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THE D.ATLY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM. OREGON. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1919. Scheidemann and His Colleagues Meeti-COIS F0!i AUTO ;il,w. A-J lJ OWNERS WHO CARE I J 4 . 1 Their Arrogance. BY CAPT KARL SCHWARZKOFFEN (Attached to Kaiser's Personal Staff) Wise Counsel of Prince Max Prevails with Wilhelm: "No Longer Do the German People Know Emperors; We nave Come Here to Meet One Herr Wilhelm Ho henzollern" shouted Herr Elsman. fliey approached him. He waved them aside. But the Duchess did not take notice of the emperor's dismissal of thorn. Sho spoke to hor father, saying, "What is the matter, father, have you heard Dad news I" Bain Stares Hiin in tne Face. The emperor suddenly stopped and stared at his daughter absently and then turned to the empress and shook his Two days later Herr Schiedemann and lis two colleagues arrived at Wilhelm hoc. During those three days tho emperor behaved abnormally. His an ticipation of this meeting with his mero subjects seemed to fill him with abject terror. Once I heard him argue with Prince Max about Herr Schiedemann and his colleagues intentional arrogan ce. I heard the emperor shout, "It should not take those rebels more than head up and down in a most pathetic 24 hours to reach here. They are con- manner. Then dropping his head down ulti g their party leaders! " ' wards his chin almost touched his chest, "And no doubt they are," replied ho burst forth in a very weak tone: Prince Max sternly. Then turning to "Oh, the horror of it, the very horror the emperor he said, "Wilhelm, when of it! My God! My God! can nothing yon sent for Herr Schiedemann uas his avert this ruint" colleagues it was not for those throe As he ntored these words he turned civilians that you sent. You Bent for and walked down the corridor and en- . then as recognized leaders of their tered his writing room. , party. It is therefore proper that they Half an hour later when he appeared should consult their people." Prince at lunch he was wearing a dark tweed Max's remarks insensed the emperor suit. That was the first time tliat he still more but he made no reply. had appeared, clad in civilian attire A Never To Be Forgotten Day. since 1914. To the end of my life I shall remem- The emperor ate very little and drank let the day on which the three social- a good deal of wine, but the wine did ,ists arrived at WilhemBhoe. A telegram not seem to affect him at all. During reached the palace earlier from Schied- the lunch he spoke only . once t0 the eraann, informing the emperor that he Kaiserin, and then just a few words, and hig friends would arrive there atl Tne L3 Family MeaL two o'clock in the afternoon. In the Prince Max and Goneral Lndendorff 'meantime the emperor rose later than were also at the table and the two car asnal, and did not sit at his breakfast ried on an animated conversation, but intil 10 o'clock. After breakfast, which von Berg was not present. At the long tending to be very much interested in a document which he held in his hands. The emperor suddenly turned but wc not observed by the Prince, Herr Berg, nerr behiedeniaan and Herr Haase. Herr Elsmen saw the emperor but made no attempt to arise. The emperor em peror then fixed an angry glare upon the arrogant deputy. Herr Elsrnen re turned the glare for a few minutes, the two, the emperor and the subject re garded each, other with great contempt. until the emperor grew pale with an ger and without a word left the room 1 could realize what an insult that meant to the emperor. I could under stand his feeling. But he accepted de feat. He withdrew from the field of tho Bilont battlo of eyes and faces that was more deadly than shells and bul lets. The end had come and the em peror knew it, but I am sorry that he did not yield more gracefully. Prince Max then went to Herr Els men and reproached him, saying. "Herr Elsuieu, it is a grave offense not to arise to greet the emperor." "We Have Come to Meet One Herr Wilhelm Hohenzolleni." Herr Elsmen jumped violently to his teot and shaking his clenched fist with in a few foot of the Prince shouted," longer do the Gorman people know em perors; we have come here to meet one Horr Wilhelm Hohenzollern. The prince After lunch Prince Max retired to the emperor's writing room, while the em peror, accompanied by his daughter and tho empress retired t0 tho Duchess of Brunswick s apartments. I was ordered to wait on Prince Max. Goneral Luden- dorff joined the Court Chamberlain and the two withdrew to the terrace. , .. , Prince Max Greets Socialists . Deputies Cordially. . At 2 o'clock shary Herr Sehiedemauu and his two colleagues, made their .ap pearance at the Palace and immediate ly sent their cards to Prince Max, Prince Max then ordered me to receive the socialist deputies. I met the party at the entrance of the palace and ushered them into the emperor's writ ing room where tho Princo was await ing them. The greetings between the socialist 'deputies and the Prince were extremely cordial. In a few momentE Herr Berg made his appearance and tho five withdrew to tho window overlook ing tho gardon and though standing en tered at once into animated conversa- lon. A row moments attorwards ranee Max requested the deputies to be seat ed. Kaiser Defeats In the First Encounter. I had scarcely finished giving smokes to the guests when the emporor entorod unannounced and accompanied by Capt. Ellsburg, one of his secretaries. The emperor on entering tho room did not take notice of tho others present in the room and went straight to his desk and without sitting, inspected superfi cially his mail. Horr Schiedemann