PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY 5 FEBRUARY 25, .1919.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
VICTORY LIBERTY LOAN
NEW YORK STF,tE OFF
E
SCHOONER, HELPLESS,
. ADRIFT FOR 14 DAYS
ENTIRE CREW is STRICKEN
-WITH SPANISH INFLUENZA.
ULTIMATUM ISSUED
TO BE FIVE BILLIONS
AS CONFERENf I RESULT
REPUBLICAN RULE
PORT DISPUTE
NLW IS.SIE OF BONDS TO BE
BLILDIXG TRAD
ORDERED BACK
UNIONISTS
FLOATED LATE IX A PHIL.
:0 WORK.
VOL. I,IX. XO. 18,17
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OPENED Bill
BADEN
PROCLAIMS
AUTDMQBIL
SHOW
SURPASSES
OTHERS
President Hurls Defiance
at Opponents in U. S.
IS
American Help to Free People
of Old World From Age-Old
Tyrannies Deemed Need.
GSTON'S GREETING IS WARM
Wildly Welcomed as He Pa
rades Through Streets.
,i r.OSTOX. Feb. 21. President Wil-
on will fight at home as he has
ought abroad j'or a league of nations,
leturninj; from France, he had been
ii American soil not more than three
ours today before he threw down the
auntlct to those who distrust the
roposed rom-ert of jroverninents
ased, he said, on the American ideals
hich had won the war for justice and
u inanity.
An America confininjr to her own
territories her conception and her pur
pose to make men free, he said,
vould have to keep her honor "for
iliose narrow, selfish, provincial pur
poses which se?m so dear to some
minds that have no sweep beyond their
nearest horizon."
HiK Aud'lorium Filled.
IJefore a responsive audience that
I IIouc Ways and Means Committee
Submits Legislation Authorizing
bale of Short-Term Moles.
AVASHINGTONYKeb. S4. The viertory
liberty loan to be floated late in April
is expci-ted to by for IJ.OOO.OOCOOO, the
house ways and means committee re
ported today in suDinitting legislation
authorizing- sale of short-term notes
instead of bonm. The bill will be
called up in the house tomorrow.
After the ways and means commit
tee had reported tne treasury author
ized the statement that the J 3,000,099,
010 mentioned by the committee as the
ossible size of the victory loan was
not necessarily exact, since the amount
would be determined finally by the
treasury for a month and a half. The
size then w ill depend upon g-overnment
expenses, which cannot be forecast ac
curately for the next month or more.
The committee estimate was based
on the assumption that expenditures
for the fiscal year ending; next June
31 would bo J13.000.000.000, which is
"..0'"0.000.000 more than the receipts of
$ 1 1.000.000,000. exclusive of the yield
from the victory loan.
In explaining the provision In the
proposed bill for 17,000.000.000 of notes
the committee report said:
"The treasury department and the
committee believe that out of an abun
dance of caution we should authorize
the issue of $7,000,000,000 of notes, since
the excess over J5.000.000.000 will
doubtless be required early in the next
fiscal year."
Formal Announcement Is
Made at Mannheim.
MILITARY PRISONERS FREED
Castle Raided by Crowd and
" Archives Destroyed.
MUNICH - AGAIN COMPOSED
! I tcil the biggest auditorium in
city. the president pictured the old
I i orM fighting ith stubborn despera
tion, and expecting in the end nothing
An-tter for the peoples than they had!
lnon for centuries.
He pictured the American nation
entering the li.-t. with a new purpose
the free Jim of mankind. The olj
vorld h::d caught the vi.-iun. and any
trraty of peace drawn otherwise than
in Ihe new spirit would be nothing
IMore, he asserted, than a "modern
pcrau of paper," and the present
jTace, unless jruarnntcrd by the united
I irirs of the civilized world, could not
sdand a jrenerato-n.
lr. W ilon Hurls Defiance.
