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The Washington herald., 1918-11-26
CAN SOLVE HUN
FOOD PROBLEM
Curtailment of fransporta-
ton Will Curtail Sup
ply, Says Writer.

London (via British wireless
service), Nov. 25.-An article under
the title "Armistice and Food Sup
ply" written by Herr OeteIshofen,
a specialist on the subject, appeared
in the Cologne Gazette on Novem-
Der Is. The writer argues that
there can be no question of short
age of food in Germany, but that
curtailment of transportation so as
to give preference to foods of great
value in proportion to their bulk
will help to solve the problem.
Herr Oetelshofen also advocates
the killing of pigs and abolition of
the rationing of sugar and restric-
tion of railway consignments for
distances of more than $50 miles on
shipments of corn, live cattle, meat,
fats, poultry. eggs and cheese.
Dealing with the harvest, Herr Os-
telshofen intimates that the corn har-
vest is not less than 100000 tons,
and puts the potato harvest at about
tons. He points out that Ger
many must have an abundance of
sugar, because most of the nation 8
sugar has hitherto been used as raw
material for munitions, and now Ger
many has sugar harvest of about
100000 tons, compared with a con-
sumption in peace times of about
], ,2oo, 900 tons.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-26
VAIL WILL HELP
WIRE SYSTEMS
Noted Authority on Electri-
cal Communication VIII
Give Burleson Aid.

Theodore n. Vail, president of the
American Telegraph and Telephone
Company will act as the personal
advisor of Postmaster General Bur
Lesson in his organization OF the wire
systems under the government, IL
was announced from the Office Of the
Postmaster General yesterday. An
nouncement of Mr.. Burleson's invi-
tation to Mr.. Vail was made last
Saturday and the acceptance came
yesterday. The formal statement
from Mr.. Burleson's Office said:
Mr.. Vail will be consulted by the
Postmaster General as his personal
advisor and will prepare for the
Postmaster General. for his assist
ance in directing the wire control,
a comprehensive report upon the
wire service with a view to the more
extended use OF the telephone, tele-
graph and cable during government
control.
The years Of study which Mr.
Vail has given to the problems OF
universal wire service and a unified
and extended cable system. and his
pre- eminence as an authority on the
organization Of electrical communi-
cation, will render his advice and
assistance of great value to the
Postmaster General"
The Washington herald., 1918-11-26
USE HUN SHIPS
FOR US. ARMY
Many Additional Vessels
May Be Taken Over,
Says Baker.

That German ships. other than those
taken over by the United States dur
ing the war. may help to bring back
to this country the soldiers who con-
quered thenHis a probability, accord
ing to Secretary Baker.
1t was explained by Mr.. Baker yes
terday that the United States would
not have at its disposal all OF the
British ships which had been used to
take the troops to France. Both
England and France will be anxious
to return to their homes the colonial
troops who, like the Americans, will
not be needed in Europe.
A very large number Of the long
pent-up German merchant ships, MIR.
Baker said, might by. some arrange
ment be used as transports. One OF
the last estimates was that Germany
had before the war more than ZOO
cargo ships, so that allowing for in
ternments taking over, captured and
soforth, there are many still available
In addition to these, IL utilized, this
government will have the use of the
Dutch ships now in service. the con-
tracts for which. according to the
Navy Department, do not expire until
six months after the war emergency
period.
At present. Secretary Baker said.
there were no announcements to make
as to the return of troops other than
those divisions announced by Gen.
March on Saturday. Mr.. Hurley.
chairman OF the Shipping Board, Is
now in Europe, and is doubtless ac-
quainting Gen. Pershing OF any pros
pect there may be for expediting the
homecoming OF the soldiers.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-26
Pershing Doomed
For President by
Ohio Republicans

Columbus. Ohio. Nov. "a cam
paign for the election OF Gen. John
J. Pershing. commander-in-chief of
the American Expeditionary Forces in
France, to the Presidency in 1870. was
formally launched in Ohio today by
the Incorporation of THE Pershing
Republican League"
Former United States Senator
Charles Dick, Of Akron, and fourteen
other prominent Republicans Of Akron
and Summit Counties are sponsors for
the movement. Mr.. Dicks name heads
the list of the fifteen men who signed
the articles OF Incorporation, which
were issued by the Secretary Of State
today.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-26
AID OF FOREIGN
BORN MILLIONS
BREWERS aim
Tried to Prevent Assimila-
ton of Foreign-born
with Native-born.
EXPENSE WORTH PRICE
DR.. Andreae, Brewers Pub
licity Man, Wrote Articles
Signed Hammerling.
EXPENSE WORTH PRICE

