VOL.. MX. NO. 18,181.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1919.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
ANARCHY RULES
HUN SUBMARINES TO
BE EXHIBITED IN U.S.
LEAGUE OPPONENTS
RETURN TO ATTACK
LINER AQUITANIA RAMS
TROUBLE BREWING
IN SOUTH EUROPE
WILSON COMMENT ON
1METH0DISTS OPEN
AND SINKS FREIGHTER
IRISH IN CONTROVERSY
CENTRAL GERMAN!
CENTENNIAL DRIVE
AMERICA SOON TO SEE VARIOtS
TYPES OF DIVERS.
BIG TROOPSHIP, WITH 8000 ON
STATEMENT ATTRIBUTED
EXECUTIVE IS DENIED.
BOARD, ESCAPES DAMAGE.
Sinister Shadow Thrown
Over Entire Nation.
STRIKE MOVEMENT EXTENDS
Railway Service in Many Sec
tions Paralyzed.
GOVERNMENT YET HOPEFUL
Miners Quit "Work and Take Posses
sion or Railroads and Post
offices, Say Berlin Reports.
BERLIN, Feb. 28. (By the Associ
ated Fress.) Central Germany is in
Ihe throes of a widespread political
strike affecting large parts of Saxony,
Thuringla and Anhalt. and through its
effects upon railroad communications
is casting a sinister shadow over the
entire nation.
The -workmen in Leipsic voted last
evening? by a tremendous majority for
a general strike. Today . Leipsic is
without ea3 efr electricity or railroad
-communication. The strike at Halle,
which includes the railway men, con
tinues, and even telephonic and tele
graphic communication is being inter
fered with. A general strike has broken
out at Erfurt and in many other cities
in Central Germany.
Government Yet Hopeful.
The government, however, has gained
encouragement through the more com
plete reports received from Madgeburg,
where a large part of the railway men
who first joined the strike have re
sumed work.
Railway communication with South
ern Germany is possible only by round
about routes. A section of the Munich
express arrived in Berlin today 13
hours late. The fact that it came
through at all was due to the presence
among the passengers of an American
military courier from Munich and the
Austrian foreign minister.
COPENHAGEN. Feb. 28. The town
?f Erfurt, Prussian Saxony, is without
electric light and street car service as
a. result of the general strike there
and the workers are demanding the
immediate socialization of mines and
factories and the recognition of the
soldiers' and workmen's council, ac
cording to a dispatch from Berlin.
Twenty-three Towni Are Involved.
The soldiers' and workmen's council
at Leipsic has declared a general strike.
The workmen of 23 towns in Thuringia
already have . joined the strike move
ment there. The strike, it is declared,
"will not affect hospitals, waterworks
or the food supply.
German government troops yesterday
occupied the town of Hamborn, in the
Ruhr industrial region, after a fight in
which a number of Spartacans were
killed. The government troops cap
tured 116 prisoners.
BASEL, Feb. 28. More than two-
.thirds of the miners in Central Ger
many are on strike, and the strikers
icverjwntjrB nave uckuii iu uwuiij nic
railroads and postoffices, according to
IBerlin advices. The government, how- i
fever, hopes to re-establish order by I
PUie use of large military forces.
Communist Activity Extends.
The Frankfort Zeitung says com
munist activity is increasing in Koen
igsberg and the whole of East Prussia,
where a large number of Russian bol-
Shcviki are reported to be.
COPENHAGEN, Feb. 28. Rioting
broke out anew in Munich on Thurs
day, according to the correspondent
there of the Politken. Three thousand
Spartacan soldiers marched to the par
liament buildings in an effort to force
the diet to proclaim a soviet republic
an Bavaria.
) BASEL, Feb. 28. Hugo Haase, the
Independent socialist leader, during
the third reading of the national army
jbill in the German national assembly
at Weimar, protested against the em-
loyment of the national army In re
establishing order in Germany. He ac
cused the government of breeding vio
lence. War Minister Noske. In reply,
called attention to the part played by
Russian agents in the present move
ment, insisting that it was necessary to
put a stop to their activities.
