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PRICE FIVE CENTS.
.PLOT SAID
VILLA BAND CAUSES
UNREST NEAR BORDER
PARIS PEACE PACT
IS EXPECTED SOON
3389 SOLDIERS REACH
PORT AT NEW YORK
WOMEN'S PARTY ASKS
SENATOR TO EXPLAIN
QUICK TURN SAVES
PRESIDENT'S SHIP
T
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ARM ED BAXDITS REPORTED 83
MILES SOUTH OF JUAREZ.
CRUISERS A"D . ' TRANSPORTS
TELEGRAM OF PROTEST SENT
TO MR. BORAH OF IDAHO.'
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14 Members of Spanish
Branch Arrested.
SECRET SERVICE MEN ACT
Work of Treaty Makers to
Be Speeded Up.
IMPORTANT CONFERENCV.tLD
Plan to Assassinate President
at Boston Charged.
ANARCHISTS HELD IN JAIL
Prisoners Detained 'Without Bail
While Searching Inquiry j-
Coin: Conducted.
NEW TOKK. Feb. 23. Fourteen
members of the Spanish branch of tie
I. W. W. were arrested by secret eerv-
ice men and members of the police
bomb squad in two raids here late to
day. While they are eharged formally
with bavins seditious literature in their
possession, government agents claimed
to have evidence they were hatching a
terrorist plot.
f rank Francisco and Edward J. Dowd
of the secret service, as well as New
York detectives, who assisted them in
tbe raids, declared tr:ey had obtained
evidence which would be used in an
attempt to prove the prisoners had
planned to assassinate President Wilson
in Boston tomorrow, but this assertion
was discredited dv lapiain nitr
Itubino of the secret service, who di
rcctcd the raids.
To fc Honte ta Boston.
According to the police, two rhila
delptiia men who frankly admitted they
were anarchists, stopped here on their
way to Boston and intended to bo on to
that city tonight.
The grave nature of the alleged plot
and the imminence of the attempt to
carry it Into execution, it was declared.
made it essential the men be iinpris
cned at once.
After being questioned at police head
quarters, where their finger prints were
taken, the prisoners were locked up
without bail pending arraignment be
fore a United States commissioner to
morrow.
Meanwhile mi-chan'cal experts have
been assigned to assemble a compll
catcd machine found dismantled in ono
of the rooms raided. The secret service
cents said they were at a loss to ex-
Tilain Its nurDose. Translators were
put to work on a mass of papers and
pamphlets seized.
loath. .1, llrada .
One of the houses raided had been
tinder police surveillance for several
days as a result of meetings held there.
It was said.
All the men, it was said, are Span
ish aliens, who have come to the United
States durinr the past three years.
According to the secret service men.
a. youth of 25. who gave the name of
Jose Graud, is tlie chief organizer of the
hpantsh 1. W. W. here, and Is the edi
tor of a radical Spanish newspaper
published in New York. In the I. W.
W. organization, it was said, he is
known as Armolodo Sapatena.
Tho prisoners were questioned for
several hours at police headquarters.
but for the most part maintained
sullen silon-e.
American Mining and Smelter Men,!
Fearing Execution of Threats,
Arrive at EI Paso.
JUAREZ. Mex.. Feb. 23. An armed
Villa band was reported late today at
a point north of Villa Ahumada. S3
miles south of here. Whether the band
is a main Villa column under Martin
Lopez or a scouting party under Ramon
Veia or other minor chief, was not
known here tonight, but Its presence
within the 100-mile radius of Juarez is
causing increased vigilance along the
border.
EL PASO, Feb. 23. American mining I
and emelter men continue to arrive at
the border from the interior of Mexico.
.rS:llm;.,ei BIG QUESTIONS - EMBODIED
owned milla and mines and kill Amer
icans unless a tribute estimated at
Jl.000,000 gold is paid by the big com
panies operating In northern Mexico.
March 1 was the date set by Villa for
the carrying out of his threat. Many
properties are threatened. The de
mand was made upon several mining
companies. Including the American
Smelting & Refining company".
The demands for tribute were deliv
ercd to the American mine officials
Charles E. Xelson, of Prosser, Wash.
