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• PRESIDENT TALKS TO JOINT SESSION TELLS LAWMAKERS HIS TRIP TO . EUROPE IS PARAMOUNT DUTY CONCLUDE PEACE IN SPRING' Railroads Must not Be Again Operated linde n '. Conditions Which Prevailed Before the War.—Compli- ments Women Washington. I •,,•. 3. ho an address to congress in jooint sessitat yesterday. President Missal foot - malls :immune's! los iiitention ii,, to Paris for the peace conference. saving the ;tilled govermnents have accepted principles enunciated by hint for peace and it is his paramoutd duly to be present. 'rho , president said he aill be in close touch loy ezoble and wireless and that congress will know all that he does on the otlio , r side. Referring to hisii ii ttttt meement that the French and British governments had removed all en tile restrictions upon the transmission of news of the cottieTrigA. lo 'Ainerica, the pteSident said he had taken over the American cable systems on expert advice so as to make a unified system available. Ile expressed the hope that he would have the co-operation of the public and of eongress, saying through the cables and wireless nonstant counsel am) lid - Vice Would be possible. Much of the address was devoted to the railroad problem, for which the president said he now had no solution to offer. Ile recommended careful study by congress, saying it would be a dis- service to the country and to the rail- roads to permit a return to old condi- tions under private management with- out ModifleatIons. The president conclitiled after speak- ing 42 mioutes and/left the chamber amidst applause limited to the Demo- cratic side. Interruption of the ad- dress for questions which had been threatened by some Republivan mem- bers of the Italia(' did not materialize. Would Release Roads. The presioient declared he had stood ready to release the railroads from government control whenever a satis- factory plan of readjustment could be worked out. The president said he hoped to see a formal declaration of peace by treaty \by the time spring has come.\ The new three year naval building program Was endorsed because, the president said, it would be unwise to attempt to adjust the American pro- gram to a future world policy as yet undetermined. Paying tribute to the people's con- duct in war, he spoke particularly of the work of WoMen and again tip. pealed for woman suffrage by federal amendment. Declaring he had \no pelvate thought or purpose in going to France,\ but that he regarded it as his highest duty the presideut added: No Progrem in Sight. \It is now my linty to piny may full part In making good what they (Amer lea's soldiers) offered their life's blood to obtain.\ No definite program of reeonstruc- thin can be outlined now, Mr. \VINOD Said. He expressed the hope that con- gress would not object to conferring upon the war trade board or some other agency the right of fixing export priorities to assure shitoment of food to starving people abroad. As to taxation, tile president In- dorsed the plan for levying $43.1100.000; 000 in 11019 sod for notifying the public lit tuiratici• ttilit 1920 .. levy Would be $4.000,000,000. _ QUASH INDICTMENTS FOR DEPORTATION OF STRIKERS THE STANFORD WORLD QUEEN OF \\\ !FIRST AMERICANS RETURNED TO U. S. Latest plootolormili 1 Elizaliet, queen it Belgium, whose bravery has been !quid too that of her soldier husband, the king. UNCOVER PLOT TO PUT WILLIAM BACK ON JOB Scores MAIM: I ANIA All WITH LOAD OF HOMECOMING C Fl USA DERS B0.000 MORE SOON RELEASED Demobilization of 649,000 Men In Training Camps Is Ordered. -46,- 000 Men Already Discharged From Camps New York, lie. 2.- -The British steamship Mauretania, returning to the United States with the first largo body of American overseas troops, an- chored in Gravertend bay • at 7:40 o'clock Met night. Site was met by navy wool army tugs. She remained at her sinchorage until early this morn- ing, when she docked at Hoboken. The !MU tug, it wns reported, met the Manretania to bring ii shore Ad- miral Henry T. Mu yo, commander of the Atlaidie fleet, who was returning from England us a passenger. The army tlig, it was said, had orders to bring ashore an army officer of high rank. Aboard the Mauretania, as announc- ed reeently by General March, chief of slit If, are several Ihousalui members of the nir service, who were stationed in England. The ship also) Carried a number of eatsuals. Accoroling to a reeent announeement by Brignolier General C. II. McMan- us, emliarkation °Meer at this port, to safeguard pithily health. the soldiers were to lie taken direetly' to demobili- zation camps for pity...deal examina- tion. Barracks lit Camp Mills have of Arrests Follow Delection of been prepared for their reeeption. Imperialistic Scheme in German Capital Liondom. Dec. 3.