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lil, ' THE OGDEN STANDARD: OGDEN, UTAH. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, I9T5. j
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II ' MANY ARE SEEKING
PROMINENCE.
I , : First there was a committee of suf-
I ' fragettes, then an Industrial committee
1 7 and now a committee from the Cham-
I bcr of Commerce ot the United States,
f seeking to go to the peace congress.
Every overly ambitious man in the
1, United States and not a few women
would like to be registered at the
Ji peace table, and every clever move
1 1 possible to be made is being resorted
j ' to in an effort to squeeze into the con-
I ference.
I Today we arc informed that Harry
A. Wheeler, president of the Chamber
l of Commorce of the United States,
II wrote President Wilson, insisting that
ji ' a business men's' commission should
lm go to Paris. , , '
I If the President countenanced these
fit demands, the peace meeting would
overflow with Americans, and the 10,-
000 rooms of the palace of Versailles
i -would not hold them.
ji TEDDY IS TOO i
j NEARSIGHTED.
j II Our friend Theodore Roosevelt dc-
Mm clares the American soldier boys did
a i' not know they were fighting for the
h i fourteen principles enunciated by Pres-
lll ident Wilson, which have been accept-
i pjll I cd as the basis of peace.
fl j j . We take issue with Teddy. The over-
j Jj III whelming majority of the soldiers
j fl If knew they were fighting for exact jus-
ifw lrj tice and, inasmuch as Wilson's princl
pies are wholly within the circle of
fill I justice, all our soldiers battled for
i'jufl those principles.
I! , And that is what the President
11 1' roeant when he said he was going over
llll to see to it that the sacrifices of the
ijilj , American troops were not In vain.
. Teddy's vision is too circumscribed
iWui' to see mucl1 o tlie all-embracing good
Ill II neSS Sn the mirnoses and thoughts of
18 j other men who do not look out on the
llill world through his heavy glasses.
ill . WHAT THE GERMANS
I THOUGHT.
M In an Interview with an Associated
tUS I press correspondent, the crown prince,
II Si Sl0W 3U8t Plaln FrederIck William Ho-
4lfitl ' henzollern, makes a number of state-
jSlJgll' ments which throw new light on the
fflll scenes back of the German lines after
jji 311 the beginning of the war in August,
m US' he crown Prmce sa's the war was
m Wi JSt at thebattle of tQQ Marne, Sep-
m lember 6, 1914, and he so stated at
) ill tlie tIme' We aSree with him, but the
iitl allies were far from being reassured
ii Mil a t0 the ful1 effect of tnat v'cory un-
1 all U1 after July 18, 1918, The standard
I at the time of the first battle of the
i twill Marae, said the German command had
'Illlii maie a fatal mistake, but on March 21
1I Standard was not certaIn ut that
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the enemy had overcome Its military
errors.
The crown p"rince denies he was re
sponsible for tho German disaster at
Verdun. We are of the opinion ho Is
trying to escape from his mistakes.
Ho would have been accorded credit
for the breaking of the French line at
that point, had the drive on Verdun
succeeded.
Ludendorff is charged with being
tho mainspring of Germany's warlike
activities, while Von Hindenburg was
a mere figurehead. If that is true, then
tho Germans selectcd a great hulk
with which to impress tho outside
world. It will be recalled that In the
earlier period of the war, all the Ger
man war pictures had largo men in
the foreground. The German was a
great bluffer in his attempts at over
awing. If Ludendorff is correctly described
by the crown prince, he is the crimi
nal for whom the allies are searching.
Hero is an illuminating comment
from the crown prince:
"Ludendorff and his staff continual
ly underestimated tho enemy's forces,
he declared, and never believed that
America's contribution ot soldiers was
'as great as it actually proved to be.
