VOL. L.VIII. XO. 18,1.8. POUTLAXD, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEURUARY 1, 1919. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BALKAN AND PROBLEMS STUDIED Rival Claims of Serbs and Roumanians Presented. BANAT IS IN CONTROVERSY Polish Industrial District of Jeschen to Be Exploited. COMMISSION WILL BE SENT Supreme - Council Announces That Delegates Will Act in Dispute Between Czechs and Poles. PARIS, Jan. 51. (Havas.) President "Wilson and the allied Prime Ministers this afternoon considered the Balkan problem, particularly the dispute be tween the Serbians and Roumanians. The commissions charged with examin ing the labor problem, compensation and damages shortly will begin their work. The inter-allied commission on Po land met this morning and decided to adopt a. draft report which will be sub mitted to the conference committee. The conclusions will be formulated by M. Is'oulens. Delegates Give Conclusions. The full text of the official communi cation issued this evening dealing with the session of the supreme council fol lows: "The President of the United States of America, the Prime Ministers and Foreign Ministers of the allied and as sociated powers and the representatives of Japan met this afternoon at 3 o'clock. "The delegates of the great powers, composing the inter-allied commission, which will shortly proceed to Poland, were Introduced to state the conclu sions which they had reached after hearing the representatives of Poland and of the Czecho-Slovak republic re garding the provisional exploitation of the industrial district of Teschen. . Delegation Will Leave. "After listening to the reports made by M. Noulens and by General Botha, in the name- of their colleagues, the al lied Ministers decided to send to Te schen allied delegates for the purpose of assuring a peaceful exploitation of the industrial districts in agreement with the Czechs and Poles, pending a territorial settlement of the question by the conference. "A statement of the views of the re spective interests and rights of Ron mania and Serbia in the Banat of Tem esvar was then heard. M. Bratiano and M. Mishu represented the Roumanian government and the Serbian delegation was composed of M. Pachitch, M. Ves xiitch and M. Trumbitch. "The next meeting was fixed for to morrow, Saturday, at 3 o'clock." Americans to Stay Out. Whatever forces may be sent to Tur key for garrisoning purposes there will (be no American troops among them, it (developed today. It is pointed out that heir use for this purpose would be in appropriate, as the United states nas u-i- been at war with Turkey. The military committee of the su-1 preme council expects witnin two aajs' to report a plan for the allotment among the various nations of the troops be retained on the western front. yt appears that by April 1, there will Ibe 15 American Divisions remaining 'on the lines, with five divisions ready for embarkation homeward. A month ! later it expected this aggregate . vjil be reduced by live divisions, oi v'whlch 10 will be on the line and five reaay io return. The length of the stay in France of these 10 divisions depends upon the time of the signing of the general peace treaty. It is said that as soon as that occurs all the American troops probably will be withdrawn. Protectorates to Be Provided. The agreement reached by the allied council of 10 on the colonial ques tion, says a Havas Agency statement today, provides that territories which are sufficiently civilized to give an expression of their wishes as to the form of their government will be per mitted to set up such a government under the auspices of the league of nations, obtaining either national in dependence or living under a protec torate of one or other of the great powers. Arabia and Mesopotamia are considered to be examples of this class. In the cases of the peoples insuf ficiently developed for self-government the league shall choose the power most suitable to govern, under certain guar antees to be fixed either by the peace conference or the league. Provisionally the African and the Far Eastern colo nies shall be left as they are now, in control of the powers now occupying them. As regards Asiatic Turkey, the state ment adds, the four great powers