Dies on Board Northwest..
Officers Arrive.
Preliminary Draft to Be Ready
Within Two Weeks.
Aim Is to Hare Document Com
pletcd by Time President Wil
son Returns to Paris.
PARIS, Feb. 22. (By tho Associated
Press.) Results or far-reaching char-
here by an American mining man wholacter were obtained at the meeting of
was held prisoner by Villa and released the council of the great powers today
for that purpose. The money was to
be paid at the mines or to Villa's agent
here, who is now under acrest. As far
as is known none of the demands have
been met.
WIRE RETURN ADVOCATED
Utilities Commissioner Makes Rec
ommendations to President.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23. Return of
telephone and telegraph properties to I These
when resolutions were adopted requir
ing such a speeding up of all work of
the peace conference as to permit the
formation of a preliminary peace
treaty by the time President Wilson
returns to Paris in the middle
March.
To accomplish this, all commissions
dealing with the big questions of rep
arations, boundaries and economic and
financial issues must report to the su
preme council within the next two
weeks, or by March 8 at the latest.
reports, in turn, will form a
private management by June 30 was I b-sis for the drafting of the treaty,
recommended to President Wilson by I
Charles E. Elmqulst, president of the I .
National Association of Railway and n extensive programmj had been
Utilities commissioners, in a letter -' eiuny maiurea wiinin me past lew
made public today. The recommenda- days, and it was brought to a culmina
tion was made, Mr. Elmqulst explained, t'on this afternoon when A. J. Balfour,
.... ... . I Rt 1 ah fnr.icrn G.f.m. ,t- nrA t" 1 ...... 1
on behait or tne executive au " i ' v.vnt.
committee of the association, which in-I K- M. House, of the American delega-
cludes commissioners of practically an cauca on rremicr t-iemenceau.
states. I Each found the wounded statesman
The net result of ix months of dressed and sitting up and keenly
operation by the postmaster-general of I alert. He was fully agreed on the plan
these wire systems." said the letter, I ior rapid acceleration of work.
Is inferior service and very substan-1 This brought together the British,
tlal increases in charges to the public" j American and French viewpoints for a
Discrimination by Mr. Burleson in favor I rapid course of action, assuring the
of the Bell telephone interests also was I earliest possible peace. Shortly after-
charged.
SIXTEEN PERISH AT SEA
French Bark Ilelcne and Norwegian
Freighter Gansfjord Collide.
XtSW YORK. Feb. 23. The French
bark Helene was sunk early yesterday
morning in a collision with the Nor
wegian freighter Gansfjord. orf winter
Quarter light. Virginia, and 16 of her
crew perished. Eight survivors, in
cluding her skipper. Captain Maison-
euve, were brought here looay.
The survivors were brought here on
the Gansfjord, with her bows stove in
and her fore peak full of water. The
Helene, bound from Baltimore to Nan
tes, was loaded chiefly with steel, and
went down like a plummet.
The Norwegian, from Cabanas, Cuba,
for New York, registered only 10S7
tons gross, compared with 3456 for the
sailing vesoL The collision occurred at
2 A- M. during heavy weather.
ward the supreme council met and rati
fled the programme ..
Military" Treaty DUpIaced.
The main feature of the speeding-up
plan Is to embody all subjects, both
nonmilitary and military, in the pre
liminary peace soon to be framed and
to have this broad general docu
ment take the place of a sepa
rate military treaty for disarmament
which had been prepared by the su
preme war council under the direction
of Marshal Foch, who was to present
it within the next few days.
It will be this broad, general plan
NEW YORK, Feb. 23. The United
States cruisers Montana and Kansas
and the transports West Durfee and
Artemis docked here today with 3389
troops. The voyages were stormy and
the Kansas put in at Bermuda for coal.
Corporal Charles E. Nelson of Prosser,
Wash., died on the Montana during the
trip. ,
The Kansas brought 1930 officers and
men and 'the Montana a total of 1401
men. The West Durfee brought 33 cas
ual officers and men, and the Artemis
25 casual officers.
