordinary dark brown or black pair of civilian's trousers. All had the little round blue eap of the German jackie. All Not Boys. As the crew swarmed off the sub marine into the launch it became ap parent all were not boys. Here and there was a man of 30, bristling in a 4 or 5 days growth of whiskers. Here was a chap of 26, looking as if he had just come from a machine shop. Ofine aboard, the masks dropped from their faces, and I was soon surrounded i . ;nM nt Aaaer MmiWnp German boys, with fat cheeks and friendly blue CODLQXFS FROM AH PARTS OF WORLD TOROjSEVEITFAHILY Four Telegraphers At Oyster Bay Are Swsspea With Messages Coming In. Oyster Bay, Jan. 7.-Words of sym pathy for Mrs. Theodore Boosevelt and the bereaved Boosevelt family ana pressions of sincere grief at the death of Colonol -Theodore Boosevelt, poured into the house on the hill today from all parts of the world. Four telegraph operators were swamped with messages. Among them were the following: President WilBon "Pray accept my hoartfolt sympathy in the death of yo'ir distinguished husband. . The news of which has shocked me very much." Secretary Daniels: "My wife isles me in sincere sympathy in the death of your distinguished husband." Old Companion Hears News. Dcadwood, S. D., Jan. 7. Captain Seth Bullock, soldier, cattle man and rough ridor, today expressed to the Unit ed Press his great sorrow at the death of his friend and former commander, 'For more than 30 years I have known Theodore Boosevelt intimately, first as a cattle man on the ranges of Dakota. territory, when all was open range west of the Missouri, then as a hunter of biff same, civil service commissioner. assistant socretaryiof navy, Colonel of the Bough Eiders, President of the United Stages, and welcome guest of the people of the British empire in Lon don. In all these positions he was the same as in his cow boy days, clean minded, open hearted and unafraid. He fears nothing that walks on the earth, was said of him when he was specal dep uty sheriff in Dakota. This character istic was his to the end. ... Every loyal American has lost a personal friond. Our nation in his- death sustains its sreatest bereavement since the death of Lincoln. Civilizations :wonrns. his death." (Continued on page two) FOR 'CAUSE' eyes, all trying to answer all questions at once. The element of bitterness seemed to be gone from the situation from their point of view. The surrender had "wiped that out." And now they want ed to begin over again and be friends They wcro not sea-faring boys, never had been and never would be. The ono at my elfiow was from Berlin, the ono beyond from the Khineland; another from Duesseldorf. They were mostly in land boys. Knew No Traditions. They knew nothing of the traditions of the sea. Several years ago they had never seen salt water Which probably partly explains the absence of depres sion". They were not so much concerned with the fact that the German navy had been the first navy in history to do liver itself almost intact to an enemy in surrender, as they were concerned that this was the final act necessary to end the war. Occasionally, of course, a sober face told a different story. It seemed such an incongruous pic ture that of these youngsters scurry ing down the stool ladders, snapping shut the hatches and rushing to the torpedo tubes to commit murder of the worst kind. Standing there right at your elbow they looked so harmless. omcers mirerent. The officers, however, were of a dif ferent stamp. There was one m partic ular, a 20-year-old lieutenant, from Hanover. He was a fine-looking chap, light hair, clean features, friendly blue eyes and an easy smile which served t accentuate the perversion and bitterness of his point of view. - . .. . . How incredible it sounaea wnen ns replied with a smile, ''Certainly, sub marine commanders willingly carried out orders to sink passenger ships with WOMEN AND CHILDREN AIM) ABU. They were GLAD TO DO IT. That ir war!" It seemed so Incredible, from a fel low like that, I asked him to repeat He said tho same thing over again, slowly with the same smile, and seem ed to see nothing odd in it. He Tather appeared 4 bit amused. that the question should arise. There were very few officers, how ever. Most of the captains and iicnten- ant had preferred to let their subor dinates do the surrendering. More than one U-boat was surrendered by a petty offieer ,or a junior grade lieutenant. CUMMINS OUTLINES PLAN TO DISPOSE OF Advocates Government Own ership ,M Lease Of Roads By Private Concerns. By Raymond Clapper. (United Press Staff Correspondent.) Washington, Jan 7. Government ownership of railroads, the same to be leased to private operation companies, was advocated" today by Senator Cum mins, Iowa, Republican. He will be chairman of the Senate interstate com merce commission after March 4. As Cummins outlined his plan to the Unit ed Press, it provides for: 1. Government ownership. 2. Leasing of roads under strict terms to private concerns. 3. . Maintonamce of a dozen or so com peting lines to operate with unified ter minals. 4. Cabinot of floor for government railroad administrator or possibly a small board. 