.ill BOYS
IN SIBERIA
Decorated by Clemenceau
BEHEADED
OR IHEFT
LONDON. March IS. A dispatch
to the Daily Mail from Petroprad tolls
of tortures that are being inflicted by
the Polshevild. lu Voronezh the
death penalty has boon revived for
burglarly, and In Kazan four peasants,
who had b?en adjudged guilty of
crime, were condemned to be burned
to death.
The entire populace of the illa.ee
witnessed the execution In Baranopol,
Siberia, of four boys who bad been
condemned for theft. Three of the
boys were beheaded, whili the other
was tortured and finally his head
was crushed. In Zralcro the mer
chants were ordered to hand over
100,000 rubles. Those who failed to
do so were thrown into the river af
ter stones had been tied about their
necks.
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How the Germans Are Carving Up Russia
Lieutenant Joseph I Canby, whose j
home is in Chicago, was one of six j
! Americans decorated by Premier Cle-
nienceau of France for bravery during j
a fight of the Americans with Ger-;
mans north of Toul. He went overj
the top in daylight and took a Ger-;
man prisoner while exposed to Boche j
fire.
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GOQUILLE
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COQCILLE, Or., March IS. Seven
business buildings were destroyed,
ten bady damaged and numerous oth
er structures were slightly damaged
by a fire which swept the business
section here early Sunday.
The loss is estimated at $75,000,
with approximately $13,000 insurance.
The flre.'which started in the Scen
ic Theatre, supposedly from defective
wiring, spread with great rapidity and
for several hours threatened the de
struction of the entire town. For a
block on both sides of Front street
all buildings were wiped out.
A special train brought firemen
from Powers, Marshfield and Myrtle
Foint to aid in quelling the flames.
Three lodging houses were burned
and the occupants fled to the Btreet
in their night clothes. Many persons
had narrow escapes from death in the
flames.
BAKER'S VISIT j
IS INSPIRATION
TO U. S. TROOPS
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KER IN FRANCE, March 18. Secre
tary Baker's visit to France is a per
sonal inspiration to every officer and
man in the American forces. General
Pershing declared tonight
'T have long urged Secretary Baker
to come to France,' said Pershing.
"Now that he's here, we are delight
ed. He plans to take time to master
all details of the situation. As our
chief, who carries all the military
effort at home and abroad in his mind
he is seeing what wj are doing on
this side, and his visit is a personal
inspiration to every officer and man.''
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CUSTODY OF ERNES
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DAWLER AWARDED TO
The German fcovernment has already arranged for the severauee In some form of Russian territory of
524,600 square miles with a population of 6S.100.000. Various excuses and explanations or this work are given.
Some provinces are to "self-determine" their form of government. Others arae to be given outright to
the "Ukraine People's Republic," and Roumanla has been notified that In consideration of signing a peace treaty
she may give up the mouth of the Danube to Bulgaria and take Bressarabla from Russia. About one-fourth
the total area of Russia, containing more than one-third the population, Is thus taken from her. Should Ger
many succeed in her project these states In some form or other will, of course, be suieralntles of the Fatherland.
MAIM
FARMERS
UNTIL THEIR WORK, j CLOSES
IS ALL
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BOLSHEV
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spuvr.nn n in T-uvh n
I Men engaged in planting or cultivat
j ing acrop are to be allowed by ex
j emption boards to continue their
work nntil finished, although thair
j draft numbers are reached, orders re-
ceived by Adjutant" Ceueral Dickson
j from the war department today di
rected.
WASHINGTON, March 15. Amend
ment of the draft law to authorize the
President to increase the Army to 5,
009,000 men or more was advocated
by former President Taft in a speech
today before the National Geographic
Society.
Mr. Taft said the draft law had vin
dicated itself in every way.
BELFAST SCENE
OF RIOTING BY
SINN FEINERS
ARRIVE HOME ON AN
EXTENDED FURLOUGH
A CANADIAN ATLANTIC PORT,
March IS. Three thousand Canadian
veterans of the war disembarked here
today from three ocean liners. Four
hundred of these men sailed from
Canada with the first contingent in
1914 and many of them have been
nearly three years on the battle front.
All are married and have been giv
en three months' furlouRli.
! BELFAST, March 17. Severe riot
; ing occured last night in the Nationa
list quarter of B:lfast between a mob
jof Sinn Feiners and the polite. Many
I victim of rr.s'Kiki were sent to
the hospital, including a number of
policemen.
The roiling lasted four hours, and
the military was called out this morn
ing to take charae of the district.
San JOSE, Costa Rica, March 17 j
After 10 years of existance, the Cen-.
tral American court of arbitration, the j
only ample tribunal for this purpose j
in the world, has closed its doors be
cause its life term, fixed by th Wash- j
lngton convention, signed by five
American republics, under the aus
pices of the Uuitad States and Mexico
expired Friday.
During its life the court has averted
two wars in Central America, interfer
ed effectively in domestic conflicts,
demonstrated the possibility of arbi
tration to settle controversies between
the countries and had done much to
promote Central American unity.