Captain Raoul Duval, San Mateo, CaL,
wore the croix de guerre and the Le
gion of Honor decoration, and holds
several additional citations for bravery.
Captain Duval had served with the
seventh French dragoons since 1914.
Among the officers who returned
were Lieutenant-Colonel John Poison of
Boise, Idaho, and Major J. M. Handley
of Mandan, N. D., a senior judge in the
fifth judicial district of that state.
tt'oncluded on Pajre 2. Column 4.)
TRAIN ROBBER CONFESSES
Great Northeru Railway Detective
Effects Capture.
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Feb. 23. Jack
Lane, arrested Friday at Monroe,
Wash., and brought here by Great
Northern railway Detective W. H.
Uecker has confessed, according to of
ficers, to holding up passengers on the
Great Northern-Vancouver train early
on the morning of January 31 at Sam
ish station. 12 miles south of here.
Lane, according to the officers, says he
obtained $10
He intended to rob the express car
but found It locked. He then decided to
pick up a little change, he said, from
the passengers, tie jumped from the
train here and eluded arrest by hiding
in the woods. Ho is 37 years old and un
married and claims to have served a
sentence in the Louisiana prison a few
years ago.
SOUTHERN JJFFICER DIES
General Bennett II. Young, of Ciril
War Fame, Succumbs.
LOUISVILLE. Ky., Feb. 3. General
Bennett H. Young, commander-in-chief
of the United Confederate Veterans
rom 1913 to 1916, died at his home
here this afternoon, following a short
illness. j
General Young served with Worst"). J
J. E. B. Stuart and Mosby, during the
Civil war.
ROUMANIAN RULERS FLEE
Queen, and Princess, in Fear of Re
volt, Go to England.
GENEVA, Feb. 23. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The queen of Roumania
and her daughter, the Princess Eliza
beth, have fled from Bucharest to Eng
land fearing a revolution in Roumania,
says a dispatch received from Vienna.
Ministerial Councillor
Slain in Riots.
Is
OTHERS SERIOUSLY WOUNDED
Radicals Threaten Wholesale
Murder Reprisals. .
EISNER'S SLAYER ABETTED
Wittclsbach Dynasty Believed to Be
Behind Movement to Destroy
Bavarian Republic.
Message Asks What Is Meant by
Vote of People on League
of Nations Plan.
SAX FRANCISCO, Feb. 23. By way
of expressing their disapproval of his
course in opposing the Susan B. An
thony amendment on the floor of the
senate, the California branch of the
national Women's Party today sent the
following telegram to U. S. Senator E.
Borah, of Idaho, at Washington:
"The California branch of the na
tional women's party would liko to ask
Senator Borah when he demands that
the league of nations plan be referred
to the vote of the people, what he
means by the vote of the people.
"Considering his blow to democracy
in the United States by his vote against
the national woman suffrage amend
ment we are skeptical about his sin
cerity in regard to the voice of the
people."
(Signed) ELINOR CARLISLE, Chr'n.
MILDRED GILBERT, Sec.
MUNICH, Feb. 23. (Havas.) Minis
terial Councillor Jahries has been killed
and several officers of tho war office
gravely wounded in the rioting here.
The radical elements have threatened j
with death entire classes of tne popula
tion as a reprisal for the assassination
of Kurt Eisner.
PARIS, Feb. 23. Count Arcovalley,
the slayor of Premier Eisner of Ba-
aria, was not acting independently,
says a Zurich dispatch to the Petit Pa-
risien, and it is becoming more and
moro evident that the vvitteisoacn
dynasty and its adherents are behind
organized movement to destroy the
Bavarian republic
Armed Attack Anticipated.
The dispatch adcte that it was in an
ticipation of an armed attack against
the national assembly and existing in
stitutions that the majority socialists,
independent socialists and Spartacans
of Munich signed a pact to stand to
gether.
Communication between Munich and
Switzerland has been severed, the dis
patch adds, and news reaching Swit
zerland by way of Berlin is vague.
WEIMAR, Saturday, Feb. 2. (By
the Associated Press.) The entire
Bavarian delegation to the national
assembly left for Munich this morning
on receiving reports that Herr Auer,
inister of the interior, had died from
his wounds received in the shooting in
the landtag and that a stato of chaos
existed In Bavaria.