That the foreign language press was
encouraged and supported by the
brewers in an effort to prevent the as
similation of the foreign element with
the native-born population. was dis
closed in the document submitted to
the Senate Judiciary subcommittee by
Maj. Hunes, counsel for the subcom-
mittee, in charge of the Investigation
of the financing of the Washington
Times and the Brisbane-brewers com.
pact.
A report made to e. A. Schmidt.
president of the United States Brew
ers' Association, in February. 1915.
shows that the brewers contributed
S5S,oio during q six months period to
the foreign language newspapers as
sociation for written contracts and
verbal contracts regarding the ex-
penses necessarily arising from the
above. such as the preparation OF
articles. meeting of publishers at yari-
Gus centers, travelling expenses of the
directors of the American Association
OF Foreign Language Newspapers and
outlays incidental to the general cam
paign among the foreign press"
Articles written by DIR. Percy An
dreae, head OF the Brewers Pub
licity Bureau, but appearing over the
signature of Louis Hammerling. pres
ident Of the American Association of
Foreign Language Newspapers, were
published in over 6s3 publications with
CONTINUED on PAGE THREE.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-26
German Warships
Wretched Trim;
Crews Miserable

London, Nov. 25.-Describing q
cruise around the surrendered Ger
man ships before their departure
from the Firth of Forth for their
place OF internment in the scapa
Flow. the correspondent of the Daily
Telegraph sAys the ships were in
such condition that they looked like
vessels laid by for breaking up pur-
poses. They apparently had not
been painted for more than two
years. Tunnels and bridges were
covered with rust and the masts
were blackened with SCOT
On all the ships except the Der
fiinger crews lounsed about. paying
no attention to their officers. The
men looked miserable and drcnched
and cold.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-26
FLIES
IN STRASSBURG
Women Weep as King AL
bert, Foch and Petain
Enter City.

Strassburg. Alsace, Nov. 25.-The
French Tri-Color tonight fiutters from
the citadel of this ancient fortress
city. dating from the time of the
Romans. At the head of the French
Fourth Army. amid furore OF en-
thusiasm on the part of the populace,
Marshal Foch, King Albert, of the
Belgians, and Gems. Gouraud and
Petain entered the historic town on
the Rhine today through the famous
Schirmock gate.
French advance guards yesterday
had posted a proclamation by Gen.
Gouraud in the city, beginning with
the words of the Mareiellaise, The
Day of Glory Has Arrived;
sufferingS : said the famous colonial
veteran after entering the city and be-
holding the multitude of wildly cheer
ing men, women and children.
1t was a spectacle that went far
toward softening the generals grief
over the death of his mother. of which
he had been Just previously appraised.
He proudly led his poilus through the
new German built part of the city into
the old French part, overlooked by the
spire of the superb cathedral. In
front of the ancient edifice he Joined
Marshal Foch. King Albert and Gen
Petain. all riding magnificent thor
oughbred chargers.
Women weeping with Joy held up
children to kiss the drapeau placed
on the statue of Marshall Kleber.
Practically all of the city's 10000
inhabitants had turned out to welcome
the libcrators.
The great square hitherto called I'm
perial Place has been named Place
de la Republique, and the statue CT
wIlheim Ii had been removed before
The French entered the city.
THAT the Russians should enter
in the course of the
war is as improbable as IT is GER
tain that the French Tri-color will
not wave again from the S-rassburg
Citadel. ALBERT Ballin In 1915.
On the day the armistice was
signed Ballin died. a suicide, some
dispatches said.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-26
FOREIGN ENVOY
TO JOIN, WILSON
Jusserand Will Sail with
President; CellereMay
Be of Party.

Ambassador Jusserand. of France.
win accompany President Wilson on
his trip abroad to the peace confer
ence. 1t was officially announced yes
terday. 1t is reported that Count
Macchi di CeIlere, the Italian Envoy.
may also go with him. II this is
the case, it means that the Presi-
dents itinerary is to include Rome,
in addition to London and Paris.
The President, it was learned yes
terday, will have no further appoint
ments at the White House. up to the
time of his departure He received
no visitors at the White House, yes
terday and will receive none, unless
they come on urgent business. In
the meantime he Is preparing the ad-
dress that he will make to Congress
just prior to his leavetaking. The
preparations for the trip coupled with
the Presidents personal instructions
to subordinates not to bother him
with inconsequential details, seems to
be a tacit refutation of the report
courrent yesterday that he had aban-
doned the trip.
Many things about the journey,
however. are as yet undecided. George
Creel. chairman of the Committee on
Public Information, called on the
President yesterday to make arrange
ments for the newspaper correspond
ents on board the vessel upon which
the Chief Executive will sail but
upon his return from the White
House. Mr.. Creel said the President
had not made a decision on this fea-
tuTe
The Washington herald., 1918-11-26
Would Have u. S. Save
War-Wrecked Europe