IVmhnc ver thr f pcrtVer": table, his
faro set in len.-e lines and his rieht
li.ind clcmh'-d. the president c.x-
c'iim"d:
"Any man who thinks that Amer
ica will take part in riving the world
pny such rebuff and disappointment as
that d'vs pot know America. I invite
I i n to test the sentiment of the na
tion."
Interrupted by applause, the presi-
d nt halted and then evuked the jrrcat
ct demonstration of the afternoon
when he added that h" would accept no
sweeter chal'ense than the issue of
til American purpos..- in the var.
Intense I-it-lins Shown.
"1 hi'vr fihtiiig blooil in me," he
said with apparent fee, in;., " and it is
sometimes a delight to let it have
pope, but if it is a challenge on this
occasion, it will he an indulgence."
At anotlier point in bis address, the
pie.-iden'. said that if the prcat hope
the vorld for a league of nations
FIREMEN SAVE 300 GIRLS
ISI.-izc nt Titlsburg Business College
Spectacular One.
PITTSBURG, Feb. 24. More than 300
Birls were rescued by firemen, a score
overcome by smoke and a doxen In
jured in a spectacular- fire whfch late
today destroyed the building occupied
by Huffs Business college. In the heart
of the business district. One girl who
fell from the arms of a fireman at a
third floor window was probably fa
tally injured.
Uf the 450 students in the school
when the fire alarm was sounded, only
about 100 girls and 50 boys were able
to reach the street In safety before
.mil; nrwi rime cut off the escape
tbolof 200 others. Trapped on the second
and third floors, the remaining students
were taken from windows or Jmped
into fire nets in the street below. The
damage was estimated at J100.000.
CHICAGO CAMPAIGN ENDED
Pre-Primary One of LlvcIicM Cllj
Has l'.cr Seen.
CHIC.MiO. Keb. :4. The last big
meetincs in one of tbc mo.t spirited
mayoral and ablermanic primary cam
paigns ever held In Chicago were held
today.
Interest centers in the contest for
ihe maor:il nominations soncht by
three republican and two democrats
in tomorrow's primary. The republi
can race is between Mayor William II.
Thorn. Judse Marry Olson and Cap
tain Charles Ii. .Merriam. Robert M.
tweitzer and Thomas Carey are the
democratic candidates.
One of the liinh lights in the cam
paign against Mayor Thompson was
th alienation that he was lax In sup
porting the war and catered to the pro
ijcrman clement.
Ebert Ciovernment Apparently Does
Not Intend to Interfere in Ba
varia for Present at Least.
PAniS, Feb. 24. (Hayas.) Following
a meeting at Slannhcim, railed inhonor
of.the memory of Kurt isner, th'e repub
lie of Baden was proclaimed.- says a
Havas dlspatcn. The people opened the
gates of tne military prison and liber
led men in prison and then raided the
castle and burned the archives.
ARMY OF 538,498 PLANNED
Senate I'onimiucc Approxes AYar De
partment Irojcet.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24. Provisions
for a temporary army i of 538.498 offi
cers and men after next July 1. as rec
ommended by the war department, was
inserted in the billion-dollar appro
priation measure today by the eenate
military committee.
These provisions were eliminated In
the house, which approved an army of
only ir'i.oi'0 men. the maximum fixed
in the national defense act of 191.
BEKLI,V, Sunday, Feb. 23. (By the
Associated Press.) Conditions in Mu
nich have settled ' down into a fair
measure of cder and temporary politi
cal stability. The ebert government -for
the present apparently does not intend
to interfere, although the decision: to
incorporate in the Bavarian government
representatives of the workmen's, peas
ants and soldiers' 'councils, it is be
lieved, , contains elements of future
political conflict.
er Constitution Violated.
Such an arrangement is opposed to
the provision In the new German con
stitution, which recognizes only state
governments based upon democratic
general elections, while the Soviets are
purely class organizations.