COPENHAGEN, Feb. 2S. The Ger
man national assembly, according to a
dispatch from Weimar, today passed
the national army bill on third read
ing. BASEL, Feb. 28. Business and pro
fessional men in several German towns
have been urged to meet the strike of
the working classes by going on strike
themselves, say Berlin dispatches.
Counter-Strike Demanded.
At Merseberg, southeast of Madge
ours, me Dourgeoise nave gone on
strike. The bourgeoise committee at
Leipsic, Saxony, has appealed to busi
ness men, officials, doctors, druggists
and professors to call a general strike.
At Brunswick the former premier of
the Brunswick government has an
nounced his adhesion to communism.
. Aid Society Prevents Divorces.
NEW YORK, Feb. 28. The Legal
Aid society of New Tork prevented
2S00 or more divorces in 191S, accord
ing to the annual report made public
vlicre today by Charles E. Hughes, prcs
Licnt of the orsauizauoii.
CraTt to Be Brought Over for Dis
play and for Stndy by Ex
perts on This Side.
WASHINGTON", Feb. 28. Six of the
German submarines surrendered in
British harbors are to be brought to
the United States soon for exhibition
to the public and for study by Amer
ican experts. They will be representa
tive of the various types of U-boats,
from mine planters to the great deep
cruisers.
In announcing today that arrange
ments for bringing the submarines
across the Atlantic had been complet
ed,, the navy department said the six
craft were not part of any allocation
of submarines to the United States.
The ultimate disposition of the German
undersea fleet, together with the other
surrendered German warcraft. still is
subject to the decision of the peace
conference, it was stated officially.
"The status of these vessels is no
wise changed," said the statement.
Regarding the bringing of the six
submarines to America the depart
ment's statement laid:
"Arrangements have been completed
to bring to United States ports six
of the German submarines recently de
livered in British harbors. These ves
sels, selected as representing the dif
ferent types of German submarines,
will be brought over for exhibition to
the public and for study by our en
gineers, constructors and submarine
officers of the scientific aspect of the
machinery, much of which is said to be
very highly developed."
There was no indication that deci
sion had been reached as to the porta
at which the submarines would be on
public exhibition.
OREGON'S 3 VOTES SOLID
Mann Backers Get Surprise When
Sinnott Ballot' Goes to Gillctt.
OREGON1AN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Feb. 28. Oregon's three votes
were cast solidly for Frederick II. Gil
leit of Massachusetts for speaker in
the republican house caucus last night
and the three northwest states, Oregon,
Washington and Idaho, gaves James
R. Mann only two votes, those of
Albert Johnson and Lin H- Hadley of
Washington.
John F. Miller of Washington, who
had been claimed for Mann, joined
with J. Stanley Webster, also of Wash
ington, in voting for Gillctt. Addison
T. Smith and Burton L. French of Idaho
cast their votes for Gillctt.
Representative Sinnott's vote for
Oillett . was a distinct disappointment
for the Mann forces, who had claimed
his support to the minute that the
caucus convened.
POWER BILL PROGRESSING
Conference Report on Measure Is
Approved by House.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2S. The confer
ence report on the long-pending water
power legislation was approved today
by the house by a vote of 264 to 65,
but it is yet to be acted upon in the
senate.
The bill provides for the leasing of
waterpower rights for 50 years upon
payment of rentals to be fixed by the
commission which isto administer the
bill. This commission will be com
posed of the secretaries of war, agricul
ture and interior. The government re
tains the right to recapture the rights
after the leases expire by paying les
sees the net investment represented in
their plants, provided that docs not cx-
l cecd a fair cash value.
FRENCH TROOPS WITHDRAW
Manubcim, Rhcingau and Karlsruhe
Are Evacuated.