New York. Nov. 25:-State and coun-
try food administrators in conven-
ton here tonight considered plan
whereby America would become a
great building loan association to put
the war-wrecked countries of Europe
on their feet again.
Fred c. Walcott, representing Her
bert Hoover. National Food Admin
istrator, pointed out the the United
States had made $4,000, 100000 out of
the war in the first three years, and
he declared that large part of that
amount should SO to the peoples left
without capital stock"
Mr.. Walcott reiterated Hooyer's
pledge that Germany will not be fed
until the starving nations around her
and the allies are taken care of.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-26
RED SOVIETS RULE GERMANY;
PLAN A BOLSHEVIST REGIME
Ebert Surrenders Power to Liebknecht Work
mems and Soldiers Council Formed; Ba-
.varia Threatens Split from Prussia.

Amsterdam, Nov. 3-Lebknecht, the
radical, has emerged, victor over
Ebert. the moderate, in a three-days
struggle at Berlin.
AS in the previous revolutionary
combats. the struggle between the two
rebel wings has been comparatively
bloodless. but the future is fraught
with crimson dangers. for the radicals.
now in complete power, have written
upon their banner. THE End Justi-
fies All Means"
The affairs of all Germany rest for
the moment in the hands OF the Ber-
lin workmen's and soldiers council,
which has wrested all power from the
Ebert government The Chancellor
ureheads.
simultaneously with the spectre OF
the red terror another menace has
arisen on the horizon of the strive
swept former empire. A definite split
between North and South Germany,
and consequent civil war.
The South German States. Bavaria,
Prussia's arch foe, in the lead, have
served an ultimatum on the Berlin
government that IL II is found impos-
sible at a conference in the capital
today to re-establish unity throughout
the land. Bavaria, Wuertemmburg,
Hesse and Baden will secede from
Northern Germany and form a repuo-
Ire uniting the States Of South Ger
many with German-Austria-
Ebert surrenders Power.
The climax of the struggle between
the spartacus CRadicsD group and the
moderates came when a document
was signed between them which Ber-
lin dispatches describe as an agree
ment" but which actually was the
Ebert's government surrender for in
It the Moderates signed away virtu-
ally all their power to the Berlin
workmen's and soldiers council.
Liebknecht, chieftan of ''the Reds
has openly declared that his goal
is Bolshevism, and nothing else.
II am proud Of being a bolshevist"
he said at a public meeting in q
speech violently denouncing the ir-
adequately of the Ebert government
which he said was driving him TO re-
peat the methods Of the Russian Reds
in Germany. He praised the Russian
Bolshevild saying they had accon-
plished.
Those who know Lebknecht or have
followed his stormy career through
The Washington herald., 1918-11-26
TEN NEW PERSHINGS DAILY.
Name Popular Among New York
ers for Offspring.

New York, Nov. New York. the
metropolis OF the universe. has no
family Of the surname OF Pershing.
a shortage which the outbreak OF the
war has disclosed. Psrshiug as q
Christian name, however, is going TO
stand forth for generations.
Statistics show that on an average
of ten pair OF proud parents are daily
conferrinE that appeliation on rhetr
male offspring Wilson and Wood
row are second. For the girls. Vic
tory and Lorraine lead.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-26
MOONEY STRIKE CRISIS GRAVE:
DEFENSE MEETING IN new YORK
unrest Grows in Labor Circles as Prospects
for Release Unchanged Service Men
in Gotham Object to Red Flag.

