VOL. L.VIII. NO. 18,-i04.
PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, 31 ARCH 28, 1919.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
REVISED COVENANT
lCOAL PRICE DISPUTE
1 LAID TO GOVERNMENT
HUM PLOT AGAINST
AUSTRIA IS BARED
PACIFIC COAST MEN
FAIL ON AGREEMENT
DRAGON-FLY SYMBOL
USED BY BOLSHEVIK!
LOWER COLUMBIA
CLAIMS HELD JUST
IS
PROJECTS SETTLED
CO-OPEItATIOX HELD NEED IX
MARIXG SETTLEMENT.
SHIPBUILDERS AXD TXIOX DEL
SIGX OF REDS FLATXTED AT
EGATES DEADLOCKED.
HEADQUARTERS IX SEATTLE.
BIG ROAD
BUILDING
(I
Monroe Doctrine Is Not
Touched in Draft.
ISSUE NEXT WEEK EXPECTED
Japanese Proposal for Recog
' nition Not Included.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE CARRIES
Xo!lcr Regarding 'Withdrawal From
League Settled by Amendment
Giving Two Years' Xoitce.
PARIS. March IT. (By the Associat
ed Press.) Containing- neither any ref
erence to the Monroe doctrine nor to
the Japanese proposal for recognition
of the racial equality of nations, the re
vised covenant of the league of na
tions today Is in the hands of the spe
cial drafting committee.
The draft was completed Wednesday
night at a sitting of the full commis
sion and the covenant is expected to
he ready tn completed form early next
week. The Io amendments around
which has centered the greatest in
terest and much divergence of opinion,
however, may be offered either in the
council of ten or to the plenary peace
conference, to which the covenant must
go for final action.
VVemaa Suffrage RreKaiard.
Among othrr amendments adopted
Wednesday was one directly recogniz
ing the principle of woman ' suffrage
in that It provides thai the offices of
the league are open to women as mell
us to men.
The much-discussed question as to
the policy regarding withdrawal from
membership in the league of nations
was settled by an amendment permit
ting ?" ! on two years notice,
but not until such nation has ill led
its international obligations. Article
X of the covenant, to which the Mon
roe doctrine amendment would apply,
stands In Its original form, President
"Wilson having reservi d fer the pres
ent the amendment wbhn had been
prepared as expressing the views of
the American delegation. It ia now
explained that it was not the exact
text, but only the general form of the
amendment, which was given to the
pre:- and that hence criticism mutt
be withheld for the present.
Careful !oandinga Takes.
Cartful foundings are being taken
to ascertain the reception that is likely
to be given this amendment by ctlur
delegations. Jf unfriendly sentitment
develops or the pressing of other and
rhno&ious amendments is threatened as
a consequence of insistence upon the
.Monroe doctrine, it is said, the amend
ment may be altogether withheld.
It hs been learned that thus f:ir
the result of three Inquiries litis not
been wholly encouraging to the advo
cates of the amendment, but that they
mill be continued until the attitude
of alt the delegates is ascertained.
Since the first mention of the de-t-iro
of the Japanese to secure an
amendment recognizing equality before
the la' for all nationals of the 1i;kuc
of nations states in other count ri.-s.
the Japanese delegates have not pressed
their amendment before the cummis
eiou Itself. They have, however, been
canvassing the delegations with va
rious forms of such an amendment, en
deavoring to find out II:" feeling to
ward it.
Japaaese Meet Obstacles.
They ran squarely on one reef today
when l'remicr Hughes of Australia
I declared without qualification, that
the Australian delegation wortl not
support or stand iu favor of any
amendment of any kind, whatcvet.
' containing the Japanese desires.
An important amendment adopted
last night provides for the creation of
a committee on organization of the
league, which is to be empowered to
proceed with arrangements for the
assembly, securing the necessary bmld-
secreta ria t
he ratifica
tion of the treaty. But the acts of this
committee 111 be subject to the ap
proval of the ratifying body.
The purpose is to speed up the be
ginning of the workings of the great
league to meet the critical issues that
How ire arising throughout the world.
Another amendment gathers into one
eection all of the separate conventions
which are to be incorporated into the
covenant, such as those relating to
labor, coiumcr.e and finance
Xational Association Refuses to Re
sume Conferences Pending
Administration Aid.
