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CHRISTIAN CHILDREN
WILSON SCORES AGAIN
IN DIPLOMATIC FIELD
ALLIES AGREE TO PUT LEAGCE
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IX GERMAN TREATY.
CONVICTS RUPERT
CONGRESS, PROMISED
RETURNED TOO QUICKLY
INSULT TO CHIEF
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AMERICAN" RELIEF COMMISSION
EMERGENCY BODY ORGANIZED
TO AID SERVICE MEX.
HAS XOT EXOUGH FOOD.
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SOLDERS
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REQUIREMENT MET
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MILITARY
SYSTEM
Young Officers, in Conven
tion, Make Mistake.
ERROR THOUGHT NOT INTENDED
Resolution Inviting President
to Speak Voted Down.
RECONSIDERATION PROMPT
Incident of Adverse Vote Held to
Be Dae More to Stupidity Than
to Any Vicious Intent.
ST HERBERT BAYARD SWOPE.
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ll.nea oy Arrangement. j
PARIS. March 17. (Special, by Wire
less.) Discussion of "a serious nature
has arisen orer a plan to organize the
American expeditionary force into a
veterans' association in combination
with a similar enterprise on foot In
America.
The climax was reached Saturday in
situation so grave that it could not
be kept quiet, in spite of strenuous ef
forts to do so, and the disclosure came
aa a hock, not only In army circles but
also to all Americans in Paris.
Serloas Mistake Realised.
Whether or not by unintentional er
ror, the fact remains that 500 Ameri
can soldiers who were gathered at the
Palais d Glace were led into voting
down a resolution to invite President
Wilson to address them. Later on a
motion to reconsider the "former vote.
Inspired by realization of the seriousJ
mistake that had been made, wa
IN
adopted, nine rroups voting against re-
consideration and 27 for It.
Adjournment shut off further pro
ceedings and so the record of the meet
ing shows that the commander-in-chief
ef the army was exposed to an affront
which was not effectively withdrawn or
corrected.
.xalaaatloa Mlalaslsea Slla-ht.
Men who attended the meeting say
they arc quite certain that those who
old against the motion to invite lit"
president were actuated solely by the
belief that he was too busy to be trou
bled by the request. This explanation
is probably largely true, but there is
also reason to believe that certain in
dividuals took advantage of the occa
sion to play politics and to swing the
assembly in such a manner as seem
ingly to align it against the president.
There Is deep resentment over the
vffaiar. and this is the feeling not only
ef those who are supporters of the pres
ident, but al-o of those who oppose
klra politically. Even his political oppo
nents are angry at wht they regard as
a slight upon the chief executive.
Merlllf 5a Really Reareaeatatlve.
It is said in palliation of the affair
that Saturday's meeting was not really
representative of the American forces
in France, for no provision had been
made for the selection of delegates.
Preliminary plans for an organization
had been put in the hands of several
officers, among them Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt, who afterward went to
America, where he is supposed to be
'working on the project. He was wholly
disassociated with Saturday's proceed
ings and his cable to the. meeting
showed that he merely expected co
operation on the part of the Paris ele
ments, and did not anticipate an at
tempt here to complete an organization.
Cataael Clark. Presided.
There were only eight enrlsted men
t the meeting, the other participants
being officers from different branches
of the service. Lieutenant-Colonel Ben
nett Clark, son of former Speaker
Champ Clark, presided, and it fell to
him to put the motion on the invita
tion to the president and to declare the
result. The vote was taken viva voce.
With the announcement that the nays
had prevailed came the realization that
the meeting had offered a gratuitous
Insult to the president.
Several of the officers expressed
themselves indignantly. In the vote for
reconsideration, it was provided that
wishes should be expressed by grottps.
and it was then that nine, groups voted
against It. Although that wa a minor
ity expression, the motion prevailing, it
has rankled, and it is expected at the
adjourned meeting today that the plan
of organisation here will be laid aside
until an assembly really representative
may be held.