—A plot to restore imperialism mid secure the return of Emperor William has been diseovered In Berlin, according to a dispatch from Anistenlani to the Express. According to the dispatch. which was filed at Amsterdam on Friday, the chief men behinol the plot were Field Marshal von Mackensen. General von Born and General Count Sixt von Ar- nim. Large sums of money are Said to have been placed at the disposal of the leaders by munition makers. The plot collapsed owing to the fact that a secret service agent overheard a telephone conversntion. Many ar- rests- iiiivabeen made in Berlin and other cities. while the government tins long lists of suspects, who bad planned to seize members of the present gov- ernment. No direct evidence of William HO- henzollern's conneetion with the plot has been found. It Is said, but it is be- lieved that the outline of the plan was brought to Berlin by two of his suite who recently went to the Ger- man capitati for the ostootteible purpose of taking the wife of the former em- peror to Amerongen. Holland. Lieut. Dr. Gustav Krupp von Bohlen is Said to have been in rontrol of the financial arrangements. Field Marshal von Mackensen Is reported too have at- tempted to induce Field Marshal von Hindenburg to join. but the latter re- fused, saying that he intended to re- sign after the demobilization of the army. The whole PrilsAatt cOlirt, it is wits in syllipathy Wilh the plotters, and it Was said that Prinee Nen Buelow and Dr. (Norge 'Michaelis% roamer Im- perial chancellor, had tor 'still to help. Tire plan WaS to 'organize a provisional government miller Field Moirshal von Mackenso.n or stain , oilier military leader amid then urge William Hohenzollern to return. CONTENDS VACANCY RESULTS Wounded Arrive, New York, Dee. 2. --The hospital ship Northern Pacific docked at Ho- boken last night with 1,100 wounded ), soldiers and marines on board, includ- ing 40 officers. For the returning heroes there was none of the martial pomp which sent them away. A few of the \walking wounded\ lined the rail as the vessel came abreast of the statue of Liberty, and there was a feeble cheer as Barthololl's emblem of freedom wel- comed them to the harbor. On the way in they passed the giant Maure- tania. at anchor in Gravesend bay, eroded with the troops returning from training camps in'England. Five hundred of those aboard the Northern -Pacific are badly wounded, but most a the others were able to hobble about the ship on the voyage across. The work of removing the wounded to hospitals begnn this morning. The Red Cross mobilized every avulhible ambulance to carry them. Two More Vessels Sail, Washington. Dec. 2.—NotIce was re- ceived by the war department of the sailing from Liverpool on November 29 of the steamer Ascanhis for New York with 47 officers and 1,427 own and the steamer ()motile, for Boston. with 54 officers and 1,067 men. All on board both steamers are aero uaiik except a few casualties arid unattach- ed officers. . This makes a total of 13;00 offi- cers and men now enroute home from England, representing nearly two- thirds of the total number of Ameri- can tromps in that (-motto - alien the armistice %vote signed. The remainder are to return hoome on several steamers to-aving 1.i..o.rpool this with and next. Four Divisions Coming. %Vashington, I sot% 2. --Four divisions TIT their entirety mill major units of o• - e..dit other olivisiinis of the Atopriean rtny in France have been deshMated by General Pershing for an early re - WITH PRESIDENT'S SAILING turn home. These troops, with other speeial units. General Mi -lii'f of Joint Resolution Is introduced in staff, anteimiceol, total :MI officers San Francisco Judge Sustains Twenty- House Providing That Vice anol 79,643 men. five Bisbee, Arizona De- President Act • fendants Tucson, Ariz., Dee. 3.- .Toolge Wit- Bam N. Morrow ofSan Franosseo. sus- tained the demurrer and 'plashed the ; indietments in the Bisbee deportation Clifief: in a decision filed yesterday morning in the Uniteol States district court. Twenty-five capitalists, Mille opera- tors, public officials and citizens of Illsbee were Involved. The charges on which the 25 capi- talists, copper mine operators. public officials and citizens of Bisbee a - ere Indicted by a fede-al grand jury here In Aptil, 1918. resulted froom the de- portation from Bisbee on Jilly 12, 1917, of 1,186 strildtitz 'sipper Mine workers and their alleged sympoothizere. the ludictinente chareed conspiracy 14 de- prive citizens of the United Stales of their emistltutional ('iglu is. SWEEP VIRGINIA COAST . FOR GERMAN LAID MINES Onaticoo-h. Dec. 3.—Several aline sweepers oil - rived off the VII , girlie coyest yesterday to search for nilnes laid by German submarine); in the rattle on this side of the Atlantic last slimmer. Threoo tire said to have been located ill Coe points designnted by the German officials tit accordance with the armistice borate. The Ger- mans reported Hue 11 Dillies had been laid in the vicinity of Winter Water Shoal light. Washington. Deo. 3.