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POHTLAXD, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1910.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
FRENCH PLAN FOR
ALLIED ARMY FAILS
DEMOBILIZATION OF
HUN ARMY NEAR END
XOT MORE THAN 2 50,000 MEX
TO BE IX STANDING FORCE.
SEATTLE RADICAL
.LEADERS JAILED
MONTANA IS ALARMED
: BY MENACE OF REDS
ACTION TO GET RID OF LAW
BLIZZARD SWEEPS
OVER MIDDLE WEST
NON-PARTISAN LEAGUE
AGITATION IS FEARED
ANTI-PAVING BILL
PASSED BY SENATE
CITIZENS OF HAXTON", COLO.
APPEAL FOR PROTECTION".
LESS ELEMENTS URGED.'
Vote of Peace Delegates
Kills Burgeois Scheme.
PRESIDENT WILSON ABSENT
Grecian Army to Act in Thrace
and Smyrna, It Is Announced.
PRESIDENT TELLS PLANS
French Informed That TT. S. Execu
tive AVill Return to lYance AN
tcr Brief Trip to America.
TAKIS. FxT. 13. (By the Associated
Press.) The Bourgeois proposition for
an inter-allied military force to en
force peace was defeated by an overwhelming-
vote at the meeting of the
Society of Nations commission today.
The French and Czecho-Slovaks were
the only representatives voting in the
affirmative.
The draft of the society of nations
plan was then unanimously adopted
as a whole.
The final draft consists of 26 arti
cles. Wilson to Read Draft.
President Wilson will personally
read the draft to a plenary meeting of
the peace conference tomorrow. The
conference will not be asked finally to
adopt it at this time.
The Japanese delegation presented
an amendment providing that racial
discrimination should not bo tolerated
In immigration laws.
Several delegates urged tha this
wonld open such a large question, that
great delay might ensue, and the mat
ter was dropped without a vote.
President Wilson was not present at
this session, having to attend the su
preme war council. Lord Robert Cecil
acted as chairman .during his absence.
Greek Force Authorized.
Greece has been authorized by the
peace council to send additional troops
into Thrace, the Smyrna district and
the adjacent territory along the coast.
It i3 understood that these troops and
those which Italy is about to send to
Asia Minor districts of Adaiia and
Konien will be considered as allied
troops subject to withdrawal by the
council.
This move Is construed by observers
here as the first step toward making
Italy and Greece the mandatory powers
for the territory thus occupied.
'Wilson l'lanii to Return.
In a written reply to a declaration of
the French association on the society
of nations which recently called upon
him, President Wilson makes known
formally for the first time his" inten
tion to return to France after. 'going to
Washington for the closing session of
the American congress. -
In this reply the president says that
he accepts the suggestion that after
his return to Paris a great public meet
ing be arranged in celebration of the
conclusion of the work of the peace
conference.
Arrangements will be completed for
President Wilson's prospective depart
ure from Paris Friday and his embarka
tion at Brest on Saturday. It is known
that he is planning to return to France
on March 15. There is some belief in
official circles that the peace confer
ence will be able to complete its work
by June.
Air Flights to Be Regulated.
The peace conference commission on
International control of ports, water
ways and railways is considering a
proposed assertion of jurisdiction over
aerial international flights. The Brit
ish air ministry has already prepared
an elaborate convention which will be
submitted to the peace conference.
The international aviation conference
soon to meet in Paris will also take
up Questions of great importance, such
as how far national control of the air
may go, passports, customs, reciprocal
landing faqilities, aerial police and the
settlement of damages. Civilian flights
between nations are now impossible,
because of the absence of essential
regulations. Many enterprises, such as
that of preparing a Paris to London
air service, have been delayed in con
sequence.
Rear Admiral II. S. Knapp will rep
resent the United States in the aviation
conference
Ullrd states and Britain Give Vlens
The peace conference commission on
reparation today heard .the American
and English points of view on the
question of reparations. Iord Sumner
spoke for Great Britain. Louis Klotz.
the French minister of finance, pre
sided. ,
The financial commission met under
the presidency of former Premier Sa
landra. of Italy. The secretary of the
commission was ordered to amalgamate
all lists into one for presentation to
the commission at its next meeting
Monday.