and Herr Huaso and Prince Max and von Burg were talking animatedly, while Herr Elsmen remained ia his seat, pre- Half an hour passed and they did not return. Then Captain Ellsburg, the em' peror 's secretary, entored the room Mid motioned me to join him. Accompanied by Captain Ellsburg I entered the kaiser's smoking-room and there found lain in. such anger as I havo never seen before. He ordered ma to address a telegram to Goneral ended shortly after 11 o'clock, ne went table below sat the members of the howed and said nnt.liir.ir H fhnn with. Ior a stroll with Ludendorff in the gar- nousenoia, t0 wo numoer or tv. i sat urew from the r leaving the throe den end at about 12 o'clock they re- with the latter but earned on n0 con- aocialiBt d(!puti0s with Berg. I learned turned and sitting on the terrace smok- versntion with my neighbors at the ta- fcfterwar(Jg that tho ka;8Cr tad one to ed iligontly. He was still wearing ble. As I looked at tho diners it began his gmoki room whero his d ht his undress uniform of the Death's to dawn on mo that perlmps that would and the kaiserin awaiting the Head Hussars, which he had been wear-, be the last meal that the emperor . and outoome of the eventful conferen0.Tne ang smcu ins arrive! i Vue ocmuss. emperor vowed to them that under It was getting near lunch time whon household at thi8 palace. And my sub- circum8tanoe8 would ne t th r Prince Max joined the emperor and conscious misgivings have already come beu;oug socialists. (ienersi imciemiorrr at tne terrace, at- true, n was niso me last umo mm ter the usual exchange of greetings the General Ludendorff sat with the ompcr- emperor signalled to me to bring more cigars. I did so and was furnishing light to Prince Max when he addressed the emperor saying: "Wilhelm, you have vorv little time to chango your at tiro before you meet Herr Schiedemann . a-nd his colleagues. Prince Max himself was garbed in a common civilian busi ness suit. General Ludendorff was in ful military uniform, but he was not to take cart in the council anyway. The socialist deputies had made that condi tion: They should not meet -the military men. The emperor made no reply, but after a fow moments rose and left Gen eral Ludendorff and Prince Max on the terrace and went towards the Palace. I followed him. Anxiety Walks With. the Kaiser. A long corridor on the second floor of the palace runs from the emperor's smoking and lounging rooms to the ap artments of the Duchess of Brunswick, which is connected with the apartments of the kaiserin at the extreme end. I followed the emperor to the end of the corridor, keeping about fifteen of twen ty foot distant. I thought he was bound to the kaiserin 's apartment, and that on reaching the threshold he would turn and dismiss me. But on reaching the other end of the corridor he turned abont and started back. I stood at at tention and still expocted to be dismiss ed. But he did not seem to see me, or did not take notice of me. He walked walked back to the door of his smoking loom. Attd then again turning retraced his steps. I realized that he was going to walk back and forth through the en tire length of the long corridor. And he did. For half an hour he walked back and forth, his gaze fixed on the floor, neither looking to the right or to the left, dead to everything about him. Sev eral time, servants appeared at the cor ridor but withdrew timidly. Three la-flies-in-waiting had started from the Duchess of Brunswick's apartment and were about to cross the length of the corridor, but on seeing the 'emperor in this strange mood, they also retired in J haste. I myself took my station at the entrance of the Duchess' writing room and stoed at attention as often as the emperor passed and repassed me. During all this time the kaiserin and tor daughter, the Duchess of Bruns wick wore in the garden. Presently they returned, and seeing the emperor walk Jng np and down the corridor, talking to himself in a very excited manner, Mis 3 Anne Morgan Who Eaa New Plan To House Girls 9 HILDREN Should not be "dosed" for colds apply the "outside" treatment- "YOUR BODYGUARD" -30?. 60?. tT.2 A HUNDRED-DOLLAR STAMP A new feature of 1919 War Savings Stamp activities Is the stamp of $100 denomination, which will probably be placed on the market this month. The $100 stamps will be about the size of a Liberty bond and will sell for $82.60 if put on sale in February. The price will in crease 20 cents each succeeding month until the end of the year. i I Hi 3i. 1 , "J' . JOURNAL WANT ADS PAY XiljiTjAyjiwijasrojtsjUSV The girls community club have just leased three big- houses to care for the welfare of the working UrU who have no homes In New York. The plaa was started by Miss Anne Morgan, sister of America's leading financier, who will oversee the work of construction and entertainment. Photo shows a recent pose of Miss Morgan. but the name I could not each, as I was some distance from him. But Prince Max, the kaiserin and the duchese heard the name. The kaiserin again went to him and began to plead with him to moot the socialist deputies, The Emperor in a Pury. But the emperor was still angry, "I am still the emperor," he shouted, "and so long as I am the emperor I shall not tolerate such insolence. Lot tho contemptible rebels do their best. I will fight them until I have destroyed treason in my empire. They have come to defy my will, to insult me. From this moment I will speak to them in tho language of doath!" Prince Max Prophesies Eeign of Terror. How wonderful the prince was. He allowed the emperor to talk and threat en and shout defiance to his subjects like a patieht mother permits her child to cry ana sa-v tnings but at he