Iarideat Held Mapld.
Aside from the presidential incident.
those who are Interested In the plan
are apprehensive lest an organization
In France may disaffect many at home,
who will regard It as an effort to make
the organization purely an A. E. F. af
fair. Instead of Including all who were
tinder arms.
One young officer who was present
aid the Incident of the adverse vote
was due more to stupidity than to
vicious Intent, adding that It reacted
mora upon those responsible for it than
upon the object of It. Many who wished
to have the association perfected here
aay they will now wait until they re
turn to America rather than Buffer
their names to be associated with a
project that has fallen under such a
cloud.
Navigation on Danube Resumed.
PARIS, March 17. Navigation has
been resumed on tha Danube river, ac
cording to dispatches received here
Iron rrafue,
Committee Representing Government
Agencies Plans to Help Solve
Unemployment Problem.
WASHINGTON. March .17. Govern
mental agencies called together by the
council of national defense organized
today the emergency committee on em-
J ployment lor soldiers and sailors as a
step towara 11111115 "i rs "
demobilization of 80 ner cent of the
field force of the United States em
ployment service, for which congress
failed to provide funds. -
A committee was appointed to collect
Immediately all available information
as to work being done and prepare a
comprehensive plan of operations.
Grosvenor B. Clarkson. director of the
council, is chairman, the other members
being Colonel Arthur Woods, special as
sistant to the secretary of war; John
W. Hallowell of Boston and E. H.
Greenwood of the council.
Colonel Woods said it was not in
tended to create any elaborate ma
chinery for the work, but to use the
skeleton organization of the United
States employment service and the ex
isting 2000 volunteer bureaus for fur
nishing Jobs to service men. He de
clared nothing could be accomplished
by creating sentiment for ruthless dis
charge of worthy civilians and said re
adjustments could be made which would
make unnecessary any such action.
BOND ELECTION CARRIES
Xortta Unit Irrigation District Votes
to Bond for $5,000,000.
MADRAS. Or.. March 17. (Special.)
The north unit irrigation district bond
election for $5,000,000 held today, car
ried by over 70 per cent, there being a
mojorlty of 137.
This is the second bond election that
has been carried in thte district. The
first was invalidated owing to de
fective procedure. This election defi
nitely shows the feeling of the resi
dents of the district for irrigation, as
the bonds carried this time 20 per cent
tronger than before. The district
comprises approximately 100.000 acres,
ill privately owned land and a greater
part of it under cultivation. I
Secretary Lane told Anderson in
Washington this project would receive
early consideration.
WIND 66 MILES AN HOUR
Heavy Southerly Gale Strikes Ore
gon-Washington Coast.
ASTORIA, Or., March 17. (Special.)
The southerly gale which struck this
section unexpectedly last night proved
to be a hummer. The wind attained
a rate of 66 miles an hoar at North
Head and has continued strong in
gusts during the day. The rainfall
was quite heavy.
On account of the storm work was
suspended at the Marine iron works
plant today. So far as reported no
damage has resulted either to ship
ping or ashore.
TOBACCO MENJVIAY SUFFER
Profiteers Said to lie Liable Under
Revenue Act.
SEATTLE. Wash.. March 17. Profi
teering in tobaccos, cigars and ciga
rettes, it was said, will be given little
sympathy, according to a statement
made today by W. T. Beeks. deputy
collector of customs. The revenue act
of 1918 is said to provide against undue I
raising of prices to the public, with J
strong penalties for violations.
Complaints have already been made
here the tobacco and cigarette dealers
were charging more for their wares
than the increased taxes Justified.-
SPOKANE PLANS MEMORIAL
Auditorium May Be Built In Honor
of Men Who Fell in War.