OlTlUIViO, II UUUi X JUT Gil Mllll 1 1.11
whom I lived continuously, and who, if
1 1 may say so, loved me, fought with
j the utmost courage to the end, even
when the odds were impossible to
withstand. They had no rest, and
sometimes an entiro division num
bercd only 600 rifles. These were op
posed by fresh allied troops, among
whom were American divisions con
taining 27,000 men apiece."
What finally brought about the
downfall of the German military pow
er, the crown prince declared, was
revolution Induced by four years of
hunger among the civilians and troops
in the rear, together with the over
whelming superiority in numbers at
tained by the entente powers since
America's entry into the war, whjch
had undermined the confidence of the
German fighting forces.
At last a confession. Here is clear
ly disclosed the tremendously depress
ing influence the entrance of the
Americans had on the Germans. The
moment they discovered the Ameri
cans had exceeded all expectations in
transporting troops, the Germans,
from Ludendorff down, weakened. The
Standard has maintained that when
the news of Chateau Thierry reached
German headquarters at Spa, the war
had been won in morale. Then for
the first time Ludendorff and all his
advisers knew not only that the Amer
icans were in but that the Yanks had
the fighting spirit.
THE VIEWS OF A .
BANKER.
Reviewing the outlook, Henry Clews
sees a spirit ot unrest everywhere and
a great upheaval, which even reaches
this country in spite of Its isolation.
"One of the most disquieting symp
toms is the socialistic drift, which
manifests itself unpleasantly by tho
agitation to take over public utilities
by the government," says Banker
Clews. "The railroads have .now been
under government control for nearly
twelve months. The telegraph and tele
phone lines were taken over last July
and now the cables and wireless have
come under the government aegis.
This week another rumored departure
was made, as reported, that the gov
ernment would take over the eighty
five vessels of the International Mer
cantile Marino company, at a cost of
about $90,000,000. This will make the
government owned tonnage of the
United States approximately '1,500,000
tons; a very respectable start in estab
lishing a merchant marine, though on
lines undreamed of before the war,
would be simply placing our govern
ment into business experiments, for
which it is entirely unfitted, and which
if not checked will completely throt
tle that spirit of individual enterprise,
which proved the basis of our nation
al growth. As soon as the American
people fully realize the consequences
of this socialistic tendency they Mill
administer the necessary rebuke."
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Wilson's Address
Commented Upon by
London Newspapers
LONDON, Dec. A. President Wil
son's address to the Amerjcan con
gress is cordially commented upon by
this morning's newspapers, which cou
ple their commendation with the reit
eration of sentiments of hearty satis
faction that he Is to attend the peace
conference. ' They declare the presi
dent will find the entente statesmen
thoroughly in concurrence with his
idealism and devotion to International
justice.
There is manifest a strain of anxi
ety in the editorials, although from
different angles in various quarters
with. regard to reconciling the presi
dent's principles as embodied in his
fourteen points with the aspirations of
thb allies. The Morning Post Insists
upon the importance of -the exact rela
tion of the fourteen points to the peace
settlement being understood. The
newspaper thinks the points were ac
cepted too hastily by the allied gov
ernments. It relies, however, upon
the president's definition of them as
a noutlino of the basis of peace and
regards them as "a serviceable instru
ment with which to begin the work of
securing peace."
The Dally News asks anxiouslv for
evidences of the acceptance of the spir
it of the fourteen points, the letter of
which -was accepted, with one excep.
tion, by the allies.
"In all tlie world." it inquires, "who
SPEAKERSHIP UNDER
C0BEII1 SY
IEM0CITS
SALT LAKE, Dec. -1 With tho meet
ing of the state legislature drawing
near, Democrats are beginning to take
note of organization possibilities and
of those items of legislative enactment
which may or may not be brought for
ward at the session which opens on
January 13 next,
A letter signed by three of tho com
ing legislators was mailed to representatives-elect
of tho majority party.
The signers of this letter wore, in the
order named, C. C. Richards, John Han
sen, Jr., and Arthur Welling. They
called a meeting for November 25, it
became known only yesterday, as the
letter put it, to "determino who tho
presiding officer is to bo, and -with
him agree upon tho appointments for
tho most Important committees."