Just as the court goes out of exist
ence the beautiful building intended
for its palace, the gift of Andrew Car
negie, is receiving its finishing
touches.
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OFNEWCOMPACT
BE
ID UP AS RESULT
j HUN'S ORGANIZE
OWN PRISONERS
i TOKIO, via Shanghai. March 14.
It is reported that the Germans are
trying to organize two army corps of
German war prisoners in Russia. One
corps, it is said, is being secretly or
ganized at Irkutsk, Siberia. Two cav
alry corps are also being formed.
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SHIPMENT FROM EAST
THE HAGUE, March IS. The1.,
Netherlands government has accepted I.,
the allies' condition for employment
in transportation
j PETROGRAD. March 13. Leon
! Trotsky, Bolshevik war minister, de
clared M. Martotf. chief of the M.'n
j agreement exists today between (1 T
i many and Japan to ''divide Russia
on the basis of mutual Interests.
Trotsky further declared that the
allies' greatest error has been, in
"assisting Japan's plans for occupa
tion of Siberia."
"America will be the first to re
gret the allies' policy," he said.
"We are facing dissolution, not
from Germany, li.it from Japan," de
clared M. Mar'off, !iie fof thj Men
shevlk faction, in wiiriug a protect
against ratifying the treaty Germany
has imposed on Russia.
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Georso von l.. Meyer, poHtmusler
gcnoral under President Koonnvolt,
and secretary of th navy under Pros
Ident Tntt, died In hln home In Bos
ton, Mr. Meyer wna Uty yours of sue.
He wan well known In Mtiiu'hutU
and uattonal politics tor many years.
GERMAN TO HE DEAD
Th custody of Kruust Dawlcr, 4-yi'iir-old
sou of Oticur Dnwlnr, was
uwurded to tlio father lit Judge Gun
tonbola's court at porllitnd Monday,
Tho boy's inoiher, Mrs. fcthtd Daw
lor, took tho boy oust lo Birch Trm
Mo., Rtid tltu rthtr imidu u trip back
to Missouri ud iM'urd ptmHimrtlon of
tho lad and brouKht bin) to Oregon
t'liy. The boy ut lh Midtn'JtM
homo tn Miiplo liiiic, wtun Hboriff
Wilson was illrwlod by the Circuit
Court of Muliuoiuiih eoiinly to Rot
tho child, but tho Kheiirt found the
hid had manales und doclhmd to I'M
forco thD court s oiMnr, .
At a htuirlnj Monday, Mr, Iwlor
proved, to tbo siitlsructloii of ih
court, that ho wan legally ontltl.nl to
possession of Ills soil.
Mrs. Ditwler Imd hor liuslmnd iir
h'Hied u f'W woi'ks k on charKo
of kldtmpliiK mid lion support.
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PORTLAND. March 15.
German
WASiriNUTtl.V, March
draft U'cislution, nuicwiil
vnrsy over Government reorganization
and tho AdiiiliilMtriitlon bill for war
flnuiioi coriorutloii, will occupy most
of this week at the cupltul.
Bills affecting opnrutloti of thJ so
11 W M ra tilt I rt i ntir
will be a dead langungo as far as the ,,, Solmto m cb
Portland high schools are concerned ,,. for mwiMe n(.tUm.
after Juno this year. TllB Smittle l)It fhBB,llf th9 Unb
Tho commutes on education affair. of tJHIltu(l from ,,,,,,, lw Ul
of the School Board, consisting of O, n,lntt,r of men In Class Ono Is on ih
M. Plunimer, Francis Drake and N. O. Houso calendar, with lis opponents in-
Pike, will recommend to the board at iSng upon a subMtllute which would
the next regular meeting that formal i,aB ,motu llpoll ,olal r,.KiMratlun nod
action be taken cutting off tho Ten- Hbullty to strvlce. 8 -nato uiUllary
ton tongue from the curriculum of the oommltteo members plan to seek tmrly
Portland educational system. It Ik
understood that tho sugitestlon meets
with the approval of all members of
tho board.
According to Information In the
hands of tho board, nearly all studotrts
who have been taking the Herman
course are children of parent who are
German or of German descent.
connidcratton of the War Department's
bill subjecting to r't(tittralloii ymmlbs
reaching II years of mk slum Juno fi,
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GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES
CANDIDACY TO PEOPLE
(Continued from paga 1)
WASHINGTON, March 11 Pur
chasing officers of the allied govern
ments at Washington today Informed
shiDbullderg from the Pacific. Cimx!
that they will not place contracts for ! "'""omy.
ment of productiveness In all lines of
endeavor; for the careful. Intelligent
handling of the several state instltu
tlons and their wards, observing as
fur as possible the best lines of mod
ern treatment while at tho same time
securtng for these and for every de
partment of stato buxlness the closest
SQUAD
ships in American yards as long as
the Shipping Board Insists upon re
serving tho right to commandeer
ships built on foreign account.
This refusal of the foreign repre
sentative to contract under conditions
now Imposed means that shipyards
which have been unable to get Gov
eminent contracts cannot build
others.