I SPOKANE. Wash., March 17. Recom
mendation for the erection of a memo-
rial auditorium In honor of Inland Em-
pire men who gave their lives In the
' world war was made by a special com
mittee of the local civic reconstruction
committee at a meeting today,
j The committee decided that the struc
' ture should cost approximately $1,000,
600 and be financed by the sale of stock
through popular subscription. It should
be open next year, it was recom
' mended.
SCHOONERS BRAVE GALES
Vessels From Storm-Swept Fishing
Banks Brin Much Fish.
SEATTLE, March 17. Reporting
roaring gales and snow squalls on the
(North Pacific fishing banks.' three
I schooners, the Pioneer III. the Tilllcum
! and the Constitution, arrived here to
day from Alaska watera with nearly
60.000 pounds of fish.
Sixteen days of gales were reported
by Captain R. A. Jacobson of the
Pioneer. Time and time again his ves
sel was nearly swamped, but each time
came up like a submarine, he said,
FOUR WEEKS' NAP FINISHED
Army Officer Asleep a Month Is
Awake and Well.
FORT WORTH. March 17. Lieuten
ant Clark Wright of the 345th field
artillery ia awake after a four weeks'
sleep.
Physicians who had failed to arouse
him agree that either an attack of tha
influenza or too close study !n the
aflny caused the long sleep. He ap
pears to be in fairly good health. 1
Free Expression Obtained
by Questionnaire.
UNIVERSAL TRAINING URGED
Boys Declare They Are Bene
fited by Army Life.
DISCIPLINE IS NECESSARY
Majority Hold Existing Relation? o"
Between Officers and Men
Service Is Essential.
WASHINGTON, March 17. Over
whelming indorsement of a universal
military training system, coupled
with equally" strong support of the ex
isting disciplinary relationship between
officers and men of the army was ex
pressed by a representative group of
selective service men of the 12th divi
sion. Camp Devens, Mass., Just before
the organization was demobilized last
January.
The opinions of 1380 men, with an
average length of service, of 10.7
months were obtained through a care
fully arranged questionnaire system,
with every safeguard provided to in
sure absolutely free expression of opin
and with such distribution in the divi
sion as to make the answers repre
sentative. The report on the inquiry was made
public today at the war department.
It is headed: -
Citizen Soldiers Testify.
"Our military system) as it appeared
to America's citizen soldiers.
Although half of the men questioned
were rated as dissatisfied with military
life, the report shows that 89.5 per cent
of the replies expressed the soldier's
belief that he personally had been bene
fited by his army life, 79 per cent were
glad of their training aside from feel
ings of patriotism and 88 ps?r cent fa
vored universal military training as a
national policy. A substantial majority
agreed that the existing relationship
between officers and men was neces
sary and disapproved the social mixing
of the rank and file.
The largest number of suggestions
as to improvements in the service re
ceived had to do with better fitting
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Turks to Be Required to Provide for
Expatriates for 3 Months and to
" Restore Stolen Property.
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.
(Copyright, 1919. by the New York Herald
Company. Published by Arrangement.)
PERA, March 17. The allied high
commission recently ordered the Turks
to return the Christian children taken
by them during the atrocities in Ar
menia. .The Turks have been turning
out the children before the Christians
are ready to receive them. Two thou
sand were given up at Militia, where
the Arr'.a -an population has been ter
ribly ? .riated.
Te? .ousand of these . children are
hot Constantinople and. the Amer
ic .ief commission is asking that the
r -' . ha romiirpH rt nrnvirlA for them
. three months and to restore the
olen property and also evacuate all
Armenian houses they occupy.
The food supplies are leaving for the
interior of Asia Minor on a 20-car train
guarded by British soldiers, a detach
ment of which were landed. From Bei
rut another detachment with supplies
has gone to the Caucasus. Relief is the
real factor in settling the political dis
turbances in the near east.
FLYERS TO STOP AT SALEM
State Fair Grounds Afford , Good
Landing for Airplanes.
SALEM, Or., March PT-The state
fairgrounds here will be the landing
place of a fleet cf airplanes as they
fly northward early in June to par
ticipate in the .Portland Rose Festival.