—A joint resolli. rion introduced 1-y Representative Wo- l l en b erg or mil l ets. Republican, pro- powseS that CO!igres fleet:ire President Wilson's trip to klurope constitutes an na 1410 y In discharge the powers awl ditties of the office of president and that so loong as lie is away from the country, the vice president aet as presiolent. The resolution was drop- ped into the bill 'box without discus- sion on the floor. It was referred to the judieiary committee. Would Send Senators Along. Washingtont, Dec. 3.—Senator fhtro- mins of Iowa. itepithlletin. introdwed yesterday a resolution protiosing that a senate committee of four Democrats rind four Repubil Chills lie sent to France for the peome conference to keep the senate infoirmed on questions arising. FORTY MILLION HOGS KILLED DURING WAR Clecchind, Dee. 2—Figures given out hist night by James It. 31errea, presi- dent of the American Mint Packers' inisociatiom, show that since August, 1914, American meat packers have supplied American. :tined !dui neutral goverm»ents with rnere than 8.460,- 410 pounds- of meat products. This locluded 2,179,709,933 finitude of beef and (4280,377,617 pounds of pork. Forty million) hogs and 4,600,000 cattle were elaUghterel. 'rile cmotolele division's whiell will return at MI rly (late. Getieral Nfarch said, are the nth. 76111. Sith and 92nd. Important ekeintails of the following 0'v - b.:ions to return as so o n :is trans- p(gitation facilities :ire avail:lido. are la! 31st, :11th, 3stli, loth, s It h. Le5th; ' Stith and 88th. Oniers have been isemool. Ow c hi e f if staff alsio said. fi.4 - the demobiliza- tion of I; 1 , .1,0110 men in the l'i1:1110S and cantonment -t in the rioted Ap. proximately -11'1,000 lot - firers and men in the home camps already home been discharged. By the end of December. General %larch indicated. probably 1.111,10) to 17:4000 members of the expeditionary t forces will haVe returned to) this coup - try. By utilizing a large number of naval vessels anti' eerie) carriers In adt1111011 (0 transports, lie said, the 1.war department hoped itt time to pro- ' vide transportation for :301H -soot nem a I I month.- MOONEY PROTEST STRIKE FAVORED IN MINNEAPOLIS Minneapolis, 2.—licsoolutiona favoring a general protest strike of all labor unions in the country Doocember 9, to continue moil Thomas J. Mooney I s granted ft new trail, were adopted yeeterdAY at a meeting of the Min- neapolis 'Trade); anti Mien' assembly. It WWI deeidPd to put the question of a strike in Minneapolis lip to each local union. A majority of the votea east will decide whether a etrike is to be called here. REVENUE MEASURE REAR FOR SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE COMPLETES DOWNWARD REVISION OF BIG BILL Washington, Nov. :Loo. The -.emote fi- nance committeto last night completed revisioon of the war revenue bill, de - Niglio(' to raise $6.000,000,000 in taxes 11 1919 and about $4,000.1)tX1,0(Xt in 1920. The measure Is virtually reWrittell to meet the choingeol coutlitions attend - hug the end of the war. It now goes_ to the printer mei will be reported to the senate next Week, probably' On Thursday. Senate debate, Senator Simmoons said last night, !MU begin the following Sat- urday or Monday. With Republicans lined up solidly in opposition to inclusion of 1920 tax rates lit tile bill, it was conceded in all quar- ters tied' thIcusIoti lii the senate will delay passage of the measure and inany senators ioxpressed doubt - that it van be (quieted befoiso March 3, the date of the ending of this, the filial session of the Sixty-fifth congress. Suggest Some Expedients. In view of the exported delay, senate leaders and treasury department of- ficials alike are concerned over the question' of collecting taxes next year, as it now is admitted that unletts 'tine new law is enacted before January 1, collections must lit' made under the present revenue the yield from which is only about $4,000,000,000. Several expedients. Including adoption of emergeney legislation, incorporat- ing some of the features of the pend- ing bill, are under consideration. YANK TROOPS CROSS BORDER INTO PRUSSIA BEHIND HUNS General Pershing Decides to Estab- lish Headquarters at Treves, Big. gest City Yet Occupied With the American Army of Occu- pation, Dec. 2. --The American troops crossed the frontier into Prussia at daylight yesterday behind the German rear guards. Treves Is the most im- portant city thut; far occupied. ADM - - Iola troops also are patrolling scores of villages, however. General Pershing Is in the imme- diate vicinity to observe the operations. Ills advance 'headquarters will he es- tablished at Treves, where General Preston Brown will be military gover- nor, and Getters! littrry A. Smith In charge of civil affairs. The ativance yesterday averaged 12 Treves is situated on the right bank of the Moselle river, 57 miles south- west of Cobleuz. It is perhaps the oldest town in Germany and is rich in Roman relies. The population at the outbreak of the war was about 60,000. WILL REQUIRE TEN MONTHS TO BRING BACK AMERICANS Washington, Nov. 30.