"WASHINGTON. March 17. Charging
the railroad administration with "un
fair practices" in the purchase of coal.
the National Coal association, in
statement tonight, said the coal oper
ators would be unable to agree with
the department of commerce's Indus
trial board on price adjustments with
out the co-operation of the administra
tion.
Bituminous coal operators of the
country', through the National Coal
association, announced today that they
would not resume conferences with the
industrial board of the department of
commerce with a view to readjusting
coal prices until the "co-operation and
support of the railroad administration
and other government departments
buying coal had been secured." When
ever the board could assure such co
operation, the coal men said, they
would be willing to continue the con
ferences which began yesterday.
The operators, who represent ap
proximately three-fourths of the coun
try's bituminous production, after con
ferring today wtih the board, adopted
a resolution setting forth their at
titude and issued a statement charging
the railroad administration with adopt
tion of "unfair practices which would
drive the price of railroad fuel below
the cost of production."
The operators made clear to the
board their readiness to resume the
consideration of the question of prices
whenever the co-operation and support
of the railroad administration and other
government departments, buying coal,
had been secured.
Emphatic denial of the charge of the
coal association against the railroad
administration was made in a state
ment isued tonight by Henry B. Spen
cer, director of the administration's di
vision of purchases, in the absence of
Director-General Ilines, who is making
a tour of inspection through the south
ern and middle western states.
The statement said the administra
tion has been in constant touch with
officials of the National Coal associa
tion in order to insure that instruc
tions Issued to railroad purchasing de
partments in regard to coal purchases
were carried on.
Kaiser Is Shown to Have
Feared Hapsbur$s.
'
SECRET DOCUMo FOUND
Archduke,. ?'0- at Sarajevo,
Deemed .ock to Berlin.
HATE FOR U. S. IS EXPOSED
German Emperor in 1908 Declared
"AH Europe 51 list Cnlte Eco
nomically Against America."
STICKERS GET BLUE CARD
Men Active in Recent Walkout Dis
charged) by Mills.
PASSAIC. N. J., March 17. Five
woolen mills announced today they had
discharged all their workers who re
sumed the recently settled st.-ikc by
walking out yesterday and today.
These numoered between 10.900 and
2. 000 men and women. They had re
turned to work Tuesday after having
been on strike seven weeks.
The mill-owners further announced
they would reopen their mills next
Tuesday and re-hire any of the dis
charged strikers who wished to come
back at the owners' terms. These arc:
Korty-cight hours' work a week with
the same pay ars has been given for
55 hour.: no recognition of the union
or shop committees.
NEW YORK. March 27. George
Creel, former chairman of the com
mittee on public information, made
public here tonight a summary of
the secret correspondence of Count
Czernin late foreign minister or Aus
tria-Hungary, which was turned over
to Edgar Slsson at Prague by the offi
cial custodian of the Bohemian gov
ernment on January 24 last.
One of the most sensational of the
disclosures was that there was a German-Magyar
conspiracy against the
Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir ap
parent to the throne of Austria, who
was assassinated at Sarajevo, June 2S,
1M14. because he was considered a rival
of the then Emperor William.
Mr. Creel said Mr. Sisson accepted
the privilege of using the correspond
ence in behalf of the United States gov
ernment. Translators and a photog
rapher in the service of the committee
on public Information were set at work
to translate the documents for general
publication in this country as the final
public contribution of the committee,
according to Creel. He declared one
copy was to be turned over to Secre
tary of State Lansing for use of the
Deace conference commission invest
igating responsibility for the outbreak
of the war, while another was to be
sent to the committee at Washington
for release to the press. He added that
Mr. Lansing's copy undoubtedly was
in his hands and that the copy for the
press probably was on its way to this
country. .
Ferdinand Feared by Berlin.
In a'report to Mr. Sisson on the scope
of the letters. Captain Immanuel Voska,
C S. A., head of the Prague bureau of
the committee on public information,
tiaid:
"From the documents and letters it
will be shown that Francis Ferdinand
was working on building up a strong
Austria which would eventuallv eman
cipate itself from the influence of Ber
lin. This was blocking Berlin's plans
Atlantic and Gulf Owners and La
bor Representatives Open Con
ference in Washington.