GENEVA, Feb. 24. Prince Leopold,
rormcr commander-in-chief of the Ger
man armies on the Russian front, has
been lmDrisoned at Munich on susninlnn
of being one oi the Instigators of the
murder of Premier Eisner.
A list of persons to be assassinated
by the reactionaries is said to have
been found, and it is asserted that It
has been decided to take 20 hostages
from among the aristocracy. All the
students in the university have been
searched.
A provisional ministry has been con
stituted, consisting of nine members,
instead of eight. Among the ministers
is Professor Friedrich Forester, of the
All Matters in Dispute to Be Adjudi
cated by Joint Committee of
Employers and Workmen.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 21. All work
men on 'strike in the New York build
ing trade dispute and all other sympa
thetic strikers were ordered back to
work tonight under an agreement
reached at a conference here between
representatives of the Building Trades
association, the union and the secre
taries of war and labor.
It was agreed that all matters in dis
pute would be placed before a confer'
ence committee composed of three men
selected by the employers and three by
Ihe workmen. All matters upon which
the committee failed to agree after
three days would be submitted to Judge
Henry P. Dugro of New York City,
whose decision would be made within
two weeks. and would be final.
PRICE FOR LIQUORS SOAR
San Francisco Saloons Boost Whisky
to -5 Cents a Drink.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 24. (Special.)
After tonight a drink of whisky will
cost 25 cents in all parts of the country
where the so-called first-class saloon
exists. The reason is that the govern
ment tomorrow will double its tax on
whisky. The cost of other saloon drinks
also is to be elevated. There are no
more imports of : champagne, Scotch
whiskies and cordials.
Beginning tomorrow, a pony drink of
any cordial will cost 50 cents. The
present price Is 35 cents. A drink of
Scotch whisky is to cost 30, 35 and ,40
cents. Champagne has hit the ceiling
hard, with the price of $100 a case.' On
this account the saloons say they can
not afford to sell it for lees than S12
quart.
The price for beer is to be main
tained at 15 cents a glass.
SCHOOL WORK CRITICISED
Nation's Educational System Held
More or Less Wrong.
CHICAGO, Feb. 24. All branches of
educational systems in the United
States from kindergartens to colleges
were criticised here today by educators
who spoke at various meetings held In
connection with the convention of the
department of superintendence of the
National. Education association, now
n session.
Ir. Leightmeier Witmer of the Cnl
ersity of Pennsylvania declared the
present method of teaching foreign
languages was all wrong because It
lacked thoroughness.
(Concluded on l'ttg .1, Column l.
Dairy Board Bill Introduced.
STATE CAPITOU Salem. Or.. Feb. 24.
(Special.) The following bill was in
troduced in the house tonight: H. B.
520. by Griggs (by request) Creating
dairy registration board.
Attendance Shatters
First-Day Records.
All
EXHIBITS 50 PER CENT MORE
Superb Lighting System Sets
Out eBautiful Decorations.
SEARCHLIGHTS PLAY PART
Tenth Annual Display of Pacific
Northwest Dealers Compares
With Eastern Expositions.
Portland's star in - the automotive
firmament never shone so brightly as
did yesterday when the 1919 automobile
show opened in the Hippodroma build
ing. Twentieth and Marshall streets.
A superb lighting system and deco
rations of thousands of white and pink
roses, ivy and bunting, ana tne inai-
vidual touches In the respective show
spaces combine to make the setting
ideal for the display of 50 per cent
more gasoline-propelled vehicles than
ever before have been assembled in the
northwest.
Flrt-Day Heeords Surpassed.
Several thousand visitors viewed the
exhibits, the attendance shattering all
previous' first-day records and coming
near the largest days of other shows.
As soon as the doors were opened at
10 A. M. spectators began to arrive,
the stream of visitors steadily increas
ing in volume until late evening.