The war department is expected to con
tribute about a dozen pls.nes to the
entertainment at Portland.
They will be esnt from Mather Field.
Sacramento.
SLEEPING SICKNESS FATAL
Two Deaths Reported in Boston and
Subnrb of Brockton.
BOSTON, March 17. Two deaths at
tributed to lethargic encephalitis were
reported by physicians in this city and
Brockton today. Mrs. Michael S. Rus
ser. who had been asleep for nine days,
died last night.
The other victim was a child 4 years
of age.
ATLANTIC FLIGHT STARTED
French Airman Reported on Way
t From Africa to South America.
LONDON, March 17. It -is reported
amoag airmen that a flight across the
Atlantic ocean is being attempted by a
French lieutenant named Fontan.
He is reported to have started from
the French African port of Iakar for
Pernambuc, Brazil, by way of the Cape
Verde islands and the St. Paul rocks.
ttSSSt.it .1 ...... . .... I J I ' 'A' '-' ' --
Work of Recent Legisla
ture Satisfactory.
ALL DISTRICTS RECOGNIZED
Comprehensive Road Pro
gramme to Be Undertaken.
NEW COMMISSIONS NAMED
Irrigation,' Reclamation, Buildings
and Labor Questions Disposed
of by Sixteenth . Session.
OLYMPTA, ' Wash., March 17. (Spe
cial.) As the purposes and effects of
legislation enacted Dy the 16th Wash
ington session which closed last week
become more apparent and better un
derstood, - the results probably will
prove more nearly generally satisfac
tory to the state than the work of
any preceding session. Unusual oppor
tunity offered this year equitably to
distribute benefits as well as obliga
tions of the heaviest constructive pro
gramme the state has undertaken, and
even preliminary analysis of what has
been accomplished legislatively shows
that all important requirements of this
character have been evenly met.
With the exception of what are com
monly classed as non-ethical dentists,
it can be said that every geographical
and occupational division represented
received what it most wanted. Tooth
pulling ethics still prevail, but a per
son may be- hanged for another fori
of murder because of the recent legis
lature.
In the' senate the session began with
what was -familiarly styled a 'bol
shevik" uprising against the rules com
mittee. In the senate the session ended
with a unanimous vote of confidence in
and appreciation of the same commit
tee. As a legislative premise. Senator
P. H. Carlyon and Senator Howard D.
Taylor, who served respectively as
nresident and president pro tern, of the
senate for a larger part of the session,
were gratuitously accorded possession
of hairy hides and horns beneath their
coats and hats. As a parting acknowl
edgment they were even more gratu
itously accorded solid silver and china
sets. 1 .
The house organized with its cus-
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Question of Hon Fleet and Giving
EconomicFreedom to Foe to Be
Settled President's- Way.
BY HERBERT BAYARD SWOPE.
(Copyright by the New York World..- Pub
lished by Arrangement.)
PARIS. March 17. XSpecial by wire
less.) President Wilson has scored
one outright victory and will add two
more within the next few days.
He has swung France and Britain
into line on his plan of incorporating
the league of nations in th German
treaty, his success necessitating an of
ficial! disavowal of Foreign Minister
Pichon's opposition . expressed ' Sunday.
Having made certain of this point,
he devoted himself to advancing two
other phases of the American pro
gramme and unless the unexpected
occurs, Tuesday's developments should
show definite approval of his position.
The first concerns the sinking of
German warships, which tonight, seem
certain to meet this fate, for reasons
regarded as imperative.
The second matter goes to the base of
peace foundations, and is considered
among the most important steps tha
president has taken since he launched
the league of nations.
It may be defined In brief as a formal
commitment to complete economic, free
dom after the war, in consonance with
the -14 points and in opposition' to the
French and British efforts to impose
restrictions upon German exports and
imports aloirg-lines published In these
dispatches last week.