It is said by those who attended the
meeting, and who are declared to have
had a quantity of proxies from nonat
tending members, that Mr. Richards
was mentioned both for tho speaker
ship and for the chairmanship of tho
committee on committees.
"But because of influenza," said one
member last night, "no vote was taken
and the proxies were not used."
It was decided, however, that the
topic was a liva subject and so the
chairman of the meeting, Mr. Richards,
named a special committee, which, be
tween now and some time before the
legislature is to meet, is to carry out
the purposes of the original letter, so
that to again quote an attending
niem "everything will be harmonious
when the legislature meets."
Mr. Richards, ns chairman, named as
the special committee members the
following: C. C. Richards, chairman;
John Hansen, Jr.. and Arthur Welling
of Salt Lake county; Alma Greenwood
of Utah county, D. D. McKay of Wo
ber county, Lewis W. Curry of Vernal,
H. R. Thomas of Sanpete county, and
L. C. Doty of Juab county. This spe
cial committee has not yet had its
special meeting.
Confidential Letter.
Tho tfTt nf tlin lullor cnnl (r. rnn.
rescntatives-elect is as follows:
"The legislative representatives
elect from Salt Lake county held an
Informal conference for the purpose of
considering what, if any, preparation
should be made by Individual mem
bers for the service expected of them
in the coming session of the state leg
islature, and the undersigned were ap
pointed to sign and send this letter to
each Democrat elected to the house.
"A free expression of opinion was
given and it was the unanimous con
clusion that if a mutual and entirely
satisfactory understanding could be
reached, by which each member could
know what committees he or she is to
serve upon, that each mombr could
then proceed to investigate and pre
pare whatever data and bills might be
deemed advisable upon the subjects
needing attention and coming within
the purview of tlie committees upon
which re or she is to be assigned. That,
of course, would not preclude any
member from preparing upon any oth
er topic ho or she might desire.
Seek Presiding Officer.
"How this could be determined in a
manner that would be entirely satis
factory to each member was the next
point considered, and it was thought
that it might be accomplished in this
way: To hold a meeting of all Demo
crats elected to the house who can
possibly attend, at an eariy date, say,
on Monday morning, November 25, in
this city, and there determine who
the presiding officer is to be, and with
him agree upon tlie appointments for
the most important committees those
for which the greatest preparation will
be required. Then the persons so des
ignated for committees can agree upon j
a division of the work among them
selves and proceed. As to any member
who cannot arrange to attend the
meeting, let him indicate in writing
to us the person he desires for speak
icr and we will present his preference
as a vote for such person. Also, let
him name the committees he prefers
to be appointed to and we will see that
his request in that respect is given
most careful consideration.
"For your information we inclose a
list of all members elected and of the
standing committees of the last house.
The latter, however, are only sugges
tive, as the members may make any i
changes by substitution or consolida
tion of committees that may be deemed
advisable.
"Permit us to suggest that we think
this whole matter should be treated in
tho strictest confidence between the
majority members of the house, and
should not be given to anyone else at
the present time."
aro the statesmen who are backing not
tho letter but the spirit of President
Wilson's policy? The situation is full
of menace. If it is to be redeemed it
must be by the peoples of everv country."
llf
i
' Kuxated Iron Incrcise3 3tronplh and
endurnncc of delicate, nervous, run- i
down people in two wooks' Umc In J
many instances. It lias heen used and
endorsed by such men as Hon. Leslie i
Sr. Shaw, former Secretary of iho '
Treasury and Ex-Governor of Iowa; I
Former United States Senator and
Vce-Presldentlal Nominee. Charles A.
Towne; Generul John L. Clem (Re
tired) the drummer boy of Shlloh who
was 3orgeant In the "U. S. Armv when
only 12 years of ago: also United
States Juduo G. W. Atkinson of th.j
Court of Claims of Washington and
others. Ask your doctor or druggist
about it,'
' Read tho Classified Ada.