LONDON. Feb. 28. French troops
unexpectedly evacuated Mannheim
Wednesday, according to a Berlin dis
patch forwarded by the Central News
correspondent at Copenhagen. They
also withdrew from the Karlsruhe and
Rheingau to the left bank of the Rhine,
the message adds.
A Mannheim dispatch under date of
February 27 said entente troops were
to occupy the Mannheim bridgehead at
noon February 26. No announcement
of the actual occupation, however, had
been received. the occupation was
apparently planned because of disor
ders in Mannheim.
FOOD CONSPIRACY ALLEGED
California Legislature Provides for
Full Investigation.
SACRAMENTO, Cal- Feb. 28. A res
oiution for an investigation by a leg
islatlve committee of the price of
bread, milk and eggs was adopted to
day by the California senate following
debate in which charges were made
that a "food conspiracy existed in Cal
ifornia."
A resolution calling for an investl
gation of bread has passed the as
sembly.
FLIER TO CROSS ATLANTIC
Flight From Cape Verde to Brazi
to Be Attempted Soon.
PAHIS, Feb. 28. Captain Coli, who
recently crossed the Mediterranean and
made the return trip within 24 hours,
will soon make a flight by the way of
Madrid to Fez and Agadir, Morocco.
He will -make a special study of con
ditions over -the sea in view of his in
tention to make a flight from Dakar,
at the extreme point of Cape Verde,
to Pernambuco, Brazil, within the next
two months.
Senators Lodge, Freling
huysen, Lenroot Speak.
DANGER IS SEEN IN COVENANT
Abridgment of American Sov
ereignty Is Feared. -
REVISION HELD NECESSARY
Massachusetts Senator Warns Amer
ican People to Pause Before De
serting Washington's Policies.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 28. Republican
senators today returned to their assault
on the constitution of the league of
nations as proposed to the peace con
ference afParis, with Senator Lodge of
Massachusetts, who will be chairman
of the powerful foreign relations com
mittee in the new senate, making his
first pronouncement since the document
became public.
Criticism by the republicans didnot
pass unchallenged. Chairman Hitch
cock of the foreign relations commit
tee took sharp issue with the Massa
chusetts senator, denouncing as nre-
posterous his suggestion that the
league would take from, America its
right of self-defense.
Careful Consideration Urged.
Delivering before the crowded floor
nd galleries an address lie had pre
pared before attending the White
House dinner conference last Wednes
day night. Senator Lodge warned the
American people to consider w-ii r...
lore departing from the policies of
Washington and to insist upon revisiou
of the league constitution. Later in
the day Senators Lenroot of Wisconsin
and Frelinghuysen of New Jersey made
additional demands for amendment of
the charter.
C..t.. T J , . .
jjvutc epcaKing peiora an
audience which included diplomatic
representatives of several foreign na
tions. deplored pr.-posali to gie pow
ers to the league which he said would
cause tne .Monroe doctrine to "disap
pear, wouia abridge American sover
eignty ana in tne end promote misun
derstandings and war instead of the
peace which the world so much de
sired.
Several Provisions Assailed.'
The Massachusetts senator assailed
especially the provisions for territorial
guarantees, mandatories and disarma
ment. Besides demanding revision of
these Clausen, the senator declared that
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Lord Dufferln Sinks in 3 6 I 'cot of
Water Willi Loss of One Man,
Who Is Killed in Colli-iou.
NEW TORK. Feb. 2S. The Canadian
freight ship Lord Duffefln sank in 36
feet of water 15 minutes after she had
been rammed on the port quarter by
the troopship Aquitania off Liberty is
land near quarantine late today. The
stern of the freighter, which was at
anchor, was kpllt to a depth of 20 feet.
One member of the Lord DufTerln's
crew, George Epcrus of New York, an
oilcwwaa killed In the collision. Sev
eral others were injured but none
seriously.
Twenty-seven of the freighter's crew
of 41 were taken off by a police patrol
boat, but the others elected to remain
on board their ship, as the upper works
were above water when she rested on
the bottom.