are to undertake its administration at once end the council of 10 has asked the Versailles war council to submit a re port as to the best troops available lor occupation of this area. Wilson Sticks to Views. In the discussions concerning the disposal of the former German colonies, President Wilson contended in no un certain terms that to divide the col onics among the entente nations would he in direct contravention of the "four teen points" wJiich were accepted as a I basis of peace. Such a division, he is (Concluded on Pag :!. Column 2.) EARLY EXPULSION OF ALIEN ENEMIES ASKED DEPORTATION BEFORE PEACE IS SIGNED URGED. Immediate Action hj- Congress Against War Offenders Is De clared Most Necessary. "WASniNGTON, Jan. 31. Immediate consideration by Congress of a- De partment of Justice measure providing for the deportation of aliens interned during the war and those convicted of war offenses against the United States was urged today by Representative Burnett, of A la Bam a. chairman of the House immigration committee, in ask ing the rules committee to give the legislation a. privileged status for ac tion in the House. "The immediate Importance of this measure," declared Mr. Burnett, "is that when a treaty of peace is signed these people will have to be discharged and allowed to run at large in this coun try.' Action on the question was post poned until next week by the rules committee. SENATE ACTION PROTESTED Professor Frederick Bushee Ex presses Ills Loyalty to Nation. WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. Professor Frederick A. Bushee, of the University of Colorado, in a letter read to the Sen ate today by Senator Thomas, of Colo rado, protested against the presents, tion of his name to the Senate commit tee investigating German propaganda by Archibald Stevenson in a list of men whom Stevenson said held radical and pacifist views. Professor Bushee said he had been strongly pro-ally from the beginning of the war and that he held views about as radical as those of President Wilson. He added: "The Senate has no business to per mit names to be printed as suspicious when they know no more about them than they do about me." SON OF T. R. AIDS ARREST Captain Archibald Helps Policeman Capture Robber. NEW YORK, Jan. 31. Captain Archi bald Roosevelt, son of the late Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, aided a policeman today in capturing an alleged robber after a street chase in which the pa trolman shot and wounded Frank Mar- cello, the man pursued. Several armed men had held up a Columbus-avenue Jeweler in his 6tors and were escaping with jewelry when the policeman commandeered a passing automobile and gave chase. There was an exchange of pistol shots and Mar- cello fell wounded, but, fought when the officer came up. Captain Roosevelt, who was mailing a letter nearby, aided in subduing him. POLICE STOP ROOF FLIGHT French ATlalor Prevented From Fly ing From Paris Building. PARIS, Thursday, Jan. 30. The po lice today refused to permit James Ve- drines, the aviator, to attempt a return flight from the roof of the galleries Lafayette, on which he landed in an airplane on January 19. The airplane was taken apart and the pieces brought down by elevator. ' By landing on the roof of the gal leries Lafayette, Vedrines won a prize of 25.000 francs for being the flrct air man to land on a roof of a house while in flight. The roof was 62 by 75 feet, while the ariplane used by Vedrines was 36 feet in width. WAR CONTRACTS PROBLEM Senate and House Conferees Under take Difficult Task. WASHINGTON. Jan. 31. Senate and House conferees on legislation to vali date and settle informal war contracts aggregating about $2,750,000,000 will begin work tomorrow and expect con siderable difficulty in harmonizing wide differences between the measures passed by the two bodies. Controversy apparently will center on the Senate provision for an appel late commission to supervise awards. FEITIHES OF THE OREGON LEGISLATURE YESTERADY. Senate. Adjourned to 11 o'clock Mon day. Senator Norblad Introduces bill for non-political judiciary. Arrest of Senator Orton de manded on legislative bench war rant by Senator Lachmund for absenting himself from commit tee meeting. Dimick bill prohibiting teach ing of German passes after stormy debate. Bill introduced authorizing all counties to appropriate $5000 for memorials for soldiers. House. Adjourned to 10:30 Monday. Resolution introduced for con stitutional amendment to allow bonding for great hydro-electric development. Resolution introduced calling on Public Service Commission to curb telephone companies from making charges not allowed by statute. To beat rule shutting off of new bills effective Monday night. 