Construction Work Halted.
Their absence may postpone still
further committee consideration and
debate on the new constitution, which
was scheduled for next Tuesday, as it
is considered more important to
store order in Bavaria than to debate
the proposed constitution on a date ar
bitrarily set.
BERLIN. Feb. 22. (By the Asso
BANKERS PLAN PROTECTION
International Committee to Look
After Interests in Mexico.
NEW YORK, Feb. 23. The organiza
tion of an international committee of
20 bankers, ten from the United States
and five each from England and France,
"for the purpose of protecting the hold
ers of securities of the Mexican re
public and of the various railway lines
of Mexico, and generally such other
enterprises as have their field of ac
tion in Mexico," was announced here
today by J. P. Morgan & Co.
"The committee will be prepared,"
the statement of the Morgan firm says,
"to take suc'i further steps as may
seem wise in order to afford counsel
and aid to investors who hold interests
in Mexico.
J. P. Morgan is chairman of the
committee.
Washington and Its Escort
Lose Bearings.
DISASTER NARROWLY AVERTED
Storm Raging Off Coast Makes
Signaling Difficult.
SHORE SUDDENLY IS SEEN
But for Alert Deck Officer Two Bij
Vessels Would Have Grounded
Off Massachusetts Coast.
TWO KILLED AT RITZVILLE
(Concluded on Pae 4, Column 1.)
LOOKING AT IT FROM INSIDE
WARSAW CROWD DISPERSED
I'adercwyki Proiiii-e-. DcnionMrauts
Work Will Be Provided.
WARSAW. Feb. 22. (By the Asso
ciated Pres. A crowd apparently
made up of persons out of work and
led by bolshevik agents made a dem
onstration today before the Hotel Bris
tol where Premier l'aderewski and the
tnter-allicd mission to Poland have
their headquarters. The premier s auto
mobile was stopped as he was leaving
the hotel and M. l'aderewski forced
to make a speech. 11c promised the
demonstrants work as soon as possible
and appealed to them to disperse be
cause of the impression their altitude
would make on the foreign mission.
The affair tumid out to be rather
tan-e and the crowd was eventually
dispersed by calry and infantry.
NINETEEN MEN EXECUTED
Mexican Folicc Start Campaign to !
-1
FIRE ENDS MINE OPERATION
Indefinite upcnion Throw 2 00
Men Out or Work.
FISBHC. Ariz. Kcb. C. F:rc In tho
rvn mine of the Shttuck Arizona
Copper company resulted today in th
indefinite tuM nsion of operation at
the property. As i result ,00 men are
out of work.
Severn! days apo the fire broke ou
in the mine but was placed under con
trol and work continued. The ftrc today
fevcame so bad that it wad ntretsary to
clove the mints in spite of efforts to
e-tinui:h the flames.
U. S. CAMP IS DESTROYED
Quantities of t'lotliins and Equip
ment at I-ur-TilIe Burn.
PARI3. Feb. 23. (By the Assoc iated
T'ress.) The American camp at Is-sur
Till has been destroyed by fire, ac
cording to a dispatch to the Havas
agency from I'ljon.
Pespite the prompt and ffic:nt
work of the American the entire camp
ws burned with quantities of clo.thlng
artd t-quipnictit. The damage la esti-c-ucj
at l.OOe.OC'U frauc.
Knd Kanditry.
BROWNSVILLE. Texas. Feb. S3,
Xineteen men, eicht of whom are from
the same community, 20 miles up the
i;io Grande from Matamoros, have so
far been summarily executel by shoot'
ins or hanging; by the state police of
the Mexican state of Tamaullpas.
A campaign is on to end banditry
along the lower Texas-Mexican border,
according- to reliable information in
Matamoros tonight-
PRESIDENT GRANDPA AGAIN
Arrival of Son Hcportcd at Sayre
Home in Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 13. A son
was born to Mrs. Francis B. Sayre,
daughter of President Wilson, at the
Jefferson hospital here early today.