The Aquitanla, which brought S000
troops and civilian 'passengers, was
not damaged and went on iter way.
Hazy weather and a strong ebb tide
were held responsible for the collision
by officers of the Aquitanla.
The Lord-Dufferln w as a vessel of
4664 gross tons, built iu 1S9S. and was
bound to St. John's. N. B.
DRY MISSOURI IS OPPOSED
St. Louis Civic Bodies Art to Refer
a
'Legislative Ratification.
ST. LOUIS. Mo.. Feb. 28. A campaign
to invoke the referendum on the recent
ratification by the state legislature of
the national prohibition amendment
was begun today by 18 civic organiza
tions here. A delegation will be ap
pointed to go to Jefferson City to ob
tain legal advice on the matter, it was
said.
Signatures of 5 per cent of the voters
in two-thirds of the congressional dis
tricts of the state are needed to call
an election.
MAYOR HANSON IMPROVES
Removal of Ulcerated Tooth Cause
of Recent Relapse.
SEATTLE, Wash.. Feb. 28. (Special.)
Mayor Hanson, suffering from an at
tack of neuritis, is in an improving
condition Friday night, arcordlnc to a
bulletin issued by the attending physi
cian. The Improvement fo'lows a relapse
which occurred after the removnl rf ir.
t.lcerated tooth, which position was de
terminated by an X-ray examination.
1920 CENSUS BILL PASSED
Measure Now Ready for Considera
tion by President Wilson.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 28. Final action
was taken tonight in the senate on the
bill providing for the decennial census
of 1910.
The conference report on the meas
ure recently adopted by the house was
approved by he senate and now goetf
to President Wilson.
Italy and Jugo-SIavs on
Verge of War.
PEACE DELEGATES CONCERNED
Both Parties Show Truculent
Disposition.
CLASH ALREADY REPORTED
Military Commission at I.aibach
Said to Have Been Forcibly
Expelled by Soldiers.
BY HERBERT BAYARD SWOTF..
fCopyrlght by th- New York World. Pub
lished by Arrangement.)
PARIS. Feb. 27. (Special Cable.)
Thoughts of peace were disturbed by
fears of war yesterday In Paris when
the peace conference learned of the
strained relations between Italy and the
Jugo-Slavian kingdom. Threats of hos
tilities were so serious as to require
the Immediate attention of the peace
delegates, who are prepared to use eco
nomic measures to bring the recalci
trants to reason.
Partially confirmed reports that Italy
had closed the armistice frontiers from
Tarvis to Fiume and was holding up
food shipments into Austria and into
Czecho-Slovakia brought an explana
tion from the Italian plenipotentiaries
that their military commission which
had been sitting at Laibach had been
forcibly expelled by Jugo-Slavian sol
diers and that as a result she was
without means of checking the dispo
sition of the food and supplies that she
had agreed should go forward under her
supervision.
lloth Partl-a at Fault.
The Laibach incident is the culmina
tion of a series of disputes between
Italy and the new aspirant for national
existence In which both parties have
shown an attitude Justifying fear, even
t I'.hout today's significant deve'op-
I m?nts.
It must be said that Jugo-Slavia has
shown an intransigent spirit exceeding
that of the Italians and has done some
first-class Prussian sword-rattling, be
ginning with a chain of meetings
throughout her territory In which war
sentiment toward Italy was skillfully
propagatcd in the event her Adriatic
claims were pressed to th prejudice of
tho new country.
Arbitration Plan Fails.
The offer to have President Wilson
arbitrate the question was abortive.
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Column 2.
Chairman Hitchcock of Foreign Re
lations Committee Attack Ac
count in Ncvr York Paper.
WASHINGTON. Feb. IS. Just what
was said about Ireland at the White
House dinner conference Wednedy
night was the subject of interested
discussion at tne capitol today, after
Secretary Tumulty had Issued a denial
of one statement attributed to Presi
dent Wilson. What Mr. Tumulty spe
cifically denied and raid on behalf of
the president was a "deliberate false
hood" was the following:
"The president to!d the commutes
that the Irish question was a matter
between Ireland and Kngland. and that
Ireland would not havo any voice in
the peace conference at present."