That the city's tenth annual show far
surpasses any' previous exhibition held
the northwest is freely admitted by
show veterans. The automotive ots
play is compared favorably with the
nationally famous ones staged In New
York and Chicago and declared the
equal of the most ambitious efforts of
the dealers in Los Angeles and San
Francisco.
Searchlights Give Surprise.
As a prelude to the official opening
program last night the lights were
turned out. Then several large search-
ights played up and down the exhibi
tion floor, singling out first one shin-
nsr show car and then another. The
spectators, recovering from their sur
prise, were quick to applaud the novel
stunt.
In a balcony above the entrance an
orchestra played. Two soprano solos
Hen ou Moana, Engaged in Copra
Trade, Have Distressing Ex
perience In Mid-Pacific. '
PAPEETE, Island of Tahiti, Ib. 7.
By Mail.) For ii days the schooner
Moana drifted helpless in mid-ocean.
while her entire crew lay stricken with
Spanish influenza, not one of whom
was able to navigate her. The Moana,
which left San Francisco on December
14, 191S, was eight days out when the
plague laid the men low. Three of the
crew died and were buried at sea. The
schooner arrived here on January 26.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 24. The
schooner jloana, reported to have
drifted helplessly in the South Pacific,
while her crew lay ill with influenza,
is a two-masted wooden vessel of 140
tons, and is owned by a French ship
ping firm in Tahiti. For the past two
years she has been on the "copra run"
between i-outh 6ea Islands and this
port. Her captain is V. Brisson of
Tahiti.
(Conclude! on Pagr-a :;, Column .'!.
THE LEAGUE OF NATION'S ARGUMENT IN A NUT SHELL.
SOLDIER CEMETERY URGED j
was appointed, he would wish "for .senate rno- Bill I'roi iding Burial
r-y part never to have ha1 America t.round in France.
.'ay any part whatever in this attempt, 1MV(:)V vvh A bm bv
to emancipate ine worm, i nave no
nore doubt of thr verdict of America
n this matter than I have doubt of the
tvood that is ir me."
Welcome I Rousing;.
New England gave the president a
ri'usnijr welcome nt mc. I nis city
Ijt rohably never, has seen a greater
m rowd than gathered at every point of
Vantage along the route from Com
monwealth pier, to which the naval
. utter Os.-ipee brought his party from
I 'he steamer Ocorgc Washington.
.round two sides of Boston Common
kr the Copley I'la.j hotel, w here a stop
was made for luncheon.
At every turn, the president was
cheered. Hat in hand, he stood in his
motor ear throughout the two miles of
the parade except in one block be-
wecn Washington and Tremont
treets, where, because of the narrow
wav, spectators were not allowed to
on pre gate.
Guard of Honor Formed.
The national army, the navy, the
state guard and the city police in lines i
.m either side of the route formed a!
7 ird of honor for the entire distance I of the
WASl
Senator Spencer of Missouri author
izing the secretary of war to acquire
land in France for the burial of Amer
icans who lost their lives in the war,
was passed today by the senate and
sent to the house.
The French government already has
offered to provide the site, which will
be known as "The American Field of
Honor."
ALASKAN LANDS, CUT OUT
Oil-l.ea-lng Bill May Be Passed at
Present Session.
WASHINGTON". Feb. 14. Conferees
on the oil leasing bill eliminated from
the measure today provisions extend
ing the bill to include both the leas
ing and sale of Alaskan coal land.
The measure will be reported back
t both hou.-fa without delay in the
hope or securing final enactment at
this session.
IRISH DELEGATE AT PARIS
i:no of New Itcpublic Presents
IliniM'lf at Conference.
PA It IS. Feb. St. Sean O'Cealligh
presented himsflf to the peace confer
ence today as "the accredited envoy
provisional government of the
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MILTON YOUTH CONFESSES
Multnomah County Dele
gation Demands Names.
NOON TODAY TIME LIMIT
Resolutions and Telegrams
Show Division of Sentiment.