end bends the will of her little one to do nor bidding. So when the kaiser had finished the Princo went to him and standing near him, said: "Wilhelm, if you dismiss Horr Schiedemann and his colleagues now you will bring about an immediate and bloody revolution, com pared with the French reign of terror. iv in jiaiu imo signiricance. These are critical moments. We aro racing fast into a Dioouy civil war. The end is measured not by days or hours, but by minutes. Do act quickly." The emperor was displeased by the words of his kinsman. His anger waf still unsubdued. He glared at tha prince and raising his voice shouted "I curse you, you, too, have gone over 10 tiiose aamuauie traitors." For the first time Prince Max showed evidences of anger but controlled him self admirably. I observed the musclei of his lower jaw stand up in relief. For a few moments a horrible silence reign ed in the room that appeared like many uourB. Then again addressing the emperor the prince said ,"Well then, your maj esty, these are my last words to you. You have made me your chancellor to save your throne. I can not promise you that your throne is safe. It is now your life and the lives of your kinsmen that aro in jeopardy. If you dp not meet Herr Schiedemann and his c'ollca gues now, within a week not only your throne, bue even your person will be in danger. Do save what you can out of the ruins." The empress again cried, saying "Please do what Max advises you to do." In this the duchess joined her mother's appeal. The Kaiser Capitulates. Then the emperor walked to Prince Max, took his arm, and turning to his daughter said, "Louise, I shall meet he rebels, because Max says I must," Fortunately, on re-entering the em--08 m pano; 9ml moot J)uiuji s(jojod cialist deputies and Berg talking ani matedly. The emperor walked to the table and took his seat without a word to those present in tho room. Prince Max seat ed the socialist deputies and Berg took After a few minutes of silence the emperor raised his head and looking straight at Schiedemann said. ''I am ready to hear your council, please pro ceed." Discussions Among Deputies. Herr Schiedemann did not mince Dragging Brakes Are Cause Of Big Loss Dragging brakes cause American motorists to surfer large pecuniary los ses every year. Whon either emergency or service set has continual contact be tween lining and drum, it means not on ly .needless consumption of power and fuel, but also excessive wear on the entire driving mechanism of the ear, to ny nothing of thetdamage done to the brakes and their linings. You can easily learn if your brakes are dragging by the following simple process. After placing the gears in neutral, jack np the rear wheels, one at a time, and turn them over by hand. If they give forth rubbing or scrap ing sound, or if they turn with unusual difficulty, they are dragging. The remedy lies in adjusting the brake af fected So that the wheel turns easity and without friction between band and lrum. At the same time see that the brake takes hold firmly when In oper ation. 1 Exterior Of Engine Must f BeKept Clean Too frequently motorists are sars fied to keep their engines free from carbon, but do not attempt to keep the exterior of their power plants cleun. They should take a lesson from the steam engineers wh0 keep their mach inery bright and shiny ia euuitton to removing all dirt. A motor car engine is exposed to more severe operating conditions than a steam engine. Dire, road dust and mud mix with oil, form ing a gummy muss. When this mixture of oil and dirt reaches working parts it has the effect of emery. 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"That compromise will never be ac cepted by the majority of the socialists Tho monarchy must end at once, if must end now." Tho emporor brought his clenched fist down on the table and looking straight at Elsman exclaimed, "The monarchy will end only whon tho means of maintaining it ends. My armies aro still in existence." Herr Elsmen was not to be cowed. He, too, brought his hugo clenched fist down on the table ac glaring at the emporor said: "Let Horr Wilhelm Hoh enzollern atcmpt it. Your armies will not save you even one dayf" Again the emperor acknowledged de feat in the verbal battle. He made no reply, and during the rest of the coun cil he spoke not more than a dozen words. ((Next week the writer will narrate how the kaiser finally agreed to surren der to his rebel subjects and how he took to his heels and beat it to Hoi land. open the throttle Thoy throw off the clutch and turn the front wheels the way the car is skidding, letting the driving wheels turn as slowly as pos sible. 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While inspecting tne ear, it is wiee to examine the steering-gear joints for wear. 000 for cooperation with the federal government in making topographic maps in Oregon, H B 128, by Edwardsf Authorizing the state labor commissioners to con duct educational work to provent bodily injury. H B SO, by Cross Providing that a person must be a resident of a county in which suit is instiucd before action can be commonced for divorce. II B 336, by Thrift Providing for county moat and herd inspectors. H. B. 323, by Sehcubol To prohibit tho buying of junk from minors. II B 16, by Scheubol Increasing tire- ' annual license foes of domeetio corpora tions, JOURNAL WANT ADS PAY STRENGTHENS ' KIDNEYS PURIFIES BLOOD Too esn't expert weak kidneVs J filter the acids and poisons out of yoi system unless tliey are given a little hell Don't allow them to become dinesaej when a little attention now will prei vent it. Don't try to eheat nature. 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