Mr. Tumulty said he did not know
what papers had published the fore
going, but that It hud been quoted tn a
telegram to the White House. Many
messages r.f protest are said to have
been received from Irish organiza
tions based on various reports of the
mention of Ireland at the conference.
Mr. Tumulty declined to add anything
to his formal denial when asked what
the president did(tell his guests.
Several members of the congres
sional foreign relations committees
who attended the conference informed
newspaper correspondent afterward
that the president made a statement to
the general effect of the one to which
Mr. Tumulty referred.
In attacking an account of the con
ference by the New York Sun corre
spondent on the senate floor today.
Senator Hitchcock, chairman of the for
eign relations committee, declared the
Irish problem was not brought up seri
ously and said at first the president
had not answered the question asked
on the subject. Later, however, he ac
cepted a correction by Senator Will
lams of Mississippi, who Interrupted to
whisper a statement of hia recollection
that the president did say the league
had nothing to do with domestic ques
tions when asked about Ireland.
SMELTER OUTPUT REDUCED
Paralysis In Copper Industry Af
fects Taeonia Plant.
TACOMA, Feb. 28. The clcwe of the
war having paralyzed the copper indus
try so that the mines tributary to the
Tacoma smelter have rut their produc
tion from 40 to 5J rer cent, the sn-.el-ter
management has Issued a notice to
the efect that the receipts of ore will
be so reduced that It becomes a jiues
tlon whether it is worth while to oper
ate. A year ago the fmelter was operat
ing three furnace?. Today it in oper
ating one. On account of conditions a
reduction of wages amounting to about
12'j per cent becomes necessary, ef
fective March 1. The minimum wage
for common labor w ill be 13.73 a day.
PRESIDENT SAVES SOLDIER
Reprieve firanted Negro Sentenced
to Han- for Murder.
MONTGOMERY, Ala.. Feb. 2S. Based
on urgent telegraphic requests from
various citizens of Chicago. President
Wilson today requested llovernor Kilby
by letter to grant a reprieve to Ser
geant Edgar Caldwell, negro soldier,
who was sentenced to be hanged at
Anniston today for the murder of Cecil
Linton, a conductor on an Anniston
street car.
The president requested "a brief re-
1 prieve to permit the attorney-general
to examine the records in the casc."
J The reprieve was grunted.
! INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Vteiatber.
TKPTritDAT'.(! Maximum temperature. Si
degrer. ; minimum. 41 d-creett.
TODAY'S t'n.ettled. probably rain; fresh
wind, mostly southerly.
War.
Official cualty list. Pas 11.
iorrln.
Central Germany In throes of general stnk.
movement. Flje 1.
Germans refuse to admit war defeat. Pac -.
Italv Insists on prerslnc demands on Aus
tria. Hice
Trouble brewing between Italy and Juffo-
Mtvi. 1'ass 1.
National.
Senators renew attack on peace league.
Pass 1.
Wilson's comment on Irish question In con
troversy. Pace 1.
Party elssh tn senate on legislation l&sucs
looms. Paie ti.
Six German submarines to be exhibited In
United States. face 1.
Thousands of soldiers landed at Atlantic
porta. rage 3.
Northwest to have committee places. Tags 2
Domestic.
Wage increase for Pacific coast linemen
authorised. Page 14.
Liner Aputanld rams and . sinUe freighter.
1'age 1.
Faetrie Northwest.
Game conservation is object of new code,
rase 12.
Veterans' pay measure debated at Olympia.
t'age ..
Educational livl declared constructive.
1'age, i.
Sports.
Sullivan and Pamela traded for New Orleans
pitcher. Page 1J.
Commercial and Marine.
Catalogue of coming government wool sue
tion completed. Page 13.
Com higher at Chicago, owing to middle
western bltazsrd. 1'age 1.
