VOL. LVIII. NO. 18,210.
PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1919.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
ALLIES CLASH OVER
HOQUIAM MAN SLAYS
PEACE DELEGATES
ALARMED ATDELAY
FIVE KILLED, 3 HURT .
AS TRAIN RUNS AWAY
GEORGE CLEMMOXS, COMPANY
TWO OFFICER FLYERS
ARE KILLED BY FALL
TEACHERS OF CITY
WIN SALARY RISE
WIFE, ATTORNEY, SELF
OF
SHOOTING TAKES PUCE WHEX
LIECT.-COL. DICK3IAX AXD
MAJOR BUTTS LOSE LIVES.
WOMAN STARTS DIVORCE.
SCPERIXTEXDEXT, DIES.
RETURNINGTRDOPS
DIVISION
AfJXiDUS FOR WIJRK
Wilson Asked to Decide
I Reparation Question.
TENTATIVE PLAN IS OUTLINED
British and French Unable to
. ' Agree as to Pensions.
HUNS MUST PAY HUGE SUM
Damages to Be Paid Total Abon
430.000,000.000, While Pensions
Make 315,000,000,000 More.
BT HERBERT BATARD SWOTE.
(Copyright by the New fork World. Pub
ushed by Arrangement.)
PARIS. April 3. (Special by wire
leas.) With harp divergencies still
existing in territorial matters.' a tents
tive agreement has been reached by
the peace conference on the question of
repsrstions snd the commission ban-
- dllng that subject has been Instructed
to reduce the scheme to a definite form
for Inclusion in the final treaty.
Herewith is presented an authorita
tivs outline of the plsn as adopted
after a 4J-hour meeting-, ending to
night, which I am informed is based
upon a series of compromises on the
problem of applying- the principles that
were accepted.
Fraare sad Brllala Clash.
A new difficulty has arisen which
deals less with the question of what
Germany is to pay than what disposi
tion shall be made of the reparations
after they are collected. The issue has
come between France and. Great Brit
ain on this point, with the United
States on the outside.
The source of the trouble lies in the
fact that pensions have been Included
In the sum to be assessed against Ger
many and on this ground Great Britain
c alms psrity with France, to whom
she bad been -Killing to yield if the
reparations were confined wholly to
actual war damages. .
The treaty claute on reparations will
Include this point: Germany is to be
compelled to accept responsibility for
all damages Included within the seven
categories based upon the damages in
flicted upon life and property of a non
military nature. In effect the will be
asked to sign a blank check for the
sum Involved, which is not to be placed
immediately at the final figure, but
Is to be calculated at a meeting to
be held w!thln two years from the date
of the treaty signature.
Ilaa-e A-a-oar Waate-1.
For purposes of guidance, computa
tions of the allies are to be assesslblc
to the Germans and the.e will show an
approximate total of $t3.000.O00.0v0 as
the amount to be paid.
It will be screed that this sum. ei
ther In full or In a larcer part, shall lie
Paid within the period of one genera
tion, or 20 years, with the possibility
of compromise If Germany shows pood
faith, and the possibility of prolonging
the period of maturity If she proves
re-alcit-ant. She Is to pay at once
J3.000.000.00 $1,000,000,000 of which
Is to bo applied upon food and .upplies
allocated to her, the balance befnc used
for Immediate payments to Belgium.
France, Serbia and other countries
which suffered from invasion.
Re-twuree to Be M-sdled
Thereafter pjyments are to be ap
plied on the account oflhe several
ratcrrories herein jriven. Yearly
amounts are to be decided by a special
commission, which will meet within one
or two yearji of the date of peace, and
make a study of German resources un
der the new conditions imposed upon
the Teutons by the final treaty.
In despatches last week I said thai
the damages already approved by the
experts aggregated 40 billion dollars.