"ew Articles Are Added. 1
The league of nations commission.
according to tle official communicatidn
this evening, received the report of the
"Drafting committee this morning with
tho result that several new articles
have been added "to the original text
and phrases changed with a view to
clarification. More than a quarter of
the draft was approved in this final
form.
Possibility of Military Erfort Is-No!
Taken Seriously by British .
General Staff.
LONDON', Feb. 13.. Demobilization of
Germany's ola army is almost com
pleted, according to authoritative in
formation here. After Saturday, when
the 1916 and -131? classes will be dis
banded, the German army will consist
of about 100,000 men on the, eastern
frontier and the 1918 and 1919 classes,
numbering about 130,000 men, which
will be kept as a standing army.
Efforts of the German authorities to
recruit volunteers for the army have
been unproductive, but the official vie
here is that they may be inore success
ful later. Men who have been in the
army for four years have no great de
sire to continue in the fighting force,
but it is expected that they will find
civil life In Germany less attractive
than the army and -therefore probably
will be willing to enlist later. '
The German forces on the eastern
frontier is divided into two armies.
The northern headquarters i3 at
Brandenburg and is commanded by
General von Quast. The southern
force under Field Marshal von Woyrsch
is at Sagan.
The British general staff does not
view as dangerous the possibility of
Germany making a military effort, but
is taking full cognizance of the situ
ation which yie staff believes exists.
It is pointed out that the German gen
eral staff still is in existence and that
doubtless much artillery is still on
hand. -The Germans, it is believed,
could get plenty of men quickly if
necessary, but the problem of stores
would forestall any quick ambitions or
attempts to renew the fighting.
WOUNDED BOYS NEAR HOME
Forty From War Front Now at San
Francisco Hospital.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13. Forty
wounded men who saw service in the
Argonne fighting and at many other
points on the west front, arrived at the
Letterman general hospital here today.
Most of the men are from California
and the Northwest.
Among them were Edward Sly, North
Yakima, Wash., wounded a( Bellcau
wood; Blair Paul, Portland, Or.,' wound
ed at the Argonne forest; William
Spiropoulous, Great Falls, Mont.,
wounded at Verdun; Floyd J. Buckley,.!
Woodburn. Or., . wounded at Chateau
Thierry; Harry Carlson, Bellingham,
Wash., wounded at Verdun; N. Jobb,
Pee Ell, Wash.,' wounded at the Ar
gonne. BIG PROJECT IS PROPOSED
Reclamation of Half-Million Acres
In Arizona Urged.
PHOENIX, Ariz.. Feb. 13. Nearly-
half a million acres of land in Ari
zona for returned army and navy men
and others is the aim of an immense
co-ordinated project which is being
worked out-under direction of Andrew
Kimball, Arizona representative of the
agricultural department of the federal
railroad administration, according to
announcement made by him today.
. The project will be presented to con
gress with plans for the construction
of seven reservoirs already contem
plated and others yet to be located.
DIVORCE LAW MAY CHANGE
Oregon City Would Lose . Title of
"Xew' Reno."
STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Feb 13.
(Special.) Representative Cross won
33 affirmative votes in the house to
day for his bill which he says will
cause Oregon City to lose its nickname
of the V'New Reno."
The bill provides that a plaintiff ii
a divorce case must live six months
in the county where divorce proceed
ings are brought.
Mr. Cross declares that now the dirty
linen of Multnomah county is wishc
in the Clackamas county divorce laun
dry and that his bill will require that
marital tics be severed at home.
ABERDEEN PLANS BANQUET
Returned Soldiers to Be Guests on
February 22.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Feb. 13 (Spe
cial.) A general public celebration and
municipal banquet for the men who
have returned from the war or who
have worn Uncle Sam's uniform at
home, at which plates for from 600 to
1000 avill be laid, will feature the first
big welcoming programme which will
be given February 22.