Read the Clas3ified Ada.
I OPEN NOSTRILS! END f
A COLD OR CATARRH
' How To G2t Relief When Head J
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Count titty! Your cold in head or
catarrh disappears. Your clogged nos
trils will open, the air passages of your
head will clear and you can breathe
freely. No more snuffling, hawking,
mucous discharge, dryness or head
ache; "no struggling for breath at
night.
Get a small bottle of Ely's Cream
Balm from your druggist and apply a
lltllo of this fragrant antiseptic cream
in your nostrils. It penetrates through
every air passage of the head, soothing
and healing tho swollen or inflamed
mucous membrane, giving you Instant
relief. Head colds and catarrh yield
like magic. Don't stay stuffed-up and
miserable. Relief is sure.
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President Goes as
Opponent to
Militarism
(Continued from Page 1)
the library was replenished with
scientific books.
The gymnasium was fitted with
punching bags, rowing machines
and other athletic equipment.
Two brass bands made the trip
-the Kensington (Kansas) and
the sailors' Great Lakes station
band, these organisations having
been selected from among a score
that offered their services.
Paintings of George and Martha
Washington occupied a space in
the saloon formerly taken up by a
large painting of the German em
peror. ranging all the way from grand
opera selections to popular songs
and jazz band music. Half a doz
en card tables were nailed to the I
floor of the smoking room, while
A few miles east of quarantine the
presidential fleet met the transport
IVilnnehakda, inbound with 3,039 troops
aboard. !
The George Washington sailed with'
a complement of 75 officers and 1,049!
men of 'the United States navy with
Commander F. M. Perkins, executive
officer and Lieutenant-Commander
John H. Peters, navigating officer,
serving as chief aides to Captain Mc
Cauley. ;
A detachment of 74 marines, led by
Major David H. Miller, formed a guard
of honor to the president.
Details of the sailing were in the
hands of Lieutenant J. Lavson, flag
officer of the staff of Vice Admiral
Gleaves, chief of the cruiser and trans
port service.
The prospects were that the George i
Washington would run into rough!
weather early in her trip, for the)
weather bureau issued a warning of I
.storm in this . vicinity and ordered
storm signals holsTed from Sandy j
Hook to Nantucket.
LONDON, Tuesday, Dec. 3 In tlie i
absence of the American and other Al- I
lied representatives, it is understood
that the inter-Allied conference has 1
made all the preliminary arrangements
possible for tho peace conference. ; i
Four separate conferences were held c
today, one of the main purposes being!
to secure the endorsement by the rep- i
rcscntatives af the dominion of the
conclusions reached at Monday's con
ference. It is understood a general agreement
was reached on the matters deliberat
ed upon, but out of courtesy to tho
United States, in the absence of Colo
nel House, it will be necessary to ac
quaint President Wilson in detail with
the decisions before they are made
public.
LONDON, Tuesday, Dec. 3 Andrew
Bonar Law, the chancellor of the ex
chequer, tonight confirmed the state
ment that the British government had
decided to press the Allies as strongly
as possible that the surrender of for
mer Emperor William should be de
manded and that he should stand trial.
The chancellor also announced that
the government had appointed a com
mittee to examine scientifically into
tho question of how much the enemy
would be able to pay.
As Colonel E. M. House, the Amer
ican representative, was unable to at
tend the Allied conferences in London
yesterday and today, Mr. Bonar Law
added, it was impossible that a decis
ion could be reached on any point. He
was therefore, now only expressing
the views of the British government.
WASHINGTON, Dec 3 President
Wilson began tonight his trip to Eur
ope to attend the peace conference.
The president left Washington on a
special train for New York, where to
morrow he and his party, which in
cludes Mrs. Wilson and her mother,
Mrs. William H. Boiling, will board
the transport George Washington on
Avhich the voyage across the Atlantic
will be made.