RUSH CHARGE IS RESENTED
Representative K. 10. Smith Makes
Attempt to Compromise by Retain
ing; All Commission Members.
Harry Samuels Admits Murder of
Omar dinger.
PENDLETON, Or., Feb. 24. (Spe
cial.) Harry Samuels, 19-year-old Mil
ton boy, is said to have confessed to
the sheriff's office that he killed Omar
Olinger, proprietor of a store 12 miles
south of Milton, last Wednesday. The
lad Is said to have shot dinger with
a high-power rifle following a quarrel
between them.
Samuels was arrested Saturday morn
ing in Pendleton by Sheriff T. D. Tay
lor and is being held at the county
jail. The body of Olinger, buried be
neath a manure pile, was found near
the store on Friday by Sonny Stark,
a wood cutter in the Blue mountains.
The funeral services -of the mur
dered man were held in Milton yes
terday. Samuels is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Samuels of Milton, well
known residents of the east end of
the county.
PRESIDENT WELL GUARDED
Fvory Precaution. Taken for Protec
tion of Executive.
BOSTON, Feb. 24. Some details of
the arrangements for the protection of
President Wilson during his ride
through the streets were made known
after he reached his hotel. In addition
to the many soldiers and sailors who
lined the streets and uniformed police
men and plain-clothes men mingled
with the crowds, sharpshooters with
high-powered rifles also were stationed
on the roofs of buildings at various
points. Other soldiers kept watch from
windows and points of vantage.
Their services, however, were not
needed, for the crowds were orderly
throughout, intent only on giving the
president an entiiusiastie welcome.
SENATE AIR HELD DEADLY
Oklahoma Member Explains High
Mortality Kale.
WASHINGTON", Feb. 24. Appealing
today for steps to purify the atmos
phere in the senate chamber, Senator
Owen of Oklahoma said he believed the
poor ventilating system had contrib
uted greatly to the mortality among
members of the senate. He pointed out
that in 11 -years 36 members had died
during office, while 23 others had died
after retiring, and declared his belief
that their health had been impaired
by impure air in the senate.
"I think the senate is suffering more
from hot air," said Senator Thomas of
Colorado, as Senator Owen concluded.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY S Maximum temperature, 43
- degreos; minimum, JS decrees. -TODAY'S
Rain; increasing southerly winds,
Legislature.
Ultimatum' In port dispute demands list of
names by noon today. Fase 1.
Total of $20,000,000 in sight at Olympia.
Page 5
Senate passes appropriations bills. Page 6.
Automobile license fees of Oregon are
doubled. Pas 6
Ttfal of cx-eovernor and ex-adjutant-general
of Idaho recommended. Page J.
Foreifm.
Schooner drifts helpless in mid-ocean 14
days. Page 1.
Princes declared Involved In Munich mur
der conspiracy. ago 1.
Conditions in Germany growing steadily
worse. Pago li.
Premier Lloyd George dMatory, says British
laoor. rage 4.
Civil strife Imminent in Great Britain, says
premier, .rage o.
National.
Senator James Hamilton Lewis defends
league of nations. Page 1.
Cruiser and two transports bringing sol
diers home. Page 4.
loinetic.
Government may deport terrorists. Page 3.
Pacific Northwest.
Merchant marine policies to bo considered
at conference: Pag 5.
Sports.
Jack Farmer asks for- transportation for
wife to coast. Page 10.
McFarland ten-round boxing; bill passed by
senate. Pago 16.
Five events are signed for smoker on March
5. Page 17.
Commercial and Marine.
Shortage of butter resulta in higher prices
in local market. Page 23.
Wall Street stocks vance with Increase
in public interest. Page 3.
Livestock market higher at North Portland
yards. Page 3.
Order received stops work on machinery
for wooden ships. Page 22.
Portland and Vicinity.
General strike passed to referendum vote
of various crafts. Page 24.
U. S. Employment service declared to be
necessary to nation. . Page 9.