"WASHINGTON. March 27. Pacific
coast shipbuilders and delegates of the
metal trades unions failed again today
to reach any decision on a proposal
that union men should be given pref
erence in employment under the new
working agreement now being formu
lated. "While the Pacific coast men
were in conference, Atlantic and Gulf
shipyard owners and metal trades dele
gates opened a conference also with the
view of adopting a new agreement.
Among the Pacific coast men a dead
lock apparently has been reached.
Neither men nor employers indicated a
willingness to recede or compromise,
according' to the conferees. The. east
coast men made fair progress, however,
establishing a board of employers and
officers of the International unions to
serve as a conciliatory body to act on
disputes. . Discussion of working con
ditions proposed to be Included in the
agreement followed, without any final
action being taken.
President O'Connell of the metal
trades department of the American
Federation of Labor tonight said he ex
pected that final action would be taken
on the Pacific coast agreement tomor
row, but would not venture a predic
tion as to whether an agreement would
be reached or the conference adjourn
without drawing up any agreement.
ARMY RATION IS INCREASED
Americans, to Get Corn, String Beans,
Pumpkins and Squash.
"WASHINGTON, March 27. American
soldiers, already regarded as the best
fed fighting men in the world, are to
be furnished with an even more diver
sified menu. Announcement was made
today that upon the recommendation of
Major-General Rogers, quartermaster
general. Secretary Baker had author
ized the issuing as a part of the army
ration after April 1 canned corn, peas,
string beans, pumpkins and squash.
Heretofore such things have been
bought as extras out of the company
mess funds. The canned tomato por
tion of the ration also will be increased.
Candy and tobacco recently were
added to the rations issued to the sol
diers overseas.
State and Forestry Offi
cials Reach Agreement.
WORK TO START AT ONCE
Mount Hood Loop Route to Be
Finished in Two Years.
EXPENSE WILL BE SHARED
Xumcrous Other Highway Projects
Agreed On and Contracts Are
Let for Considerable Work.
I Concluded on Pane 2. t'olumn
FARMER SLEEPS 16 DAYS
Twin Falls JIan Believed Victim of
Sleeping. Sickness.
TWIN FALLS. Idaho. March 27. An
nouncement of what is believed to be a
case of sleeping sickness was made by
a local hospital today, where physicians
said a male patient had been asleep
for -16 days.
The man, a farmer of this section,
was discovered by neighbors asleep in
his chair, it was declared, after lack
of customary activity about his house
for three or four days had caused them
to make an investigation. Physicians
of the hospital staff believe he has a
chance for recovery.
King-Street Building Employed as
School for Teaching Anarchistic
Beliefs, It Is Alleged.
SEATTLE, "Wash.. March 27. In a
storeAom at 1041 King street, on a
window of which is painted in bold de
sign a dragon fly, Russian men, women
and children have been going for sev
eral months to an allex-ed bolshevik
school founded by Paul Melinkoff, un
der arrest at San Francisco In connec
tion with the recent Oakland.. Cal.,
bomb outrage. Further alleged activi
ties of Melinkoff, said by government
officials who have'kept track of bis
movements here to be head of the Rus
sian bolshevik movement in the Pa
cific northwest, were disclosed today.
The dragon fly. government agents
say, Is the symbol of the bolsheviki.
Why It should be chosen, they are as
yet uncertain. An investigation along
this lino is belng'carefully conducted.
At the school, founded to spread
revolutionary propaganda, according to
the government agents, arithmetic, his
tory, civil government and languages
were taught. Melinkoff himself was a
leading instructor formerly. Only the
Russian languages Is used and no ses
sion of school, it is said, has been had
without a government agent present.
There are said to be some 6000 Rus
sians, or persons of Russian descent,
living in Seattle and vicinity.
Melinkoff, it is declared, organized
here the Russian workingmen's council
in August last. Later, it is believed,
he went to British Columbia to begin
the spread of bolshevik propaganda
there. Here the government's investi
gation is as yet uncompleted.