Mayor Roy Sangcnt is to preside as
toastmaster, and in addition to the
speeches of welcome and responses
there will be a fine musifal enter
tainment. FEATLRES OF THE OREGON
LEGISLATURE YESTERDAY.
Seaate.
Bill introduced by Senator Eddy
providing for $3,000,000 bond is
sue for reconstruction work.
House.
Passes bill imposing 1 cent a
gallon on gasoline and half a
cent on distillate. The measure
carries an emergency clause.
Withdraws all consolidation
measures and draws shroud over
that programme for seseion.
Puts Rogue river fish bill on
calendar for third reading after
futile attempt to kill it.
Men Prominent in Recent
Strike Included
SEVEN ACCUSED 0 4NARCHY
Thirty-three 0t Men Held
For Invc gation.
WARRANT OUT FOR EDITOR
John Axtell, Wlliam Moran, "Walker
Smith and F. J. Cassidy Are
'Among: 3Ien Arrested.
SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 13. Four men
declared to have been leaders in dis
tributing revolutionary, bolshevik and
I. W. W.' propaganda during Seattle's
general strike were placed in jail here
today and warrants were out for seven
others charging criminal anarchy, fol
lowing three raids ,in which 33 addi
tional men were arrested und are being
held for investigation. ,
County officials, government . oper
atives, deputy sheriffs, constables and
representative of the district attor
ney participated in the raids.
Under arrest are John J. Axtell, sec
retary of the propaganda committee of
the I. W. W.; William Moran. under
secretary of the I. W. W. defense coun
cil; Walker C. Smith, head of the
Equity Printing -company, and alleged
publisher and distributor of a strike
leaflet headed "Russia Did It," which
advocated the taking over of the ship-y
yaras Dy tne worKmen.
Prominent Leaders Involved.
,F. J. Cassidy. candidate for the city
council, and alleged to be interested
in the International Weekly, said to be
a radical organ, is also under arrest.
Ottiers for whom -warrants .have been
issued, but who had not been arrested
up- to late Thursday evening, are as
follows:
Harvey O'Connor, one of the editors
of the International Weekly.
J. J. Callahan, editorial department
of the Seattle Union Record. -
E. I. Chamberlain, secretary of the
defense council of the I. W. W.
Morris Pass, cartoonist, who it was
charged signed inflammatory illustra
tions for revolutionary propaganda.,
and has been convicted of sedition and
evading the draft.
A. W. Rockwell, an I. W. W. secre
tary. John Larson, allcgedf agitator.
Greene's Bond Is $ 10.0OO.
Moran, Axtell and Smith arc.In the
county Jail and Cassidy is in the city
jail, all being held in default of bonds
in the sum of y000. Green's bond was
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"SHE HAD SO
Legislature Sends Memorial to' Sec
retary of Labor Asking Im-
mediate Relief Measures.
HELENA, Mont.. Feb. 13. Unless Im
mediate and drastic action is taken to
suppress the activities of the lawless
elements in Butte and to "rid the state
of Montana of these- agitators and
teachers of anarchy and revolution, it
cannot be long before ait of the larger
industries of the state will' be closed,
debarring returning soldiers from find
ing work and throwing tnousands of
men now employed out o'f employment,"
says a memorial adopted Dy the eenate
and house or representatives today, ad
dressed to Secretary of Labor Wilson.
The secretary Is asked to exert at
once the powtr of his office to "protect
the people of Montana from the great
menace now confronting us, take all
necessary steps to bring the leaders of
these lawless elements of our state to
speedy Justice and deport all of those
aliens who are subject to deportation."
, The resolution asserts that a number
of the leaders in the lawless element
referred to-are known to be aliens who
never should have- been permitted to
enter the country in the first instance.
It further declares that conditions
must be' bettered so that law-abiding
people and returning soldiers who
fought for the flag may have protec
tion under it "without, being subjected
to the menace of personal violence at
tho. hands of the cowardly traitors who
lost no ' opportunity to strike at this
country when It was at war, to insult
its flag, and who today preach treason,
anarchy and revolution in this nation,
while they laud and reverence the bol
shevists of Russia and Germany."