—Boston. New York, Newport News, Va., and Charles- ton, S. C., are the ports the war de- partment now plans to use for the re- turn of the army from overseas. Even with this wide distribution of the strain on port facilities and transpor- tation, however, and with German Ships now' bile in German harbors em- 1)103 - ed on the task, estlinatee show that the last of the army could not possibly reach the United States In less than eight months. Conserrative calculations upon which preparations by the department probably will be based, fix 10 months as the mininunn. These estimates have been made wholly on the' bask of - the physical difficulties to lie overcome, and do not take into consideration the question of the retention in Europe for some Hine of an American force which may be agreed upon at the peace confer- ence. If the return movement. already in progress. is eontinued at filll speed, the last division in all probability could not reach the United States be- fore October, 1919. GERMAN BLACK SEA FLEET NOW IS IN ALLIED HANDS Paris, Dec. 2. --The tailed naval squadron wide,' arrived off the coast of Sepaslopol a few days ago took possession of the Russian battleship -Volga. one destroyer and five Ger- man submarines. Fourteen German merchantmen were found in Black sea ports, and will be used by the allies as tram-mons. • Eight Subs Surrender. Harwich, England, Doc. 3. — Eight more German submarines surrendered Sundt's', making a total of 122 which have been taken over by the ollieS. Telephone Charges Leas. Washington, Dec. 2.—Telephone in- stallation charges, recently fixed for• government controlled wires, were or- dered reduced todny by Postmaster General Burleson. Belief from the shortage of Inhor and material Mr. Burleson itnnounced, permits modifica- tion of the rates. ' Charges for installation of individu- al or party line service, private branch connections, or connections of exten- sion stations are ordered reduced to W50 per telephone. The present rate ts from $5 to $15 I WILLIAM G. McADOO Secretory of the Treasury NIcAoloo, who has handed his resignation to President Wilson. WORLD 'NEWS IN CONDENSED FORM Approximattely 2,000010 eonten are engaged in Wow work, necoroling to an est finale Minhe ltlmiil le itt New York by the nationail 'war council of the Young 1Vomen's Christian le:soil:diem. According to the Jewish correspon. deuce bureau at The Hague, entente officers liaVe gene to Lemberg from Budapest to investigate the recent at - locks upon Jews. The Jewish com- munity at Vienna has made an urgent II ppeal too Presidisit Wilson to protect er ft Enlisteol men of the army who have completed courses of instruction In officers' training schools anti have been certified for commissions, may apply for commissions In the (officers' reserve corps under an order issued by the war department. They will not be called for duty, however, at the present time. * * There Will lie HO general demobili- zation of the marine corps until after the conelusion of pence. Secretary Daniels has anumunced, although such discharges as can lie effected gradu- ally without linpainmett of the ser- vice will he granted. Custom authorities have taken steps to remove practically the last of the war -time harbor restrictions by order- ing elimination of the censorship of ship and consignee's mail carried by ships, and Most of the (trestle prac- tices reinting to eearch of inbound and outbound vessels, ft ft Spanish influenza hus claimed ap- proximately 450 victims in Alaska. ac. cording ml t statement by Governor Thomas Itiggs, Jr.. dl the territory. Nome and Seward p4.111 1001K lie said, had suffered most severely. In other sections of Alaska the epidemic now Is pratoticailly miller control, he Said. * Diffirtillies between Peru and Chile, which bad resulted In recall of con- sular represoontatives by each nation from the principal cities of its ne:gli- bor, have been overcome by sin apol- ogy on the part of the Penivlan govern. went. • * Salary increases for many treasury officials timid employes IlliVe been ask- ed of congress by Secretary McAdoo. Ile recommends that the six mssistant secretsries be paid $7,500 a year in- stead of $5,000, and that smaller in- creases lie given vuorioms others on the treasury roll. * * tir Ille one-half cent a mile extra railroad fare for Pullman transportation. effective December 1, Is 11111101inced loy Director limier:II hic- Adoo. Cnptain Benjamin B. Lipsner, direc- tor of the United Stntes aerial mail service attnotineeS that the war depart- ment has Domed over to the use of the mei service ''hi um of air. phones.