"Work will start on the Mount Hood
loop as quickly as possible and the
project wyi be completed in two years
within Jhe forest reserve. This was
one of the various matters determined
yesterday at a conference between the
state highway commission and Dr. L. I.
Hewes and George H. Cecil represent
ing the federal government. There are
37.2 miles within the forest and the
road will be 16 feet wide, of dirt, and
cost $514,000. This cost will be divided
equally between the government and
the state.
Practically all of the projects agreed
on yesterday had been tentatively set
tled a year ago by the commission and
government officials, but fince then
estimates have had to be revised and
the costs have increased from 50 to
100 per cent in many instances. Now
the government has its money avail
able and is anxious that road work
start, and these forest projects will be
under way within a few months. There
are many post road projects under con
sideration which will be taken up in
April.
Many Projects Arranged.
As a result o liia agreement yes
terday, the following-luTst projects,
on the co-operative basis, were settled:
Mackenzie Pass, 53.8 miles, costing
$355,000. Of this sum Lane county is
to pay 15,000 and Deschutes county
$10,000, with the state and government
each contributing $177,000. Immediate
construction of 15 miles of grading will
be done this year. - 1 ,
M.ilFAnl.I.'l!imgth K'alla Anna rnnL
section), 3.5 miles, grading, to cost $10,- j Bi to Be Used by French
000. Bids will be opened in April. lo Carry Three Tons of Parcels.
Medford - Klamath Falls (Jackson
county), on the Crater Lake road, 22
JUBILEE MAYJ INDORSED
Governors of 12 States Favor
Franco-American Celebration.
NEW YORK, March 27. Governors
of 12 states Arizona, Colorado. Ohio.
Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oregon,
Rhode Island, West Virginia, Wiscon
sin and Wyoming have thus far in
dorsed the plan for a nation-wide
Franco-American celebration May 1 by
the school children of the United
States "to establish a foundation of
friendship between the growing gen
erations of the two republics," it was
announced today by the American
committee for devastated France".'
Messages, it was said, were expected
from the governors of every state and
territory.
Tongue Point of Interest
to Naval Committee. .
FUTURE POSSIBILITIES SEEN
Portland's Argument for Naval
Base Presented.
ASTORIA DINES VISITORS
Luncheon and Visit to Gearbart, Sea
side and Fort Stevens Fea
tures of First Day.
HUN PLANES TO BEAR FOOD
miles of grading to be done from Pros
pect to the boundary of the national
forest, where the road will connect
with the road in the park to the lake.
The job 'is estimated at f 237,000, with
Jackson county to pay $3500 and the
state and forestry department $121,-
Concluried on Pase 2, Column ."J. )
ase.iiblv. securing the ncccs
1V and perfecting the
focs, all in advance of th
AMERICAN IDEALS UPHELD
Publishers of I'orrign Language
Newspapers Organize.
NEW YORK, .Match 27. Publishers
of foreign language newspapers in the
United S.. t excluding Ihose printed
in the U rnia.i tongue, formed here to
day an organization whose principal
object, the founders stated, was "the
fosterin z of unswerving loyalty to
American ideal and institutions"
among readers of this class of news
paper?. It was fiocided that no i?er- j
man language publications would be
accepted for members-hip "until peace
is declared or the association may de
termine that they may be admitted."
Headquarters will be in this city and
annual meetings will be held simul
taneously with those of the American
Newspaper Publishers' association.
ICE FLOES STOP STEAMER
I'oteanHt iirmtly (InriNed.
ProviMon is to be made f-r similar
trctmcnt of other convention!' on other
fcubjrets. Mich as white slavery and the
opium traffic, which arc likely here
after to be in.-crtcd in the covenant.
The language of the mandatory arti
cle has been changed so as lo make it
clear that no nation rha II be obliged
to act as a mandatory.
Generally The language of'thc whole
rocnanl has been clarified, particu
larly article I, to meet the charge of
Nich?as Murray Butlrr, predent of
Columbia university. New YrK. of un
frmiiiiiiatical language i..td th- wordt
"high contracting parties" appear now
only in tli at one article.
President Wilson today issued the
following statement.
"In view of the very surprising lm-
prcsfion which seems to exist in some
tMKtrters that it is fnr discission. of th
Tram-oceanic Trip of British Avia
tors May 13c Drlajed.