The vote n the house was unanimous
and in the senate only Senator McKay
of Sanders county voted no.
HIGH AUTO LICENSE FOUGHT
Seattle Healers Say Trade Will Be
Diverted to Oregon.
SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 13. (Special.)
Opposition to "the bill before the leg
islature raising automobile licenses 160
to 300 per cent, consisting mainly of
the members of the Seattle Automobile
club and local dealers, has included a
protest on the ground that the passage
of the measure will divert present au
tomobile trade from this state t.o Ore
gon. Members of the. club are at Ol.ifupia
lobbying against the LIU.
287,332 TROOPS EMBARK
Total- Arrivals Irom Overseas to
February 7, 215,740.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. From the
signing of the armistice to February 8
287,332 American oops in France and
Great Britain had embaaked for the
United States, while up to February 10
67,474 officers and 1,06,116 men had
been demobilized in this country.
Total arrivals of overseas trorfps up
to February 7 were 215,749.
MANY CHILDREN SHE DIDNT KNOW WHAT TO DO."
Wire Service Demoralized
Between East and West.
RAILWAY TRAFFIC SUFFERS
Forty-Mile Gale Drives Snow
in Kansas and Nebraska.
CANADA RELAYS MESSAGES
Communication From Atlantic Coast
to West Is Sent by Roundabout
Way Because of Storm.
CHICAGO, Feb. 13. Heavy snow, ac
companied byextremely high winds,
today demoralized telegraph and tele
phone communication from Chicago to
the Pacific coast. Railway traffic also
suffered much delay from points west
of Omaha and Kansas City.
The heaviest snow storm reported
was from Nebraska, where business in
some towns was at a complete stand
still and-railway traffic had been tem
porarily abandoned.
Meaaaarea are Relayed.
So far as reported the temperatures
have not fallen much below the freez
ing point and livestock has not suf
fered to any great extent.
DENVER, Colo, Feb. 13. Only by
relaying messages through Canada
to the Pacific Coast, thence to San
Francisco-and then to Denver were the
Rocky mountain states able to keep in
touch with the eastern half of the
United States, and the outside world
today. Storms extending from Okla
homa to Canada paralyzed wire com
munication both by telephone and tele
graph and trains from the east were-
several hours late.
The storm broke last night and it was
not until the middle of the forenoon to
day that communication was estab
lished by way of San Francisco and
Canada. " Conditions grew worse. during
the afternoon and Lexington, Neb., be
came the eastern terminus for direct
communication, the Lexington-Columbus
wires breaking about 3, o'clock this
afternoon.
wa Service Crippled.
Brokerage offices were seriously
handicapped, private messages were
impossible and the Associated Press and
other news services were compelled to
rely on intermittent communication for
vital dispatches from the east.
Throughout Kansas and Nebraska
blizzard conditions were reported, with
a wind sometimes reaching a velocity
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Column 3.)
Trouble Said to Date From Attempt
Several Months Ago to Organize
Farmers In Phillips County.
t . -
DENVER. Colo., Feb. 13. Protection
for private citizens and business Inter
ests of Haxtun. Colo., was asked of the
state constabulary today by a citizen of
that town whose name was withheld at
the state capitol because the man feared
for his life If his name became known.
The Haxtun man told Governor Shoup's
secretary that a meeting scheduled for
February -6 at Haxtun might result
in violence and gave the secretary the
name of a lawyer who, he said, had
boasted of his Bolshevik leanings.
The trouble at Haxtun dates back
several months to an attempt to or
ganize a local of the Non-Partisan
League among the farmers of Phillips
county. In which Haxtun is situated.
The request of the Haxtun man to
day is not the first request of its kind
from Phillips county. Colonel Harry F.
Allen, 'head of the state constabulary.
s,aid today. Numerous other complaints
again Non-Partisan League nsKators
have been received by mail and in per
son, he said. He promised to investi
gate .and furnish protection.
Other reports of probable lawless
outbursts cave been received at the
statehouse from Telluride, Trinidad
and other mining districts.