\ Wealthy Germans and Austrians, headed by the • fortfier royal families, are selling their stock holdings at any price, fearing that the revolution will result, as it did for the wealthy farm tiles of Russia, lio the lose of their priVale fortunes. fr The brewers of the nountry will make no effort at this time to have the ban ngninst brewing lifted, accord- ing to fi slateinteit 'by Christian %V. Feigenspan, president of the United States Brewers' nssociation. Brewing in the United States was stopped De- cember 1 by tin mder Of President Vihitoti tri the Interests of grain eon- aervittion. . * * • Price restrictions on bituminous coal may be removed by the fuel adinInis- tration within two weeks, solys Fuel Administrator Garfield. . PROPERTY HELD BY 99 ALIEN ENEMIES COUNCILS OF DEFENSE ASKED TO LOOK FOR ANYTHING OWNED Ely FOE ALIENS NEWS OF THE CAPITAL CITY Conservation Week Activities Aro Postponed in Montana on Account of Influenza.—Wheat Shipping Embargo Lifted llelena— Ninety-nine reports of prop- erty owned by alien enemies la Mon- tana have been filed with the alien property custodian at Washington„ac- eording to a letter reeelved from him by the Montana council of defense, in which the services and co-operation of members of county councils of defense are stiuglit in locitting such property. The letter, which is addressed to Governor Stewart, as chairman of the Montana eouncil of defense, says: \Even with the valuable assistimeo already rendered by the, bench, bar, and numerous other patriotic citizens of Montana, only 99 reports of enemy owned property had been filed with the :MOO property custodien -from the entire state up to Nov. 1, 1918. \It is the belief of the Olen prop- erty custodian that this does not, can- not in fact, reflect aceurately the ex- tent of enemy holdings in your great state with its rapidly increasing cos- mopolitan populatkon and its vast re- sources in mineral, timber and agri- cultural wealth, which necessarily must have attracted capital from en- emy countries, alwnys eager for prof- itable investments in America. \Only by the active lissistance of the citizens of Slontnna can this unre- ported property be located and se- questered and its far as possible In - 'vested in Liberty bonds, thus making the enemy's property bear a share of the burden of the war.\ No particular plans are suggested to the county councils in searching out such property. Where property is discovered the information should be sent direct to the bureau of investigation, alien property custodian, Washington, D. C. * * * Conservation Week Postponed. Food conservation week, previously scheduled to open Monday, December 2, was postponed until early, In the year, insofar at least as Montana - is concerned, said Sam D. Gout, state campaign director, on his return . to Helena last week from a conference with Alfred Atkinson, state food ad- ministrator, at Bozeman. By January 1, said Mn, Goza, Herbert Hoover, national food administrator, who ie now in Europe, will havo complete survey of what the food sup- ply needs of the allied countries will be and will 1111Ve a basis on which the national administration plans for 1919 will be made. On this inforruntion the activities In Montana during food con- servation week will lie based. By that time, too, it is expected that the influenza epidemic will have materially abated. * * * Embargo off; Farmers Ship. Heavy Shipments of grain and lum- ber have begun too move over the va- rious railroads entering Montana. as a result of the lifting of the embargo, which has held up shipments from farms and plants for from one to two months. Under the Instruetions, which have been received by railrand officials in the state, shipments of wheat, oats, rye, barley and flax seed destined for Duluth and Superior amity 'ye shipped without reetrictions, effeetive at once. while in the future no permits will lie required for the shipment of grain of all varieties to Minneapolis and Si, Paul terminals. Several thousand ears of Montana wheat have been held up In the state through the wheat embargo which has been in force for over a month, and which hos caused general protest from farmers and shippers. The permit system n -- (ocently invoked helped in al- leviating the , eontlitions, but did little good to the majority of shippers, but now that the car situation has been cleared up in terminals aurl on the road the embargo has been lifted, and Montana wheat may be rushed through to the markets sri I limit further delny or red tape. The embargo fixed on forest prod- ucts September 16 almost caused panic in lumber' circles In the north- west and would have necessitated the closing of teeny mills end camps hod It continued in force Much longer. Now, however; that embargo is off, too, and all forestry products, rhat- ever the Class anti vitrtety, may be shipped anywhere In the country with- out restrictions. * * * Governor Calls Election. A special election for the purpose of electirig a State senator from Lewis and CIntet county to fill mit the unex- pired term of the late Frank D. Miracle halt been called for December 28 by Governor Stewart. The term will ex- pire the first Meedny in January, 1921. The county Commissioners ere expect- ed to issue a procittrontion for the el . ion: The method of nominating can Idates is uneettled. The local county attorney holds that the nomInn-'N lions must , be by committee or eaucue under the old election laws. - - f