Mother and child are doing well. This
is tho president's fourth grandchild
The president has been notified and
it is possible he may stop at Philadel
phia on his way from Boston to " ash
ington.
BURNING ARMY SHIP SUNK
Two Members of tixaola's Crew Be
lieved to Have Fcrishcd.
XEW YORK, Feb. 23. The army rc
frizeratinc shin Sixaola was sunk at
her pier in Hoboken tonight to save her
from flames raging in her holds. Two
members of the crew, an officer and a
boatswain's mate, arc missing and be
lieved to have perished.
The vessel, loaded with beef, was
about to sail for Brest.
BELLEAU MEMORIAL ASKED
American National Cemetery May Be
Kstabli'lied in France.
XEW TOr.K, Feb. -3. The r.oosevclt
permanent memorial committee an
nounced today that it has been proposed
that the Bellcau Wood, where the first
American soldiers fell In France, be ac
quired and eonerted into an American
national cemetery in memory of Theo
dore Kootfcvtlu
Auto Containing Jacob Koch and
Daughter Struck by Train.
RITZVILLE, Wash., Feb. 23. (Spe
cial.) Jacob Koch was instantly killed
and his 9-year-old daughter killed al
most instantly, at 9 o'clock this morn
ing when the auto in which they were
riding was completely demolished by a
special soldier train west bound on the
Northern Pacific line about two miles
east of here.
Mr.. Koch and daughter were going
to church. The road near the track on
which they were driving was rough.
their curtains were up and a blinding
snow storm was raging. It appears
their car was hit about the middle and
a portion of it, with the body of Mr.
Koch, was knocked 100 feet away.
The train apparently was going at
high rate of speed.
TROOP T0GET WELCOM
First Special Leave Train Will De
part From Coblcnz Sunday.
COBLEN'Z, Feb. 23. (By the Associ
ated Press.) Uhe first special leave
train will depart from Coblenz for rec
reation centers in France Sunday night,
carrying a thousand enlisted men of
the American third army. The soldiers
will be permitted to spend a week i
Annecy and Aix les Bains, where vari
ous welfare organizations have pre
pared their entertainment, consistin
or vauaevuie, eigntseeing trips an
sports.
A special leave train will be run
every night for soldiers of the army of
occupation, while officers en route to
leave centers will travel by the regu.
lar trains.
Copyright by Chicago Tribune. Published by Arrangement.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 4
degrees: minimum, oH degrees.
TODAY'S Occasional rain, moderate west
erly winds.
Legislature.
State budget total reduced by committee.
page a.
Legislature today turns into last lap of its
course, -rage o.
War.
Official casualty list. Page 11.
Foreign.
Murderous orgies in Bavarian capital con-
tinue. rage l.
Preliminary peace treaty to be completed
wnmn two weeKa. rage 1.
Huge new liners to be built. Page 2.
Allies' demands in full to be presented to
uermans soon, rage
Germans, conquered, bide, time for their re
venge, rage z.
Anarchic situation alarms diplomats. Page 4.
Premier Lloyd Oeorge Issues warning to
British miners. Page 4.
t National.
Income tax returns must be filed before
March lo. rage 6.
Domestic.
Women's party ask senator to explain.
rage l.
Three thousand, three hundred and eighty
nine soldiers arrive at jsew lork. Pase 1.
W. W. plot said to aim at Wilson.
Page 1.
President's ship narrowly escapes grounding
oil. Massacnuseus coast, rage 1.
Villa band causes unrest near border.
Page 1.
Irish assert right of self-government.
Page 3.
Sports.
Ritchie and Leonard likely to box again.
rage lv.
Hayward issues call to track men. Page 10.
Portland and Virlnity.
All Oregon rallies to relief campaign. Page 7.
16Sd infantry and 69th artillery may come
west togetner. rage .
Method Ists sign to care for 1000 visiting del
egates. Page 8.
Baptist laymen open conference. Page 9.
Orefron farmers already are calling for help.
Page lti.
Metal Trades delegates say changes needed
in council. Page 111.
Oregon hotel men to open ninth annual con
vention here today. Page 32.