Shipbuilders this afternoon laid the
'Domestic tranquility and huslnens
confidence are Intimately related to
the public welfare. I shall do all In
my power to promote them. I note
with pleasure the growing disposition
of employers and employes to consider
ench other's rights and to adjust dif
ferences by discussion In a spirit of
jor i fairness and equity. ,
"The routlno duties of tho office will
not be neglected by mo, but every of
BOSTON, March 17.Piuiler
Clemenceau, of Franco, has ordered
that any pro-German found In the
country shall bo taken out and shot,
according to M. Marcel Kuecht, u
member of tho French IiIkIi commiss
ion, who addressed an assemblage of
prominent Jewish business moil at the
City Club luat iiIkIH.
Franco was determined to rid the
country of pro-German imitators, he
said.
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of Dutch shipping
of war munitions.
WASHINGTON, March 18, Near
lyl, 000,000 tons of freight for the al
lies is lying on the piers at the At
lantic ports, from Boston to Norfolk,
according to reports made to the di
rector general of railroads. Accumu
lations are growing so fast that some
steps may be necessary to retard
them -jntil enough sniping is gathered
to move the supplies
Great measure of relief is looked
f( In the taking of the Dutch ships,
but is said by the officials that there
are approximately 100 shiploads now
piled up with other material moving
to the coast.
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HUN TREATY RATIFIED
PETROGRAD, Thursday, Mar.
v 18. Ahe All-Russian Congress of 8
Soviets, meeting at Moscow, to- 3
' day, by a vote of 153 to 30, de-
cided to ratify the peace treaty Q
with the central powers.
situation before the Shipping Board f(,rt wl" ha n,lt for,h l brlnK "ft'h
and urged a waiver of Its right to j t,ra"(,n of the stnto service to n condl
commandeer or nome modification of of maximum usifiilneM. The rf
Its form of permits which would en-! 1,;le"T the service must never bo
able American yards to take contracts ! Bacrrinre.l for the rake of political ad-
from allied governments or from pri
vate citizens of the United States.
Without this modification tho ship
builders argue that their Industry will
be crippled.
vantage.
"I shall bo mindful of the fact thr-t
I am the representative of tho whole
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WASHINGTON, March IS. Am
bassador Francis today notified the
people and shall welcome suggcf tlons H,u, department hy cahlo that tho
from any cltl7.cn to the end that tho!'-'1"11'-111 I,lllt ousted tba Kereusky
House of Commons Speaker
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ELECTS MANAGER OE
TS BASEBALL TEAM
The Athletic association of tha high
school met Thursday noon and elect
ed Kenneth T. Hutchinson manager
of the baseball team. The associa
tion meets again in a few days to
elect captains.
The first tarn out for baseball prac
tice was large, and there are bright
prospects for a fast team the coming
season.
Many games are to bo scheduled
and a number of successors to Ty
Cobb will be brought to light.
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heluvalot, but every little two-
bits helps. War Thrift Stamps.
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collective wisdom may bo brought to
boar on all problems.
"If honored by a reelection I shall
contlnuo to give the best that Is In
me to every branch of tho public
service." "
VOLUNTEERS IN SHIP
WASHINGTON, March 18. Amerl-can-bullt
battle planes will be In
France by July in sufficient quantity
to insure adequate air protection of
the sectors then held by the American
troops. TW3 statement rests on the
highest authority and was mada to
night with full recognition of all fail
ures and disappointments that have
hampered the development of tho air
programme.
Gold Hill Two
on Sardine creek.
sawmills to start
ING WILL NOT
WASHINGTON, March IS. Mem
who volunteered for shipbuilding will
not bo called in any large numbers
for some time, tho department of
Labor announced today.
The men called will be chiefly from
tho unemployed, unless they aro skill
ed mechanics, and those now holding
Jobs are advised to Btlck to them.
Tho public service reserve now has
200,000 men enrolled. -
government In Russia has abandoned
tho namo BulMhovlkl und announced
that In tha future they would stylo
themselves "Tho Communliits."
Boon Trotsky, rormer foreign min
ister of tho Bolshevik government,
tho culdo snld, Is still in Potrograd,
acting as commissionaire of tho rov.
olutlonnry commune.
METHODI3T3 FAVOR DEATH.
PIIILADELPIA, March 18. Death
for Gorman propagandists and Amer
ican traitors was advocated today by
the Philadelphia conference, Metho
dist Episcopal church, In resolutions
unanimously adopted.
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STRIKE IN AUSTRIA.' J
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COPENHAGEN, March 18.
j The men In tho workshops of the $
Austrian railways have Htrnok ?
and refused to return to work. 4
t Tho strike Is spreading to othw 4
it factories.
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HON. J.W.IOWTHER
Hoi. J. W, Lowther, for many
years speaker of the house of com
mons in England, has been among
those mentioned for premier In case
Lloyd George should be forced out.
The positllon of speaker of the com
mons el not an Important j?lace, be
cause he has very little power.
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