No announcement was made as to
tho president's itinerary or the person -nl
of the party accompanying him. It
was understood that the George Wash
ington would steam from New York
with her naval convoy some time to
morrow, probably In the morning.
About seven davs will be required for
the trip and the ship will dock at a
French port, presumably Brest.
The president does not expect to be
abroad for more than six weeks, which
would give him just a month on Euro
pean soil. Before' the peace confer
ence meets ho will confer with Pre
miers Lloyd George of Great Britain,
Clemenceau of France, and Orlando of
Italy, and probably with King Albert
Of Bfilclnm tn illgnnq; the Salient
points of the peace treaty.
While in Europe Mr. Wilson plans
to visit England and Italy as well as
France, and lie my go to Brussels. He
also is understood to Intend to make
a pilgrimage to some of the battle
fields in France. Great preparations
have been made in London. Paris and
Rome for the president's reception.
Joseph P. Tumulty, the president's
secretary, accompanied Mr. Wilson to
New York, but will not go abroad. He
will return to Washington to conduct
the business of the White House and
will be the eyes and ears of the presi
dent in this country. Mr. Tumulty
will be In frequent communication
with tho president by cable and will
keep him fully advised of events at
homo.
Only three of the five American
representatives to the peace confer
ence as announced at the White House
last week will cross on the former
North German Lloyd liner. They aro
the president himself, Secretary of
Stato Robert Lansing and Henry
White, former ambassador to Franco
and Italy. Colonel E. M. House and
Genera Taskcr H. Bliss, tho other two
members, are in France and will join
tho president there.
Renr Admiral H. S. Knapp and Cap
tain William V. Pratt are accompany
ing the presidential party and will re
port to Admiral Benson, naval repre
sentative with Colonel House on the
peace mission, as his assistants. Ad.
mlral Knapp has been In command of
the naval forces in Haiti and San Do
mingo and Captain Bratt, who is as
sistant chief of naval operations, has
been head of the bureau of operations .
during the absence abroad of Admiral
Benson.
Secretaries of the peace delegation
will be Joseph C. Grew, former sec
retary of embassy at Berlin, and later
charge at Vienna and who now is in
Paris making preliminary arrange
ments; Leland Harrison of the Latin
American division and Philip R. Patch
in, confidential assistant to Secretary
Lansing.
William McNeir goes as disbursing
officer and S. Y. Smith as draughting
officer and a large force of clorlcal
assistants from the state department
is accompanying the party.
Dr. Jfames Brown Scott and David
Hunter Miller will be technical advis
ers in international law and Dr. S.
E. Mezes, head of the state depart - i
ment bureau of inquiry established I
last year to study peace problems, will!
attend the conference as director of'
specialists, a large party of whom willj
go with him on the George Washing-!
ton.
Army officers accompanying the
presidential party include Brigadier,
General Churchill, chief of the mill-!
I irv in i n 1 1 rvnn nt Kurann ntlft. rfF-
Ill LV-lillH.U UUlUU. Lll I UUI
cers who will assist General Bliss will,
be Major General Francis J. Kernan '
and Colonels Van Deman. Jordan,
Ayrcs, Helms. Furlong, Fling and Cap -1
tains Auchencless and Childs.
Brigadier General William E. Harts.'
former aide to President Wilson will i
be in command of the military aides I
and messengers at the conference. J
Rear Admiral Carey T. Grayson, the(
(president's physician, is accompanying'
the president and others making the
trip on tho George Washington include
George Creel, chairman of the com
mittee on public information, who
Igoes abroad to close up the foreign!
i work of the committee, and Raymond,
j D. Fosdlck. chairman of the commis- j
sion on training camp activities,V.who
is to direct welfare work among the
American soldiers in Europe.