These figures have been lowered by
, the elimination of certain classes to
about 30 billion dollars and to that
sum has now been added the Item of
pensions, which totals, according to the
French system, to about 13 billion dol
lars, therefore the total Is brought
back to 4i billion dollars, which Is In
excess of what Germany is figured
to be able to pay, but which is to be
used as the Vasls of calculation as to
any reduction in the principal sura thts
-may later be effectuated.
I . S. to Participate.
It Is Important to bring out at this
point the fact that the United States
will not ask for participation In the
pension payments; first, because she
has a rule that precludes her from par
ticipation in any monies not paid on
actual damages, and. Second, because
the United "States will have no pensions
to nay because of her Insurance system.
The categories that are to be written
tnto the treaty Include these clauses:
Damages Inflicted on non - military
property on land, by air. or on the sea
(this covers shipping losses due to the
submarine;): damages arising through
the lack of use sf properties: damages
caused to labor by the denial of oppor
tunity to work and by deportations:
the illegal requisition of su: plies and
the collection or moneys during- occu
pancy and the theft of materials dur
ing; occupation and evacuation: (lie
lots of civil'an life, maltreatment of
Civilians: pensions.
Within these categories lie all the
laims that Germany will be asked to
al.ust. They will be detailed a- d verl-
i'-iaw.uut-4i ua rc ft. Cuiuaia L.
Sidncy 31. Heath and Mrs. Louise
Sedgwick Killed by Matter's Hus
band In Lawyer's Office.
HOQCTAM. Wash.. April S. Angered
because his wife refused to withdraw
an application for divorce due to nis
ill health, according to statements of
friends. A. A. Sedgwick tonight shot
and killed Sidney Moore Heath,
prominent Hoqulam attorney, Mrs
Louise E. Sedgwick, and ended his own
life In Heath's offices.
Sedgwick had been for some time in
a sanitarium in Snohomish county un
dergoing treatment for tuberculosis.
Learning; that his condition was such
as to preclude much hope for a cure,
Mrs. Sedgwick, it Is said, began action
for divorce. Sedgwick came to Ho
qulam to persuade her to drop the ac
tion, according to a letter he left for
has brother. George Sedgwick of
Everett- Failing In his efforts, his let
ter said, he had decided to make an
end of everything and "take Louis
with me."
There were no witnesses to the triple
shooting, it was said. Mrs. Heath, wife
of the lawyer, was in an adjoining
room waiting for ber husband. Heath
died in a hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Sedg
wick died in the office
Heath was 5 5 years old, Sedgwick
was 32 and Mrs. Sedgwick 14. Heath,
It is said, attempted to save Mrs. Sedg
wick and was himself shot in the head.
ELECTION FRAUD CHARGED
Chicago Officials Indicted for Al
leged Defacing of Ballots.
CHICAGO, April 3. An indictment
charging; flva Judges and clerks of
election In a first ward precinct with
defacing- ballots in the February pri
mary and also naming a democratic
precinct captain was returned today.
The first T-ard is the bailiwick of
Michael ("rilnky Dink") Kenna and
John J. ("Bathhouse John") Coughlin.
veteran democratic alderman.
The Indictment resulted from com
plaints of representatives of Thoma
Carey, defeated for the democratic
mayoralty nomination by Kobert M.
Sweltzer. who lost to Mayor William
Hale Thompson, republican, at tha city
election Tuesday. The grand jury wa
continued for possible vote fraud In
vestigation.
HOUSING PLANS AVAILABLE
Government Corporation to Give
Plans to Public.
WASHINGTON. April 3. Plans for
dwellings prepared by the United
States Housing corporation for build
ing homes in congested Industrial cen
ters during the war are to be made
available for general public use. The
department of labor announced today
that types of homes would be given to
Own Your Own Home" committees.
promotinz building activities lu 40 cit
ies.
In the department's effort to expand
the home ownership campaign, letters
were sent today to municipal officials,
labor leaders and club organizations in
409 cities urging the beginning of lo
cal campaigns.