Union, Wallowa and Wasco comities pledge
quota to livestock show. Page 11.
Portland's 1919 auto show opens today.
Page 12.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 12.
ON BOARD THE TJ. S. S. GEORGE
WASHINGTON", Feb. 23. The presi
dent's ship and its destroyer escort,
the Harding-, lost their bearings in tho
heavy fog and rain off the Massa
chusetts coast this afternoon while
running for Boston light and camo
within perhaps 1000 yards of ground
ing off the beach at Thatcher's island.
Cape Ann.
The two vessels were proceeding on
dead reckoning about 3 o'clock with
the Harding as a guard ship ahead.
Suddenly the Harding's lookout dis
covered land and the destroyer gave
five quick blasts on her whistle and
made a quick turn across the Wash
ington's bow. The wind was landward
and the sound was carried away from
the George Washington instead of
toward her.
Deck Officer Sees Danger.
The Washington's deck officer, how
ever, saw the five jets of steam from
the Harding's whistle and signaled the
engine room for full speed astern. The
big ship trembled and quivered with
the throbbing of the mighty engines,
and that was the first intimation any
of the passengers and most of the crew
had of what was going on.
President Wilson noticed the motion
at once, and with Admiral Grayson
went on deck. He was quite uncon
cerned, however, and his attitude was
more one of curiosity and interest.
Troops and passengers piled on decks
at the same time and saw the rollers
on the sandy beach and the summer
cottages. Although going full speed,
the Washington stopped quickly and
easily and began backing away, while
the destroyers turned to, wallowing;
about the big liner. The lead was got
going quickly and deep water immedi
ately was reported.
Soldier Cheers for V. S. A.
'T don't car if it is the beach," ex
claimed one soldier. "It's the good old
U. S. A., whatever it Is, and I say
'Hurrah for it.' "
After backing a short distance, Cap
tain McCauley dropped anchor to make '
observations and get bearings, while
the destroyers formed a semicircle
about the President's ship waiting for
orders. The wind whipped up a bit
and a blind snow flurry swept down
on the port quarter, making observa
tions even more difficult. Then the
wind shifted, and drove the snow flurry
off to the north, the fog lifted and ono
of the officers perched on the upper
deck, sans out:
"Thatcher's Island dead ahead."
Wsmblngton 'Backs Out.
The weather continued to clear every
moment and before an hour had quite
passed it was possible to- see from four
to six miles. The Washington then
backed out and,-turning south, headed
for Boston light, where a pilot was
waiting at the buoys at the mouth of
the channel.
BOSTON", Feb. 23. President Wil
sons ship arrived. In isoston naTDor
early this evening and anchored with.
all the presidential party remaining;
aboard. Tomorrow some time before
noon the President and those accom
panying him from the Paris peace con
ference will come ashore for brief cere
monies of welcome and a short speech.
by the President in Mechanics' hall.
Tho whole party will leave for Wash
ington by special train at- 4:30 in the
afternoon, arriving Tuesday morning.
The president still plans to return
to France on the George Washington,
sailing from Hoboken about March 5.
unless something unforesoen occurs.
The condition of the French premier.
M. Clemenceau, may prove to be a
arge factor. The possibility of a
change in the French government
should the premier not respond to
reatment for his wound, and the fur
ther possibility of a delay in the peace
conference complicate tho situation.
Much Already Accomplished.
Although the president held ecveral
conferences during the returning voy
age he did not give any expressions on
the work or prospects of the peace
conference further than to indicate
that he feels a certain justification of .
is position in insisting: that the mak
ing of peace and the creation of a
league of nations arc inseparable
propositions, not to be dissociated.
Mr. Wilson has told friends and ad
visers that with the draft of tho league
constitution on the ta,ulc before tho
conference, he considers the first great
tep an accomplished fact. The presi-
cnt is known to feel that In the end
the underlying principles he has pro
posed will be accepted in the confer-
nce. The ratification of the document
in other countries and in the Lnitea
States the president considers as an
ther step to be dealt with after the
league of nations plan is perfected.
While he has been following keenly
Concluded ou Page 2, Cuiuuiil 3.)
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