Colonel Allen let it be known today
that Investigations have been under
way In each of these places.
Organizers of the Non-Partisan
League denied that lawlessness was
among the plans of that organization.
MEXICAN ARMY HAMPERED
Shortage of Money and Scarcity of
Horses Handicaps.
JUAREZ, Mexico, Feb. 13. Shortage
of money with which to pay troops and
a scarcity of horses for the use of cav
alry troops are delaying General vAgus
tin Castro, commander of the northeast
zone, in carrying out his plan of in
augurating a cavalry campaign against
Villa's., followers in southern Chihua
hua, it "was stated at military head
quarters here today.
General Castro Is .planning to begin
his campaign in May. Villa was re
ported to be moving toward Durango
City, capital of Durango state, with the
intention of attacking that city, ac
cording to information received here
today.
UMATILLA BOYS GET NEWS
Farmer's Wife Has 98 Correspond
ent in SerTice.
PENDLETON," Or., . Feb. 13 (Spe
cial.) Mrs. Charles F. Daniels, wife
of a farmer near Pendleton, nrohahiv
holds the record for correspondence
with soldiers and sailors. Since the
war began she has corresponded with
98 different boys in service, most of
them from this county and boys who
had few relatives or friends to send
them news from home. She has jsh
over 1700 letters .in the past year and
38 packages to soldiers.
Mrs. Daniels was inspired to take up
this form of service by letters from
ner own 17-year-old sailor son in which
he told of the homesickness of boys
who seldom received mail.
TOTAL WAR COST FIGURED
War College Places Debauch of Mars
at $13,000,000.000.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 12. The total
vi. uiv r a. i ij ah uemgercnts, in
cluding the central powers, was placed
at- ii V? had nnn AnA v... l.- . ,
In an anH t a a cr Kaa a. t
... ... huiiigui hi me me r
lean Voman's "victory dinner."
Thi . v.
o...n. nit; a-cureiary said, was
based on figures just compiled by the
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
x i r.KUA i & Maximum temperature, 4
ueirepi minimum, i degrees.
TOD A y a Rain; moderate southeasterly
N Legislatures.
Ant 1-pa vine bill passed by senate. Pse 1.
Books of ex-adjutant-gencral of Idaho being
checked up by expert accountant. Pago 7.
Senator Eddy urces 3,000,000in bonds.
Page 6,
Acting governor seated at Olympia. Page 7.
J Foreign.
French proposal for inter-allicd army fails.
Pase I.
International labor laws framed at Paris.
Page 5.
Allies must keep Germany down, says Ital
ian ambassador. Page 2. .
German offensive agaJnst Poles reported
suspended. Page o. -
Bolshevism In Russia must go. says Grand
Duke Alexander. Page 3.
French press tone continues objectionable.
Page 2.
'aliona.1.
Poll c 3' of United States In Hussia subject of
heated debate in senate. Pa'C 3.
IromeMic.
Miners deny resnonsibility of Butte dynamit
outrage. Page 4.
Montana pleads for action acainst lawless
element. Pago 1. x
Boilermakers told to return to work. Page S.
Commercial! and Marine.
Oregon Winter wheat crop In fine condi
tion. Page 21.
Corn advances at Chicago on renewal of war
talk. Page 21.
Stock market weakened by break in New
Haven. Page -1 .
Western 'Comet weathers storm, makes fast
trip. Pag 20 .
Rport-
Llncoln high school wins fifth straight vie-
tory. Page 14.
Gus Fisher, h'acramento catcher, wanted for
Portland team. Page 14.
Faclfie Northwest.
Jackson County republicans honor Lincoln
and Itoosevclt. Page K
Portland and Vicinity.
Employment situation steadi'y Improves.
Page 12.
Mayor fears reconstruction programme will
be Inadequate.. Pa sre 1 1.
Save Malheur lake, school pupils plead.
Page 12.
City may enter paving business. Page 13.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 21.
Debate Centers on Inclu
sion of Four Words.
HOUSE FIGHT NOW FORECAST
Three Other Road Measures
Meet Ready "Approval.