4 5 bills are introduced. Passes House bill abolishing County Court of Multnomah County. ALBERS TELLS OF LOYALTYTO NATION Miller Makes Sweeping Denial of.iarges. WAGER ON PHE HELD UNTRUE Stock ierman Newspaper Sold Within Month. LIFE HISTORY IS RECITED Several Persons Testify Regard Ins Condition. of Defendant's Mind ' While in Grasp of Drink. After J. Henry Albers had taken the stand in Federal Court yesterday and had firmly announced his innocence of the crime of sedition with which he was charged: had insistently pro claimed that he had never made, un der any circumstances, any of the pro German utterances with which he is charged, and had asserted his belief that he was the victim of a conspiracy. United States Attorney Haney threw a bombshell Into the camp of the de fense by asking Mr. Albers whether he had ever been a stockholder In the Nachrichten, a German newspaper of Portland. Mr. Albers asserted that while he had been a stockholder, he was not at this time. Newspaper Stock Is Sold. "When did you sell your Btock?" de manded Mr. Haney. "Maybe a month or three weeks ago, replied Albers. Insistently, Mr. Haney urged Mr. Al bers to admit that he had made bets that Germany would "win the war," lick the world," and other profes sions of a confidence in the ultimate victory of that country. Just as insistently Mr. Albers de nied. "Did you not bet with Jack Noyes and Mr. Cushin? along the lines I have Indicated?" Mr. Haney queried. Mr. Albers replied: "No." "I don't want to trap you, Mr. Al bers," said Haney. "I want to be per fectly fair with you. Rc'resii your memory. Did you never bet concerning the arrival of the Germans in Paris, or the fact they could 'lick the world.'" Once more Mr. Albers asserted "No." Alleged Wager Is Recalled. But a few minutes later Mr. Haney called to the witness stand Horace A. Cushing, manager of Lilly & Co., who said he had had a conversation with Mr. Albers concern'ng the war. "What was that conversation?" "He offered to bet mc $1000 t 50 cents and to loan Tie the 50 cents (Concluded on Pace IS. Pas 5.) LOOKS AS THOUGH I Official Casualty Report, j WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. Casually lists today contain. In addition to corrections, 1240 names: 32 died In ac tion, 24 of wounds, 10 of accident, 42 of disease, 29S wounded severely. 413 de gree undetermined, 391 slightly, and 33 missing. Following is the tabulated summary: IVatha ' Ttenorteri Tnriiv Trttal Killed In action 30,4.vt 32 30.45 ixbi at sea M Wed of wound..... 1 1 JSft.t i?krt Died of disease IS. 644 41 islbm uitn 01 accident 2. BIO 10 "J.HJO Total death. Kt n.-.l 18 8.-,n.V lona 4i. Wounded 141.KJ9 Missing and prisoner. Total casualties ....219.601 1240 20.841 OREGON. Wounded severely Eneberg. Krnest, aoo Knott St., Portland, Or. Moser, J. K., 6cio. Or. Davis. J4ax, Brooking. Or. WlUnt. William F.. Halem. Or. Wounded, undetermined (previously re ported miftinr rown, r. 15. , Jordan valley, or. W oun d ed un d e te rmJ ne-d Lufby, K'dgar i. (Sgt.), Reedville. Or. Wounded silently Ohrtsman, Herman R., Klamath Kalis. Or. McMlnds. Ervln Parker, John Day, Or. Weeks, Thomas W., Crabtree, Or. Klliott, William, Olympia. Wash. WASHINGTON. Killed In action Moore. John, Fort Angeles. Wash. Overaas, J. K-. Hodulam. Wash. Wounded severely Emerson. Paul Cpl.), Asotin, Waah. Day. George, Toppenish. Wash. Herman, Horace J., Spokane, Wash. Rlckman, Thomas H., Rltzville, Waah. Wounded severely (previously reported killed) Ristau. John W., Fpokane. Wash. Wounded -undetermined Hamilton, Joseph A., Seattle. Wssh. Schoffen, Henry A., Unlontown. Wath. Krlckson. Lawrence A., Kennewick. Wash. Halvorsen. Andrew A., Vancouver, Waah. Wounded slightly Abrams, Hennie, Spokane. Waah. IDAHO, Died of wounds