NT. JOH NS. N. F., M a rch 2 7. Th e
steamer lighy, which is bound here
with Harry 1. Hawker and lieutenant
Commander .Mackenzie Grieve, British
r ia tors, and the airplane which they
will use in an attempt to fly across the
Atlantic, was stopped 120 miles off this
port today by ice floes. If the steamer
is obliged to proceed to Halifax the de
tour would delay considerably the
plans for the flight, which has been
tentatively set for April 12.
Hawker and Grieve will make their
attempt i" a specially-constructed Sop-
wit h two-seater biplane, the fuselage
of which is boat-shaped and designed to
support the machine in the water if
necessary.
GUARANTEED PROFIT ASKED
i-cnalor Favors Return of Railways
lo Private Ownership.
rr:s MOIXEP. March 27. In an ad
dress before a joint session of the Iowa
legislature today, Senator Albert B.
Cummins pave detailed explanation of
hia opinion that U.c railroads of the
nation ?hould be relumed to private
ownership, but held "under itrictest
Government control.'
Senator Cummins declared the rail
way lines hould be consolidated into
not more thn IS t-leinii and that the
return upon the capital invested in rail
ways i-liould be guaranteed by the
government.
A DIFFICULT SITUATION TO MAKE SPEED.
PARIS, March 27. (French wireless.)
German bombing airplanes of the
Friedrichshafen type, which were sur
rendered under a clause of the armis
tice, will be used by the department of
civilian aviation in transporting food
stuffs between Paris and Bordeaux.
The airplanes will be equipped to carry
three tons of parcels and bundles.
Before the end of this week the de
partment plans to have in operation an
aerial post between Paris and Valen
ciennes by way of Maubcuge,
MORE CREDIT GIVEN FRANCE
Total l,oans for All Allies Xow
Reaches sum of sn.oau, .(;, 000.
WASHINGTON, .March 27. France
was given a credit of fl00,000)00 by
the treasury today and Greece was eiven
(3,858,000 additional.
This made total credits to France
42.617.477,000; ro Greece, $43,412,000. and
a total for all allies of !, 036, 269,000.
. . . .
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The ttealber.
l'KSTLRDAY'S Maximum temperature, 56
degrees; minimum, -14 degrees.
TODAY'S Kain; gentle southeasterly winds.
X'orciffn.
Revised covenant about completed, nays
President, i'age 4.
Hunsary begins to form new array, rase 2.
German chancellor sees object tn rumors of
radical peace conditions. Page 2.
Size of allied armies in Itussla. given.
Page 4.
Old idea of supremacy of force" collapse.
Page S.
National.
Coal price dispute laid to government.
Page 1.
Officers organize to reform courts-martial
system. Page 16.
Hun plot against Austria bared. Pago 1.
Official casualty list. Page 6. ,
Published casualty lists to end eooa. Page 4.
Domestic.
Shipbuilders and labor delegates of Pacific.
coast deadlocked. Page J.
Private control of merchant marine urged.
Page 1.
Officer's loyalty affirmed. Page 7.
Pacific Northwest.
Dragon fly symbol of reds. Page 1.
Lower Columbia claims held Just. Page 1.
Referendum on dry resolution fails. Page 9.
Northwest.
Chehalis host to Representative Johnson.
Pago 8.
Sports.
Portland boxers in great demand for North
west bouts. Page 34.
Schedule of Coast league games adopted.
Page 14.
Portland fighters become popular. Page 14.
University freshmen track squad gives great
promise. Page lo.
Wet weather interferes with Beavers train
ing. Page 14.
Commercial and Marine.
Government calls for bids for April export
flour. Page 23.
Chicago corn weakened by rye and barley
declines. Page 23.
Fpecialties advance as stock trading dimin
ishes. Page 2.'.
Charter option taken on. 15 wooden steamers.
Page 22.
Congressional navy committee to take trip
on wooden ship. Page 22.
Portland and Vicinity.
Many big road building projects settled.
Page 1.
Editors of state confer regarding publicity
for coming victory loan. Page 6.
Coat artillerymen welcomed. Page 17.
Opinions divided on uniform girls' dress.
Witness at trisl becomes defendant. Page 12.