Marine shares strong feature of Wall-street
market. race m.
Port commissioners resent charges of aste.
Page 18.
rortland and Vicinity.
Methodlata launch great world drive, rase 1
H. M. Wicks reslpns as head of workmen's
council. Page .
Contest for custody of wellner child is
nearing close. 1'age :n.
60lh artillery companies to bs welcomed' to
gether, rage l ...
Loral milk prices drop cent a quart. Tace IK
New veterans' organization protied. rage in.
Pr. Reisner talks on advertising in church
Page 4.
Kyes of solans on seats In congrfsj,. Pace 11
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Christianizing of World Is
Goal in Campaign.
PORTLAND RESPONDS TO CALL
15 Prominent Ministers and
Laymen Carry Message.
$100,000,000 TO BE RAISED
Several Speaker at Openlnj Sc
Mon Outline Plans Involving
Many Thousands of Workers.
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9 A. M. Public mafs meeting
at First Methodist church.
Noon Minute-men luncheon. 12
noon sharp. large grill. Portland
hotel. Pr. Reisner to speak; life
service leaders' luncheon, second
floor Y. W. C A.; consolidated
luncheon for campaign leaders,
Sunday school workers and stew ardship
department, at main din
ing room. Chamber of Commerce.
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anniversary of tiie ki.-th of Mfthmnh!
mis-sions.
The northwest campaign tir r -n
and money received its initial irrtpe:;..--
yesterday in Portland. A group f la
Methodist ministers and laymen are
carrying the message of Christianity
to the people of the northwest. It was
they who held at close attention yes
terday large audiences of men and
incn who are eager to enlist in this
great campaign which is faat gaining
headway.
i.lgantle Problems at Haad.
As outlined by the several speakers
who f poke at the sectional meetings,
mass meetings and banquets yesterday
tlie programme to Christianize the
world is of gigantic proportions. Here
are some of the things which must be
accomplished before the campaign is
launched:
There must be raised J100.000.oO0.
There are to be enlisted In the cause
l.nou.uoo men who will give one-tenth
of their incomes to the campaign.
There must be enlisted 53,000 men
and women who will devote the remain
der of their lives to the cause of Chris
tianizing the world.
There must be procured 1OA.00O Meth-
odift minute men who will carry the
message into every land and into every
home.
They are seeking 1.0fl0,0"0 persons
who will pray dally for the success
of the campaign.
That splendid optimism which does
not reckon with defeat and which seems
to sense the sentiment of a peace-
loving nation prevailed yesterday In
the opening speeches of the several
speakers.
Money Campaign Outlined.
The campaign for money probably
will start immediately following the
next liberty loan. The entire nation
la being mobilized. Already there have
come forward tho-isands of people anx
ious to give freely, and the one thing
which touched deeply at the heart
strings of these Methodist leaders is
the fact that the first donation of
$750,000 came from a member of the
Presbyterian church.
"We have got to quit making excures
and get onto the Job." was the warning
note of Dr. Christian F. Reisner, pastor
of the laciest Methodist church In New
York. "Business men must close their
offices if need be and help with the lay
men's part. They did it for the gov
ernment, why not do It for Christ?"
In ills address on "Conditions In
American Life Demanding an Advance
by the Church." Dr. Kdward Laird
Mills, superintendent of home missions
of the Methodist church, described how-
It was the purpose of the Methonisl
centenary to take the "longer look."
Dr. Mills pictured the fact that cities
big American cities especially, wiia
their rapid growth and fleeting popu
lations had outgrown the church.
Timeliness of Drive Told.
The timeliness of the centenary cam
paign was explained by Dr. W i'
Doughtv, known throughout the land
as the "man of prayer," in a brief but
pointed address at the afternoon scs-t-lon.
"There is strategy in tne mobilization
of the resourcis of the church under a
unified command." he said. "This is
accomplished In the centenary pro
gramme as in no previous programme
which the church has undertaken."
By no means the minor part of the
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