Poule. W. W., Salmon, Idaho. Ranker. C. R.. lioidberg. Idaho. MlMlng in awtlon Llovd. John W.. Preston. Idaho. Wounded, undetermined (previously re ported killed) Mittllder. Johan. Blarkfoot. Idaho. Wounded, undetermined (previously re ported mliwni) Dunning. James K., Preston. Idaho. WonndeH, degree undetermined). Kaisner. Cheater A. (Sigt.), Meridian. Idaho. Zimmerman, Arthur P. (Hgt.), Bonnsrs Ferry, Idaho. ALABAMA Iled off accident Grtshara. C. B.. Athens, Ala. Uied of disease Bra-swell. G. K.. Fltspatrlek. Ala. CALIFORNIA. Killed In actios Eolarl. David. Pittaburg, Cat. Died off disease Iskow, E. J., Kan Diego, Cal. Mero, C. A., San Francisco. CaL CONNECTICUT. Killed In action Kllleen. J. C. New Haven. Conn. Roberts. C. W.. Bridgeport, Cods. Died off wounds Harmon. C. B. (Sgt.), Hartford, Conn. Died off rtleeaae Oiaehiana. James (cook), Xorwalk. Co., Conn Hushes, T. J., Hartford, Conn. GEORGIA. Died off wounds Knox, S. P., Martin, Ga. ILLINOIS. Killed in art Ion Charuskl, F. A.. Chicago, Til. Kvanko. Michael, Cnlllnsville. 111. INDIANA. , lied of wounds Calvin, Walter. Shoals. Ind. Died of accident Carmichael, George. Munele. Ind. IOWA. Killed ha actios Marhaeek, Inie. Clutler, la. Died of accident Honnolad, Louis, Leon. la, KANSAS. Killed In action Lahman, Julian R.. Winona, Kan. KENTUCKY. Killed In action Hayden. Forei 3tnal. Ky. Ikied off wound (Concluded on Page 33. Column 2.) SOMEBODY WOULD HAVE TO 3 HIGH CHINESE IN WASHINGTON SLAIN Educational Mission Head and 2 Students Shot. ASSASSIN IS UNIDENTIFIED Triple Murder Takes Place in Fashionable Residence. MOTIVE SEEMS MYSTERY Bodies of Orientals Are Discovered in House, Which Shows Signs of Struggles by Victims. WASHINGTON. Jan. 31. Washrhgton police tonight were engaged In an at tempt to solve the mystery of the kill ing off T. T. Wong, chief of the Chinese educational mission to the United States, and C H. Hsle and Ben Sen Wu. stu dents at George Washington Univer sity, whose bodies were found tonight at their home in the fashionable Mount Pleasant section. , They were last seen alive last Tues day. Absence off the two students from the university led a fellow student, Kong LI, who lives near by, to investigate tonight. He entered the house through a window and found the body of Wong on the first floor. Police wero sum moned and the bodies of the two stu dents were fdupd in the basement. All three men had been shot, and physi cians who examined the bodies said they probably had been killed Wednes day. Student Makes DUcavery. The pistol with which, the men had been Bhot was found near Dr. Wong's body. There were evidences of a Strug gle. A heavy brass table lay on the floor among the shattered remnants of the shade and bulb. A chair in the dining-room adjoining was overturned and a brown-colored elastic from a garter was on the floor. Bodies Dragged to Basement. The bodies of Hsie, who was secre tary-lreasurer off the mission, and Wu, confidential ae, retary to Pr. Wore, 1 were found Ij'sfsT liead-to-hc&d in the furnace room and evidently had been dragged there. Blood stains were on the kitchen floor and the narrow stairs leading down to it. " Or. Wong had a deep gash in the back of his head and two bullet wounds In the chest. Wu had one bullet wound in the head and another in the chest and lisle had one wound in the head. Murderer Leans Little Trace. The police are at a loss for a mo u:or.cluded on Page :t. Column 1.) GET OFF AND WALK. RAILWAY NEVER BUILT IS STILL LIVE ISSUE CIVIL WAR-TIME PROJECT cox. . TI.VVES TROUBLE-MAKER. Missouri County Judge Prepares to fio to Jail for Refusing to Call Bond Election. KANSAS CITT. Mo., Jan. 31. Judge J. G. Evans, of Dallas. Mo., voluntarily urrendcred to the United States Mar shal here today in preparation to begin serving a sentence of six months in Jail for contempt of court. Imposed last March. With the two other members of the Pallas County Court. Judge Evans was charged with refusal to call a special election to vote bonds to pay a $450, 000 bond issue, offered as a bonus to a proposed railway shortly after the Civil War. The road was never built. All succeeding County Courts have refused o call the election, and several mem bers have served jail sentences for con tempt. Judge Evans said today it would re quire 18 cents on every dollar of Dallas County valuation to pay principal and merest on a judgment obtained by the bondholders. SENATE RAPS HUN TONGUE Measure Xow Goes to House for I'inal Consideration. STATE CAriTOL. Salem. Or.. Jan. 31. (Special.) Senator Dimlck's bill pro hibiting the teaching of German in all public and state-aided schools of Ore gon passed the Senate on third reading today, after its opponents had at tacked it in a series of debates ex tending throughout the morning ses sion and part of the afternoon. Opposition, however, was but slight ly stronger than yesterday. 