Convoying the presidential ship
when she puts to s,ea tomorrow will
; bo the superdreadnaught Pennsylvania j
and a fleet of fifteen destroyers under
personal command of Admiral Henry
T. Mayo, commander-in-chief of tho
Atlantic fleeL Ten of the destroyers
will turn back after forty-eight hours,
but the other five and the Pennsylvan
ia will continue across the Atlantic. 1
Off the coast of France the presi- :
denial ship will be- met by two divis
ions of the Atlantic fleet and escorted
to port. Rear-Admiral Hugh Rodman '
will be in command of the chief divls-
ion which will include the superdread- !
naughts New York, the flagship, com- 1
manded by Captain E. L. Beach; Tex
as. Captain Victor Blue; Wyoming, s
Captain II. H. Christy; Florida, Cap- 1
tain M. M. Taylor; Arkansas, Captain s
L. R. Desteiger and Nevada, Captain j
W. C. Cole. (
Rear-Admiral T. S. Rogers will com-
mand the other division, which will r
consist of the Utah, Captain F. B. Bas-
: s -ii
Signs of the Times j
Practical and
worthy
There is a spirit of sincerity in the air these
days. And you-know that "sincere" comes
from an ancient language meaning "without
wax."
Today the veneer is stripped away from things.
We are killing off all faking and falsehood.
And so we come to the real, practical things.
Practical pleasures, practical clothes, practical
ways. And because practical ways arc sound
and sensible and plain, and above all, honest
and true just so solid worth more than flash is
the touchstone of popular favor, and intrinsic
value based on actual cost plus real service is
the measure of popular prices. The thing we
all seek today must be of practical service and
worth its price.
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sett; Oklahoma, Captain Charles B.
McVay, and Arizona, Captain John A.
Dayton.
Captain L. M. Nulton, commands the
Pennsylvania and the five destroyers
to accompany the George Washington
throughout tho voyage are the Wlckes,
Commander J. S. Bareon; Woolsey,
Commander V. McNair, Lea, Comman
der D. W. Bagley, Tarbell, commander
Haisey Powell, Yarnell, Commander
W. F. Haisey.
Tho ten destroyers to be in tho con
voy fleet for forty-eight hours are the
Mahan, Radford, Breeze, Craven, Dor
sey, Robinson, Walke, Montgomery,
Lamberton and Perkins.
Rear-Admiral Rodman's division of ;
six super-dreadnaughts has been serv- i
ing during the past year as a battle
squadron with tho British fleet, while ;
Admiral Roger's division has been op-
erating in British waters guarding :
convoys' from possible attack by ene
my raiders.
In the president's immediate party i
The President and Mrs. Wilson, Rfar- 1
Admiral Carey T. Grayson, the presi. 1
dent's physician; George Creel, chair-
man of the committee on public In
formation; Gilbert T. Close, confiden
tial clerk to the president; E. I. Hoov
er, head usher at tho White House,
and Miss Edith Benham, secretary to
Mrs. Wilson.
Others on the train were; The Sec
retary of State and Mrs. Lansing;
Secretary Baker, who was to leave the
party at Hobokcn, John W. Davis, am
bassador to Great Britain, and Mrs.
Davis; Henry White, a member of the
peace delegation; Mrs. Benson, wife o
Rear-Admiral W. S. Benson; Major
and Mrs. Scott ; Lieutenant Comman
der Hatch; Mr. Harris. Mr. McN'eir, ,
Mr. Welch, Sidney Smyth; the French ;
ambassador and Mrs. Jusserand; '
Count de Cellere, the Italian ambas
sador and Countess de Cellere and two )
children, and Colonel R. H Jordan of
the general staff, transportation offi-,
cer. i
: ft Peace after four years of trouble, and 1 . ;
r - here are the very shoes to bring peace " I
I pN 0 . For thin-heeled fellows, because' j
g . close-fitting through arch, instep and fl 1
- I f w mae the price seem even lower. j
j l 1 1' ? good shoes the world overr " BB '
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