23 VOTE IN AFFIRMATIVE
Dlscnssion Han Res From Attack oti
Republican Party to Charges of
Graft and Incompclency.
STATE CAPITOL,, Palem. Or., Feb. 13.
Ppeeial.) After blocking the work
of the senate for a day and a half, sen
ate bill 67, the anti-patent paving bill,
was passed by the senate late this
afternoon by a vote of 21 to 9. On tho
calendar lay 4S bills ready for third
reading while the senators, one by one,
gushed forth words. Finally, by a bit
of generalshio. Senator Moser got tho
senate into a committee of the whole,
secured the adoption of an amendment
of his own, reported back to the senate
and passed the bill under suspension
of the rules.
Followed then, in one, two, three or
der the passageof the other three road
bills which have been under consid
eration. Now the decks of the seiato
are cleared and awaitinc: tho passage
by the house of the bond bill. .
Honne Klgat la Forrriit.
These other bills prohibit a 10-year
guarantee and secret agreements be
tween the patented paving people and
the contractors. The fight on senate
bill 67 is ended in the senate, but Its
passage through the house promises to
be rocky.
Those who have been strafing the
patent paving comprfny fought tho
minority report of the road committee,
which recommended the adoption of the
words, "considering quality and dura
bility." which gave this discretion to
the state highway commission in
awarding contracts. Over these four
words the battle was waged sinc
Wednesday afternoon.
Committee Report Adopted.
The strafers managed eventually to
gain their purpose, for in the midst of
the debate Senator Moser moved tho
senate go into a committee of the
whole, and then had his own amend
ment, "Under the specifications In the
class of pavement which the public au
thorities mentioned in section 2 of this
act shall determine to accept," adopted.
This went back to the senate and on
the report of the committee being
adopted, the minority and majority re
ports of the road committee, over which
the battle waged, were left high and
dry assassinated by parliamentary
tactics.
The vote on senate bill 67. as amend
ed and passed by the senate, was:
Ayes llalrtwin, Dimick, Kberhard.
Eddy, Farrell, Gill. Howell. Huston.
Lachmund, Lafollette, Moser, - Nickel
sen, Tatterson, Pierce, Porter, Smith, of .
Coos; Smith, of Josephine; Strayer,
Thomas, Wood, Vinton.
Noes Banks, Bell, Handley, Jones,
Norblad. Orton. Hitner, Shanks.
Discussion Far-RrarhUs,
Morer's amendment is construed as
tying the hands of tho state highway
commission, by those who voted no.
Tho others say not.
The addition of the four words would
have given the commission the power
to use Its Judgment in selecting pave
ments and awarding bids. The bill
without them would have bound down
the commission tightly. The Moser -amendment
gives the commission a
small leeway but not much.
So much ground has been covered, so
many accusations made, so many per
sonalities vented that only the high
lights in the day and a half fight can
be touched upon. For instance, the
Impression is given that county courts,
councilmen and the highway commis
sioners are not to be trusted in select
ing paving. This was the idea con
veyed by Senator Thomas. Of course,
everyone gave the highway commission
a clear bill of health, but at the same
time, the fighters of patent pavement
wanted to hamstring the commission's
judgment.
Meat of Bill leaded.
Senator Huston's talk probably
suinmed up the arguments most com
pletely. "
He said that as he read the bill the
commission must take the lowest bid.
but the speakers avoided the meat of
the matter. Senator Vinton, said he.
delivered a speech on the virtues of
being honest, and Mr. Dimick avoided
the question as though it was & rattle
snake. Mr. Thomas mentioned it and
"wandered far afield: Strayer discussed
the iniquities of the patented paving
company, but the point, whether this
bill will tie the hands of the commis
sion, was not discussed.
The question is, continued Mr. Hus
ton, that the commission must award
to the lowest aggregate bid. Senator
Eddy says the fohr words will destroj
the bill, but says officials should havi
the right to 'consider quality and dura
bility, yet he objects to adding the four
word.-. As to Senator Thomas, aaid
Mr. Huston, his argument wa btsad
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