5. Issue of capital stock to cover equipment by government at guaran teed return of probably 4 per snt. 6. Operating capital to be supplied by lease with largor return propor tion .to efficiency of management. To Combine Advantages. "What we want is to combine the advantages of government otmerskip and private initiative," Cummins said. "I think we can got this by lotting the government own the railroads and leasing them to operating companies tt a guaranteed return." Cummins explained that competing systems must be organized through the same territiry and he is opposed to re gional grouping as suggested by Retir ing Director General JttsAdoo. Washington, Jan. 7. Creation of secretary of railroads as a-member of the cabinet with wide regulatory pow ers will be urged by railroad execu tives when they appear next week be fore the senate " interstate commerce committee, it was learned today. Private ownership and operation or the railroads undor appropriate govern- mon regulations was urged by iiclgar Slark of the interstate comincrce com mission, testifying before tho sonato railroad hearing today. C.E. MAYOR OF SALEM New Councilmen Assume Du ties And business begins Without Usual Oratory. Oratory was at a discount last eve ning when tlie old council stepu uu and tho new stepped in. Mayor Wulter Kcyes was not m a specially oratorical mood and his farewell address to the council of 1918 consisted of tho state ment, "I wish to thank the members for thoir consideration." Glen E. Unruh, retiring alderman from the fifth ward, arose and remark ed, "Wo are handing the new council aa awful lemon to squeeze. 1 nope the now members will make the most of it." After these few remarks, Mr. Keyes called on Mr. Albiu to take tho mayor 's chair. Frank Ward wag called on to lncke a few approprute oium, but Mr. Ward also- was not in an ora torical mood. There was sort of an im pression that that Mr. Ward had some thing up his sleeve, but if ho nad, ne kept it there. Mavor C. E. Albin's address to tne new council was type written and read bv Becordcr Earl Hace. After rclcr ring to the many pioblcniB that will ennfrout the new administration, tho mossago mentioned especially tho Span ish influenza. -The mayor recommend ed that tho council do its utmost to stamp out the disea-so by adopting and passing an ordinance regulating public gatherings. - After passing over tne auiies oi me police force and tho fire department, the message suggested that all depart ments should use the utmost economy the coming, year. Tho mayor thought the time was not opportune for the ex penditure of gTeat sums of money for a municipal ngnting piani. tvuhu m believed a public dock would be of ben efit, bo deemed the time had not come when public money Should oe uscu ior the building of a dock, Bivcr naviga tion between Portland and Salem should receive the attention of the council. As for street improvement liens, in his message the mayor favored their collection. For alderman from the fifth ward, to take the place of Merlin Harding, a petition was presented with 80 names axkinir the election of Joseph N. Smith. But at the recent caucus C. M. Bobcrts had been selected and no other name was eonsmerea. Alter eiecuou, mr. Roberts took his customary scat. A petition was presented with 39 sig- natures asking the appointment of El- . . i 1 . , .1...: 1 . (Continued on pags two) R ep orts Say Tha t War Has Broken Out In City of Berlin Spartacusians And Government Forces Are Armed And Are Fighting With Machine Guns In Streets. Inde pendent Socialists And Sparta cus Groups Have Join ed And Issued Proclamation Declaring That "Today, Final Fight For Revolution Will Be Fought" Iiidon, Jn. 7. Civil war has brok en out in Berlin between Spart&cus and government forces, according to dis patches received here today, Munich, Jan. 6. (Delayed) Com plete anarchy reigned in Berlin, ac cording to telephone messages from the capitol today. Thousands ot workers are fighting in the streets. The rattle of machine guns ean be heard ttirongn out the city. Spartacusians have barri caded themsolves in many of the pub lic buildings and are reported to hold all tho banks. Late tolcphone messages said that government forces were planning to storm the central police station this (Monday) afternoon. Carl Liebknecnt was reported to be personally leading the Bpartacusians. Hundreds of per sons are fleeing the city. Women In Fighting Copenhagen. Jan. 7. Women sup porters of both factions are participat ing in the street fighting in Berlin ac cording to a Berlin dispatch filed last night and received by tne t "u" today.- FINAL RITES FOR COLONEL ROOSEVELT ARE TOMORROW Simplicity Is Characterizing every Preparation For Last Ceremony. Oyster Bay, N. Y., Jan. 7 A few sim ple preparations were made today for Colonel Boosevelt 's funeral with the idesi of making it as plain and unemo tional a ceremony as possible. Tho ser vice will consist meroly of a prayer and the Episcopal ritual "ashos to ashes, and dust to dust" without hymns, without a sermon. Thore was a hush ovor the villaga todcy. Some places woro closed and a few mourners arriv ed. But for the most part there vs to unusual stir tho town looked as it would on Sunday. Boosevelt, the man t,f action and strifo, in whose ears ap dIb.usb of millions had dinned, lay in state with a military guard of honor, but like the most humble private citi zen, in he sorrowful calm of his own houso, with none but his own home folks to look upon his face. Sagamore Hill Desolate. Siigamoro Hill looked rather desolate, tho blinds were drawn in somo of the windows and a bit of crepe flapped in the wind. The casket was delivered at tho houso ckbaj and the body placed in it. It is sovorlv plain In. design of oak with throe silvc handles on either side. Tho inscription, on a silver pinto, is "Thoo dore Boosevelt," Octobor 27, 1858. Jan uary 6. 