.WcaUicx. ivuit, Max aud lvtmuiU fag 22t
By BEN HUR LAjrPMAN
ASTORIA, Or., March 27. (Special)
Of solid rock, stretching into the har
bor just above the city, Tonrue point
commanded the interest of the house
committee on naval affairs at noon
today, whsn their train carried them
past it.
For U is on Tongue point that th
Helm commission recommended the es
tablishment of a naval base for sub
marines and seaplanes and it is there
that Astoria stoutly hopes will be es
tablished an even greater project of
coast defense, a full-fledged naval base
of the first order.
"Astoria and the entrance to the Co
lumbia river have a lust and logical
claim to naval improvements," was the
view of Representative Frederick H.
Hicks, of New York, after cursory in
spection of the location.
Future Possibilities Seen.
"This trip has been a revelation to
me," he continued. "I had no notion
of the vastness of the river or the ter
ritory down this way. You Bay that
you have developed In the great basin
that follows the Columbia. I do not
think so. Time will come when you
MtOlsaow tn bushels of grain for every
one you raise now.
"As to the feasibility of establishing
a major base at tbis point, I cannot
quite azree with it. But it is certain
that the tremendous importance of this
entrance, and of the country it is the
gateway to, demands recognition in the
naval programme lor the Pacific coast.
"The mouth of the Columbia is a most
important position, strategically and
economically."
Welcome Given Commission.
"Certainly, we are going to present
arguments and data in support of our
request that the entrance of the Co
lumbia be made a major base," said B.
V. Stone, president of the Ajstoria Port
commission. No inspection of the pro
posed naval base site was made today.
The official party was met in hos
pitable fashion, entertained at luncb-
con and then motored away to visit
Fort Stevens, where guns command the
omtrance from the south. The tour in
cluded Seaside and Gearhart beaches
as well. Tonight the congressional
committee members were guests at a
banquet tendered them at the Wein
hard hotel.
The Astoria committee will conduct
the party to Tongue Point tomorrow
morning on the steamer Mansanita, and
will present at that time its argutnentn
for the establishment of a major naval
base. For that matter the argumenta
tive success of the inspection will bn
almost nil, as the committee has indi
cated that it merely will lay before
the visiting representatives Its repre
sentations why such a base is necessary.
Portland Men in Party.
Members of the party which will re
turn to Portland Friday night arc:
Tleprcsentatives Lemuel H. Padgett,
Fred A. Britten, Frederick C. Hicks,
William B. Oliver, Carl Vinson, Will
iam J. Browning and C. N. McArthur.
Representative Riordan was unable to
accompany the party owing to in
juries received in a motoring accident
two weeks ago and remained in Port
land. Representative C. W. Hawley joined
the party here. Members of the Port
land committee accompanying arc:
Judge C. H. Carey chairman, John H.
Burgard, J. 13. Kenworthy, Colonel
George H.Jfrrclly, William Cornfoot, A.
G. Labbe, Charles F. Berg, Phil Mcts
chan Jr., Frank Dooiey, L. A. McArthur,
Thomas H. Kdwards, H. T. Stott, Cap
tain K. D. Parsons, Captain Jacob
Spcier, G. B. Hegardt, Sydney B. Vin
cent, Edward H. Welnbaum, in charge
of party for the Portland Chamber of
Commerce, and O. Clifford Harlow, of
Warrenton, representing the state
chamber of commerce.
Padgett Summoned Home.
An urgent message today summoned
Representative Padgett, chairman of
the congressional committee, to his
home at Columbia, Tenn., where his
son, William Padgett, is critically 111
with influenza. The young man is clerk
of the naval affairs committee. Repre-
scntative Padgett left tonight on the
transcontinental trip, accompanied by
many expressions of regret and sym
pathy. After viewing the Tongue Point site
tomorrow morning the visitors will
spend the afternoon on the steamer
Manzanita, making a trip to the harbor
entrance and viewing the bar and jetty.
They will board the train for Portland
at 6:10 tomorrow afternoon, arriving at
10:30. Saturday will be spent in Port
land, the trip being resumed to Puget
sound early the following morning.
Portland's share In the argument for
.Cunciuueji pa Page 40, Cciumo X.)
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