LABOR BUREAU TO CLOSE
Washington Offices Handicapped by
Lack of Funds.
TACOMA. Wash:, March 17. (Spe
cial.) Because a filbustering congress
failed to appropriate funds to keep
in operation the United States labor
department employment bureau In
Tacoma will close its doors Friday,
it was announced today by F. A.
Keasal, superintendent of the office
here.
Offices in all cities of the state, with
the exception of Seattle, will close
at the same time through ..lack of
funds. According to Mr. Keasal, the
employment service in the state was
left with pnly S2500 a month to run on.
ANTI-TIPPING LAW INVALID
Iowa Supreme Court Holds Meas
ure Unconstitutional.
DES MOINES, la., March 17. Ruling
on a test case, the Iowa supreme court
today held 'the state anti-tipping law
unconstitutional
The court, declaring that under the
constitution all laws of a general na
ture shall have uniform operation,
pointed out that the anti-tipping law
applies to employes only and that there
is nothing in it to prevent employers
accepting tips.
CAR BUILT OF CONCRETE
Illinois Central Railroad Will TJse
Xcw "Coal Carrier.
CHICAGO. March 17. The first
reinforced concrete freight car ever
built was delivered today to the Illi
nois jCentral railroad for operation .in
its coal service.
Thecar is light, its walls being one
and one-half inches thick and the
floor two and one-half inches thick.
It hasbeen tested for a capacity of
100,600 pounds.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 54
degrees; minimum. 40 degreet.
degrees; today's 44i degrees.
TODAY'S Rain; moderate southerly gale.
War.
Official casualty list. Page 1.
Foreign.
Russian reds are breaking down Ukraine
defenses. Page 2.
Supreme council examines military, naval
and air terms. Page o.
Turks return Christian children before re
lief commission is ready for them. Page 1.
Army men in convention In Paris offer In
sult to their commander-in-chief. Page 1.
Berlin government determines to keep reds
down. Page 2.
China prepares to repel bolshevik menace.
Page 3.
National.
Emergency committee organized to find
soldiers Jobs. Page 1.
Representative soldiers endorse present
military system. Page 1.
Domestic
Defiant brewers prepare to resume making
beer. Pago 6.
Major Brett, noted tank driver, among
arrivals at New York. Page 5.
Sports,
McCredie not worrying about two holdouts.
Page 16.
Jack Britton wins welterweight title from
Ted Lewis. Pago 17.
Changes are made In programme for to
night's smoker. Page 16.
Thirty-six grammar schools entered in
Portland league. Page 17.
Pacific Northwest,
Needs of Washington met by 10th session
of legislature. Page 1.
Two convicts flee. Page 1.
Commercial and Marine.
Strong export demand for Pacific coast
brewing barley. Page 23.
Corn sells at highest prices of season at
Chicago. Pago 23.
Oil shares are strongest features of Wall
street market. Page 23.
Shipbuilders fail to obtain any relief from
federal board. Page 22.
Portland's record in shipbuilding broken.
Page 22.
Dock commission favors drydock and big
bond issue. Page 22.
Portland and Vicinity.
Albers Is sentenced. Page 8.
Don H. Upjohn will be private secretary to
governor. Page- 4.
N. P. Sorenson's defense Indicated in man
slaughter trial. Page 13.
Multnomah guard band angered by draft
evasion charge. Page 12.
Grandparents ask custody of alleged neg
lected boy. Page 24.
Oregon's income tax total promises to be
big one. Page 8.
Negro porters identify police officer in
bootlegging case. Page IS.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 22.
Men Flee to Hills After
- Robbing Prisoner.
POSSE. AND DOGS IN CHASE
Two Fugitives Who Fled With
Men Now at Large Taken.