1919." Definite tho rociuost that there bo no flowers a number of sot pieces arrived and wcro taken to the church. A small flag was hoisted to half maBt in front of Sngamore Hill this morning. Leslie Disbrow, worshipful master of tho local Masonic lodge, of which tho ex-president was a member, said all his plans for participation in the funoral had been halted because oi me iuiuu wishes and that no flowers would bo sent. W. Emlcr Boosevelt, a rel&tivc, indicated there was considerable anxi ety as to the number of notables that probably would come to tho services. It is believed that many woll known men will attend, despite tho private naturo of the ceremony; so many in fact, that there will be no room for them. Toward noon today farmers who had known Boostvclt personally began coming into town in automobiles and wagons. Leafless trees about tho houso and in the estate surrounding added to the at mosphere of sadness. An occasional au tomobile drove slowly np to W fce door, Its motor making a noise that seemed rudely disturbing. Bcv. G. E. Talmr.dee. who will eonduct the ser vices, Indicated today that no chnngo in arrangements had been made Brief Service. Tho plan is to have s. brief prayer at Sagamore Hill at 11:45 then employ es of tho family will carry the casket out and walk beside the hcarst which bears It to Christ Church. This seats but 500 persons. A congressional dele- cation will be there. Admission is to 1. - ... 3 ..7. mnA (hdU ...111 Vfirfl vo uj ratu v-. being Issued only to relatives and closo friends. After the short service the casket, followed by members of the im- mediate family, will be taken to Young Memorial cemetery at Oyster Bay Cove Thousands of workingmen are en gaged in the conflict, which has as sumed the proportions of civil war. The fighting was preceded by coun ter demonstrations, in whu'h a great proportion of the population joined. The rival elements have placards with legends, "Down with the govern- . ment" and "down with the Bparta cus. " The Spartacusians then massed in the Tiergarten and Zoological gar den. Shots were fired and the fighting . began. Tho spartacusians seized all telegraph offices. Shops are said to . be closed and business at a standstill. , Liebknecnt Directing Fighting Liegknecht, Bosa Luxemberg and the two Russian bolshoviki envoys, Adolph Joffe ami Karl Badek, are reported to be directing the spartacus rrom the central police station. ilndcpcjadent socialists have joined tho Spartacusians in the civil war now raging in JJerlin, according to dis patches rocoived here today. The in dependent socialists and spBitacusiinis are reported to. have issued the fol lowing joint proclamation: "Today the -final fight for the revolution will b fought," whore tho former president will be laid in a grave dug at a spot selected by himself. Episcopal Ritual Bead. The Episcopal ritual designated for tho cemetery will be read there. Al though Mrs. Boosovclt wants as lit 1 1 o publicity as possible, it was certain to day that considerable number of mourn ers would be on hand tomorrow to stand uncovered outside tho little church dur ing the service and to line the lea it from tho church to tho ceniotery, pay ing thoir last respects to the dead ex- president. i Aa atmosphere of gloom and mourn' ing porvades this little town and op presses the visitor the moment he steps from tho train. It is not a fast moving town, though only an hour snd a half by railroad from the city. It took quito a while for the realization of its loss to spread along tho quiet streets but now there is only deep dejection and silenco of mourning. Seep Mourning. They all knew tho colonel. They speak of him in whispers, as though he wero thoir brother, asleep in the next room. The town is full of newspaper corres pondents and photographers, tho inn is crowded with them. Movie men aruv ed early. They wander about the si lent village streots disconsolate-loowng anxiously for "action" when finally a big flag was raised in front of tho post ofico, all the movio men in despora tion gathered there to film tho flapping banner. Tho little Episcopal church is a typ ical frame structure such as you mty see in many villages in the land. It seats only 500. It was noted that many of the sym pathy notes camo from "just plain folks" who never saw Boosevelt, but felt that they had suffered to personal loss. A number 'of cablet arrived from soldiers in the American expeditionary forces, telegrams came from Hpanisii war veterans, rough riders and G. A. B. men. No Troops fur Funeral. Captain Archie Boosevelt tnis after noon, through Colonol H. I. Stinmon at Governor island, declined tho offer of tho war department to send troops for military funoral. Rfgurdless of contra ry reports, it "jas insisted, at the houso thr.t no chart t in fueurat plans would be made. Charlos E. Frazcr, an old friond, to day made a death mask of Boosevelt, plans 'or which wero discussed some timo ago, it became known. Frazer has also mndo minute measurements of the colonels hands, fingers and head, for use in designing statues and busts. One of the mourning airplanes flying above Oyster Bay this afternoon swoop ed low over the roof of the Boosevelt home and neatly deposited a wreath there. -; ' "Miss Laura Lofton elosed a very successful eight month 'g term of school Friday In the Lofton district on the west side of the valley," writes the Baker Horald's Beech ercek correspond ent, under date December 28. Most schols have vacations in the heated term. Beech ereek has vacation in the gelid season.