Hotelmen meet in ninth annual convention.
Page 10. -
Rush to pay income tax begins. Page 14. i
STATE CAPITOU Salem, Or., Feb. 24.
(Special.) An ultimatum has been
issued to the business men of Portland
that they will be given until noon
Tuesday to submit a list of names for
the Port of Portland commission. This
was the decision of the Multnomah del
egation after a somewhat stormy con
ference this afternoon.
The delegation, after meeting a com
mittee of business men Saturday, un
derstood that Portland business men
would suggest names today. Instead,
there was received a long set of reso
lutions which demanded that the bill
changing the present personnel be
killed.
No sooner was this ready than a
number of telegrams also were read
to the committee from business men in
Portland urging the passage of the
bill as it stands, with the personnel
named in the bill. It was apparent to
the delegation that business Portland
is split on" the question and only after
the insistence of Representative Gor
don was another 2i hours of grace
granted.
Resentment Is Expressed.
Considerable resentment also was
expressed by senators and representa
tives over the charge that the bill was
rushed through... in the eleventh hour.
Senator . Moser explained that there
was discussion of a consolidation of
the Dock commission and Port com
mission for months prior to the ses
sion and that a bill for such consoli- J
dation was in preparation and had
been promised. Week after week lie
asked for the bill so as to Introduce ii.
but always came an excuse instead.
Finally, la what would normally have
been the last week of the session, he
introduced the present bill, which
raised the torhado.
If he had not been assured repeat
edly that the consolidation bill would
be ready for introduction, continued
Mr. Moser, he would have had a bill of
his own in the. first week und not the
last week of the session. Senator
Huston resented the resolutions rc
reived from Portland in viv of the
conference Saturday So did Repre
sentative X.ofgrcn, Senator Banks and
others.
A sort of compromise was sussesteci
by Representative K. K. Smith. He of
fered an amendment that the terms of
office be fixed In the bill and that no
change be made in the personnel at this
session. His reason was that if i-ew
men are put ou tho commission after
this tempest .they could accomplish lit
tle, as they would likely bo confronted
with the antagonism of the members
retained, that this schism would spread
through the city's social, financial and
business life. Any other act i or than
the one he suggested, declared Mr.
Smith, would defeat whatever good
might be attempted.
Action in Drmandcd.
An editorial from The Oregonian was
read, showing some things the Port
commission should do and what it has
not done. This served as a text for a
number of speakers. It was agreed by
tho delegation that the commission
needs new Mood, new life and .ome
vim, vigor and vitality and that the
commission has not accomplished what
it was organized to do IS years ago,
chiefly because It has been under eon
troTof the same cluster of men.
The best members, ' it was explained,
are those elected to the commission in
recent years by the legislature and
these are in the minority. In the opin
ion of Mr. Smith, the commission has
sat around and done nothing and this
bill will serve notice on them to get
into action.
"We've lost the port business," as
serted Senator Moser, "because the
members have not thr right idea. High
towage charges up :he river should be
overcome. The commission was expect
ed to operate the fow boats at a loss,
but aeveral members have tow boats
and ar in that business, and the com
mission sold one of its tow boats and
has only one to use. It should have
more.'
Gordon L'rgei Delay.
Mr. Gordon, stating that he wanted
to ece the business men of Portland
get what they wanted, urged that ac
tion be delayed until tomorrow. He
thought a matter of such grave Im
portance should be considered with de
liberation. In view of the conflicting
telegrams received, it was palpable
that commercial Interests In tho city
were clashing and ho hoped that by a
brief delay there might be some pros
pect of the factions harmonizing.
Mr. Lewis was in favor of imme
diately proceeding with making se
lections for the commission, thero hav-,
ing been a decided change In the
atmosphere since Saturday, and a
number of new names are being sug
gested for places on the commission
(.Concluded ou Fuse . Cu.uinn .)
I lnsa republic."