11 votes be ing recorded against the measure. Sen ators who opposed the bill were Sen ators Gill, Howell. Huston, Jones, La follette, Moser, Nickelsen, Norblad. Porter, Smith of Josephine, and Strayer. The bill now will go to the House, there the opposition is expected to gather its forces In an effort to kill lt CRAFT PARTS AMIDSHIPS Plave Total Loss and Several Lives Are Lost, It Is Feared. DEAL. England. Jan. 31. (By the As sociated Press.) The American steam r Plave. which went ashore near here Wednesday night, parted amidships to night during a fierce storm accom panied by a blinding snow, and is 1 t atsl loss. It Is feared that several I. 'es were lost. Two boats capsized while being low ered. but their occupants were rescued uy a nicDQai. jnirty or tne crew have been landed at Deal. They expressed the belief that a majority of the oth ers of the crew were rescued by tuss and patrolboats In the vicinity. They assert that there is a strcng possibil Ity of the 17 American officers on board having been saved. FRUIT GROWERS NEED HELP Work Available for Soldiers on Ear Western Ranches. CHICAGO. Jan. 31. Speakers at the annual meeting of the American Fruit nd Vegetable Shippers' Association to day suggested that many thousands of the returning soldiers and sailors will find plenty of work at good pay on the fruit ranches and vegetable farms of the Far West and Northwest. Producers expect to ship more than 500,000 carloads of fruits ar.d vegeta bles this year and the shortage of labor this year promises to bo greater than usual. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TESTERPAT'R Maximum temperature, o degrees; minimum. 54 degrees. TODAY'S Fair; moderate northwesterly w inds. Foreign. Supreme CounMI studies Balkan and roiish problems. fag t. Strikers and police battle In Glasgow, rage 2. NationaL Senate rhargad with blurting on campaign contributions. Page Enormous Increase in Navy aim of Admin istration. Page 5. Early expulsion of interned alien enemies urged. Page I. Private documents of packers produce! at hearing. Paga 4. War. Official casualty list. Pass 1. Ioraetic. Threa high Chinese alain in Washington. Paga 1. Clvll-Wer-tlme railroad, never built, still live Issue. Pr.ge. 1. Four American ares arrive in New York (rora France. Page Nat C Goodwin, famoua actor, dies in New York. Page J. Republicans attack Wilson's plans for cap tured colonies. Page 4. Legislatarea. Road legislation near completion. Page 6. Resolution Introduced provides for great In dustrial development of Oregon. Page ti. Relief for soldiers voted at Olympia. Paga T. Sparta. Coast League magnates meet today to make 1919 season plana Pag 12. Paeifie Northwest. Astoria man elected President of racific Coastmen Lumbermen. Page 14. Commercial and Marine. Wool dealers expect chance In Government auction system. Page &. Com slumps at Chicago on settlement of Argentine strike. Page 19. Specialties only active atocks in Wall-street market. Page 19. Legality of port h.vnda to be pasaed upon at once. Pags ! i. Portlaud and Vicinity. Mr. Albers asserta loyalty to Nation. Page 1. Funeral of Henry L. Pittock is held. Page 1. Schools to glva special courses to soldiers. Page "JO. More orders received from South for Oregon ship materials. Page IS. Men. displaced by soldiers, seek jobs Page 13. Jack Hamilton held on forgery charge Page 10. Twohy Brothers file suit affainst Ochoco irri gation district. Page 14. Weather report, data and forecast, rage 19. LIFEOFPOBLISHEB INSPIRATIONTOIILL Pastor Lauds Courage and Ideals of H. L. Pittock. FUNERAL RITES IMPRESSIYE Influence Upon Community of Life Well Lived Is Noted. FRIENDS