New York. Nov. 2s.-'we have busi-
ness here tonight. We do not want
to duplicate the Flanders battlefield."
shouted Scott Nearing in an effort TO
restore order at the Thomas ]. Moon
ey defense meeting at Madison Square
Garden A declaration for interna-
tonal Socialism by Nearing, following
the arrest OF four persons charged
with dlsorderly conduct for display
ing a red banner with the inscription
withdraw the troops from Russia,
had thrown the meeting into disorder.
The doors of the great hall were
thrown open at o'clock. The red flag
was not in evidence In the crowds.
but the men wore red neckties and
the women red caAnations. Before the
doors were closed more than 200 men
in uniform were admitted. One hun
dred and fifty police reserves were
rushed to the hall to maintain order.
Hundreds Of detectives. secret service
operatives and agents Of the Depart
ment OF Justice mingled with the
crowds.
The Star Spangled Banner and the
Marsefllaise were greeted warmly
but when the tune of the Interna
tional. anthem Of the international
Socialists. reached the ears of the
throng waiting for admission to the
gathering place, a wild outburst of
enthusiasm broke loose.
From time to time the assembly
was thrown into an uproar by an
unusual display of the red flag.
Situation serious.
Shortly before 10 o'clock United
States Marshal Mccarthy and a
number Of deputies arrived at the
garden and went into a conference
with Assistant District Attorney
Rorke. it was said, regarding the
threatening attitude of the sailors
and soldiers in the meeting.
The situation became serious
about IL o'clock when 500 soldiers
and sailors gathered in Madison
Square, about a block from Madison
Square Garden. and started a coun-
ter meeting with patriotism to Old
Glory as the keynote.
Down with the red flag" was the
cry and there were some threats OF
charging the Mooney meeting.
While mounted policemen spurred
their horses into the soldiers and sail
ors' meeting to break 1t up as a pre-
cautionary measure, emergency calls
were sent to twelve police stations and
to military and naval police headquar-
ters for more reserves.
No one was hurt in the disturbance
outside the hall. The uniformed men
were dispersed but fingered in groups
around the garden.
Meantime. within the hall. Scott
Nearing was addressing his audience
of Socialists. He announced that the
meeting had been called TO celebrate
the revolutions in Europe"
The Washington herald., 1918-11-26
CALLS FOR DENSMORE
AS MOONEY WITNESS

San Francisco Nov. 25.-Secretary
of Labor Wilson today was appealed
to by William Mccarthy. foreman OF
the county jury, to request John s.
Densmore. author of the dictagraph
records charging corruption against
city officials in connection with the
Thomas Mooney case, to return from
Portland and appear as a witness be-
fore the grand jury in the investiga-
tion which that body began tonight.
Densmore has been in Portland
since leaving San Francisco.
'I will return to San Francisco and
testify before the grand jury if am
today.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-26
Plane Crashes Into Tree;
Airmen Escape Unhurt

Chicago. Nov. 25.-Leut John
Mcfarland. brother OF PaclCy Nc
Farland. prize-fiGhter. and Lieut.
Kenneth Carpenter, cadets from
Rantoul CIll) flying school escaped
injury and possibly death today
when their planes crashed into the
tops Of two trees in Grant Park
and hung there fifty feet from the
ground.
After a few moments the aviators
nstrapped their fastenings, climb
ed into the branches and descended
to earth. The machine was wrecked
Mcfarland and Carpenter had
started back TO Rantoul when the
crash came. The machine flew over
the park and encountered some
trolley wires at a street intersec-
ton. In executing a sharp ma
neuver to avoid the wires, the plane
slIidded into the tree tops.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-26
WAR APPROPRIATIONS
MAY BE CUT BY BILL
Representative Sherley to Petition
Congress 10 CurtaIl Expenses.

Announcement was made yesterday
by Representative Sherley. OF Ken
lucky, chairman OF the House Ap-
propriations Committee, that as soon
as Congress convenes he will intro
duce a bill TO repeal all unneces ssry
appropriations passed at the recent
session. This step will be taken in
order to force a rigid policy OF re-
trenchment in all government eX-
penditures.
Mr.. Sherley has already conferred
with the President and is understood
TO have received full indorsement for
the measure He intends TO confer
with Secretaries Baker and Daniels.
and other departmental heads in or
der TO ascertain how much can be
saved out OF appropriations that have
been authorized but not spent. Hear
ings OF the committee will be held
also TO the end that the fullest in
formation may be gathered regard
ing other avenues Of retrenchment.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-26
Supreme Court Justice
Bars German Tongue
In N. Y. Courtroom

White Plains, N. Y, Nov. 25-"We
don't speak that language here" said
Justice Tompkins, in the Supreme
Court today when counsel for the
plaintiff I'm a divorce case asked for
an interpreter for a German woman
who claimed she could not speak Eng
l3sh.
Let's see how well she can speak
English" said the Justice. He asked
the woman several questions which
she answered in fairly good English.
she can speak the English language
all right" was the courts final de-
cision and the case was continued
without an interpreter.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-26