RESISTANCE IS EXPECTED
Both of Convicts From Multnomah
County and One of Them Is
Said to Be Well Armed.
escaped convlet, was raptured by
Warden Stevens' posse, headed by Burlc
PhlUr-ps, near Gold Hill at 11 o'clock
toniirhr. Ke ottered no rrnlatiorr, Mr.
Stevens says the posse la on tlr trail
of Rupert and expects to capture him
soon. -
GOLD HILL, Or.. March 17. (Spe
cial.) Antalleged extensive plan of
escape, among the honor men from the
Oregon penitentiary employed at the
state lime plant at Gold Hill culminated
in the flight last 'night of Jack Hardy
and Clyde J. , Rupert, prisoners, who
were in the hills west of Gold Hi'.l to
day pursued by a posse led by one of
the guards from the penitentiary and
the prison bloodhounds.
Warden Stevens arrived yesterday
morning with prison guards to take the
19 prisoners back to the penitentiary
in accordance with the recent session
law Sispensing with convict labor at
the plant.
To procure money for their flight,
Rupert and Hardy, with two other
prisoners, who were unsuccessful In
getting away, waylaid still another
prisoner on the wooded trail between
Gold Hill and the camp on the eve of
their departure on the evening train
for Salem and robbed their victim
of $50.
Liberty Bonds Stolen.
Rupert is the liberty bond thief re
cently sentenced from Multnonieh
county. He is a large man with ruddy
complexion and red hair, while
Hardy, also from Multnomah county. Is
a small man and badly crippled in
both feet, which were frozen while he
was attempting a former escape from
Washington state prison. He also is
an escaped convict from a Canadian
prison. He is well armed and has
said he would never be taken alive
again. .
SALEM, Or., March 17. (Special.)
Clyde J. ("Red") Rupert and Jack
Hardy, who escaped from the lime
plant at Gold Hill Sunday, are being
chased by a posse, according to word
brought back by Warden Stevens to
day, aien he returned to the prison
with 17 convicts after closing up the
work-at the Iime( plant for an indef
inite period.
Rupert and Hardy both walked away
from the plant. Their escape was
noticed shortly afterward and a chase
instituted. The prison dogs are being
used on the trail of the men.
Federal Charge Impends,
Rupert was serving time from Mu!t
nomah county for the theft of liberty
bonds and Hardy from the same county
for forgery. - V
Warden Stevens believes that Rupert
escaped because he feared a federal
charge would be lodged against him
if he was presented with a parole by
the parole board. His time for receiv
ing a parole was near, his minimum
time having nearly expired and both he
and Hardy were due to go before the
parole board this month.
The lime plant .probably will be
closed down until the first of June.
With the 17 men returned to the prison
by Warden Stevens, all but two of the
convicts -at the plant are back, those
two being paroled and will go to work
in the southern part of the state.
Decision Yet to Be Made.
Vnder a new law of the last legis
lature the warden is removed from the
state lime board and it Is discretionary
as to whether convicts will be worked
at the plant pending developments.
Under this law It will be worked out
whether convicts will be returned there
or whether other kind of labor will be .
used.
RUPERT KXOWX IX PORTLAND
Escaped Convict ex-Policeman and
Prominent as Athlete.
Police were asked yesterday to as
sist in the search for Clyde J. "Red"
Rupert, who formerly was one of their
own number, and Is well known to all
the old members of the police bureau.
At the timet of his arrest Rupert had
been discharged from the department
and was working as a guard In the
Northwestern National bank. He was
convicted of the theft of 19,600 worth
of liberty bonds from the bank In De
cember, 1917. and sentenced to from one
to three years In the penitentiary.
Rupert was a Multnomah club athlete
and had served as umpire in the North
west league, and In the semi-professional
city league. He was well known
In athletic circles. He had been dis
charged from the police bureau for
gambling.
Rupert was sent to "the penitentiary
in March, 1918, and1 had served a little
more than a year. He was arrested In
connection with the theft of liberty
bonds from a vault in the bank and
their sale to Alfred S. Rix, a shipbulld-
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