PAY FINAL HONORS ScrrK-e for Pioneer and Vpnnlldrr of Oregon Country Held at Scottish Rtc Cathedral. The lasting worth of one life, well lived, not alone In Its material ad vantage to tne community, but in the lessons of fortitude, courage and high idealism that It bequeaths, was portrayed in. simple eloquence yes terday at the funeral service to Henry L. Pittock. held in the Scot, tish Kite Cathedral. when Htv. T. L. Eliot, pastor emeritus of tho First Unitarian Church, spoke in trib ute to his friend's memory. The cathedral chapel was filled with citizens of Portland and Ore gon, many of them friends of pio neer days, met at the last rites for the pioneer publisher of the Pacific! Northwest, and the friend and fellow citizen so long associated with the building of the commonwealth of Oregon. Briefly beautiful, the serv ice opened at 5:30 o"clock. with Scriptural readings by Dr. Eliot. Para He of Sower la Text. For a portion of his text Dr. Kliot took the parable of the sower, whose seed fell hither and thither as he cast it. some upon stony ground and some to perish by drought. "But others fell into good ground and brought lunn iruit. some a nundred-fold. some. sixty-fold, some thirty-fold In a striking parallel, the ltjrn' of Dr. Kliot's tribute rested upor. 'his description of a stone in St. Paul's Cath.-dral. London, dedicated to the memory of one wl.o served long nd well, and bearing the inscription "Reader, if you seek his monument, look around." "And I ask you. dear friends." said Dr. Kliot. "has there ever been any one in our city for whom we could say these words more truly, or with a greater swelling of pride? If you seek a monument for Henry L. Pittock. look around." I.CMaoa Drawn From Life. Affirming his belief In the "great or der and fellowship of service." toward which both church and civic institu tions are working in common purpose, rr. Kliot gave Mr. Pittock's life as an illustration of the principle and ideal of such service. "I believe that we "are here today," said lr. Kliot. "with a feeling that our brother was a leader and an exemplar, more than I can tell you, of the brother hood of man." He touched upon the fact that Mr. Pittock was born in London, and that both of his parents were of Kentish descent, asking his hearers If they re alized what potentialities that heritage possessed what Kent stands for In the history of Kngland and civilisation. Their coast was the beach for the In vasions of the Gauls, the Vikings, the Teutons and the Romans, and their swords the bulwark. , "The men of Kent, as Wordsworth well describes them," said Dr. El!ot, "were the vanguard of liberty. " Ploaeer Spirit Praised. From such a heritage, eid the speaker, it is reasonable to assume, .n keeping with the knowledge of hered ity's laws that Henry L. Titiock re ceived the clarity of conception, te nacity of purpose, deep piety and love of right that characterized his life. "The impression has come upon me very deeply," he declared, "that it is out of the heredity of such a people and such a stock that we had Henry L. Pittock as a fellow citizen." He spoke of the spirit that prompted the emigration of the Pittocks from England, of the same spirit that bent their sons across the plains to Ore gon, and of its indomitable quality in the life of his friend. He sketched the boy as he sought his first employment in Portland, when he entered the rough little shack that housed the plant of The Oregon ian at that day. "Can you not see him the same man that worked for six months In order to prove what was in pioneering, holding constant!;' be him the ideal of service., Mr. Pittock left to himself a lasting monument," said Dr. Kliot, contrasting issues of pioneer days with the newspa' cr of th present. "Mr. Pittock knew what the making of a newspaper meant," said the speaker. "A great ideal ever swam before his eyes, leading him on to build a true civic newspaper in the midst of the community that he loved. As it is today it is the monument of one of our greatest and truest fellow citizens who was a complex of strength and gentleness. "We are called upon to be makers and creators and thinkers and tollers in behalf of the progress of humanity. l..'oncluud tin l'ae Column 1.) J V I rjn 109.P