the days Of autocracy when he alone
dared time and again 70 defy the
muzzling laws. risdng life and hb-
erty and finally losing the latter. have
no doubt that he Is in earnest he
Is convinced the Russian methods are
the only ones promising the realiza-
ton of his dream: Rule Of the pro-
letarist"
1t was Prussia, always the hated
Prussia, TO which Liebknecht as long
as a quarter OF a century ago pointed
as the thing that must be crushed
lest Germany be plunged into a cata-
clysm- The cstaclysm came. and upon
the smouldering debris Of the empire
DR.. Karl Liebknecht the irreconcils-
Bile foe Of sutocracy, is trying 70
build up a rule Of q different sort.
When the war was lost when the
home front crumbled and dragged the
military front along into dissolution
and defeat, the German people cried
for vengeance. Every fiber Of the
German national feeling treInbled with
fury against the autocrauc masters
that had caused Il all. But In the
moment when this fury broke loose
with the force that only wholehesrteo
rebeIlions can issue, the military mas
tiers, prompted either by wise and pa
triotic foresight. or by cowsrdices van
ished in the air, abdicated, resigned
and scurried for cover.
With the tyrants gone, the German
people, free at last, had had the only
vengeance they sched for, and the
masses were content TO forget about
the war and turn TO the pursuits Of
peace, and. above all, 10 the RELIEF
Of the nationwide suffering.
Germany Map Split LIN TIVE
Formation Of a South German re-
public, with Munich as the capital
is believed a matter OF days. perhaps
hours. All over the former empire
the movement TO break away COM
pletely from Berlin, as the capital
and from Prussia, as the dominant
State, is growing rapidly.
AS 90 food conditions, the situa-
ton is described as extremely criti-
cal. There has been some increase
in the bread rations and there are
plenty of potatoes. but other food
stufIs are sorely lacking The meat
rations are negligible. An evil
smelling margarine made from tur-
nips is used as a substitute for but
I ter.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-26
M'ADOO TO AIR VIEWS
ON PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
Director General of Railroads to
Make Statement Before Retiring.

Atlanta, Ca. Nov. "a public state
ment, based on practical knowledge.
setting forth his views on govern
ment ownership OF railroads and other
public utilities will in all probability
be made by Director General of Rail
roads McAdoo before his retirement
from office. He let this be made
known tonight before leaving here for
a continuation of his tour Of the South
that has Milledgeville, Ga. the village
OF his boyhood. as its final destina-
ton.
He said that when he was ready with
his conclusion, based on practical ex-
perience in handling the railroads Of
the country during the war period, he
may have something to say on what
he considers the most feasible solu-
ton OF the public utilities question.
81 am glad somebody appreciates my
financial condition" was his only COM
ment when told of the action Of st
Louis railroad men pledging 5000 a
month to keep him on the job.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-26
Wives Divide Estate
Left by Jack London

Santa Rosa. Cal. Nov. 25.-The con-
test over the estate of Jack London
was settled today. Mrs. Bessie Lon
don, the writer's divorced wife, had
opened suit on behalf of herself and
two daughters, Joan and Bess The
settlement was sanctioned by all in
terested and approved by the court.
The two daughters will receive $3.50
a month until they are % years old
or until they marry. Mrs. Bessie
London is given some real estate and
Mrs. Charmion London. the widow re-
ceives the balance of the estate.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-26
DUTCH FEAR KAISER
WILL RUIN HOLLAND
Travellers Reaching New York Hop
ed Nation Would Gust Wilhem.

New York, Nov. SIS the Kaiser
still in Holland?" was the question of
greeting OF a large group Of Holland
ers. some of them men of great prom
inence. as they leaned over the rail.
plainly showing their anxiety, as the
Hollandia, from Amsterdam, swung
into her pier here today.
The Hollandia, on special voyage to
carry food to the people Of Holland,
left Amsterdam two days before the
armistice was signed.
What about the crown prince p"
was the second question.
"The Kaiser will not remain. I do
not believe the Dutch people will per-
nit it," seemed to be the verdict Of
all. Food conditions in Holland were
described as terrible"
The Washington herald., 1918-11-26
ALLEGED OIL FRAUD
OVER $3O,000,O00

New York. Nov. 25.-Thirty million
dollars is the high mark placed on
the alleged fraud of the Tuxpam OIL
Corporation by government officials.
The operations of the company ex-
tended over a period of twenty months
and it is alleged that 10000 shares
of stock of the company were sold.
Government agents say that amounts
in excess Of $1O,0O0O 600 were collected
from the house for stock and that
the amount might reach S30,OOo,Oo0
The government alleges that no
Mexico holdings, on the strength of
which stock was sold. were in ex-
istence until last week.
Louis Roumagnac, resigned presi-
dent of the company, naturalized citi-
zen of Mexico, who is said to be a
French marquis, has been released
under $4,000 bail pending a hearing.