EDUCATION SECRETARY AIM
Women Educators Indorse Addition
to Cabinet.
SrOKANE. Wash., April 3. Indorse
ment for the movement looking to the
adoption of a secretary of education to
the cabinet of the president of the
United State was given by women edu
catora of the northwest, at a luncheon
here today of the women's executive
commute of the Inland Empire Teach
crs' asS'-'-iation. in session here.
Mrs. Josephine Preston, state super
Intendcnt of public instruction of
Washington, spoke In favor of the pre
posal.
HIGHWAY TO OPEN EARLY
Snow Cleared Off Sunset Road-to
Point Beyond North Bend.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Ajh-11 3. Work
men engaged in digging snow off the
Sunact highway to eastern Washington
have cleared the road to a point eight
miles beyond North Bend, according- to
word received here.
County Engineer Samuel Humes an
noupres the highway will be open this
year earlier than ever before. If motor
ists will assist in the work by remain
Ing off the cleared section until it has
dried and hardened.
BOY LIVES IN WATER TANK
Lad, 12, Takes Refuge From Parents
on 60-Foot Tower.
CALEXICO. CaL, April 3. Lorrain
Smith, 13 years old, left his home here
Tuesday for some unexplained reason.
Hi parents asked the police to help
find him. Today he was discovered
living in a disused water tank, perched
on a co-foot tower oesiae tne railroad
track.
He had equipped his refuge with bed
ding and said friendly boys had car
ried food to him.
GERMANS ARE ARRESTED
Participating in Riots in Barcelona
and Seville Charged.
PARIS. April 3. (By the Associated
Press.) The French foreign office is
advised that 200 Germans have been
arrested in Barcelona and Seville.
They are charged with participating
iu Ihu riots lu those ciliua, .
Paris Debaters Work in
Wave of Apprehension.
10 DAYS' LABOR FRUITLESS
Deadlock, While Not D'
ate, Is Declared SenuS.
FRENCH DEMANDS HAMPER
As Time Passes France Wants More,
Which Wilson Fears Will Cause
STew Alsace-Lorraine Question.
PARIS, April 3. (By the Associated
Press) President Wilson and Pre
miers Lloyd George, Clemenceau and
Orlando continued their discussion at
President Wilson's residence today.
Other peace conference organizations
also met. '
The meetings . proceeded amid an
other wave of apprehension spreading
through the conference over lack of
ny tangible results after the council
of four had labored continuously for
ten days. This was accompanied by
well-founded reports from those close
in touch with the council of four, show-
ng that the situation, while not des
perate, was at least serious because of
radical differences on some fundamen
tals In the settlement of Germany's
western, the Franco-German and the
eastern Polish frontiers.
Freraeh Demands Excessive.
One of the American experts who is
constantly being consulted on various
questions before the council gives the
following glimpse of what is going on
behind scenes:
"The situation is extremely difficult,
particularly as regards the western
frontier of Germany. President Wil
son, in a conciliatory spirit, has been
willing t o do most anything to assure
French security short of the stultifica
tion of engagements made at the time
of the armistice.
"The French have teen assured of
every military protectlort" ' along the
Rhine and for 0 kilometers east of
the river, even to the' extent of con
sidering that any military activity in
that section shall be looked upon as
a hostile act.' But this is sot - consid
ered enough, and additional claims lead
to the conviction that they -are open
to construction as meaning something
more than military security and verg
ing on territorial control'.
"The president Is not willing to go
that far in creating more Alsace-Lorraine
situations and it is this stand
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LOOKS AS THOUGH
. iuW . . .jaw x!mm&i?fimumr& . x
Melbourne, Wash.," Scene of Deaths
and Probably Fatal Injuries to
Washington Men.
. T pMA, Wash., April 3. Five men
w $ billed and three perhaps fatally
4 d near Melbourne, Wash., this af-
. .toon, when a logging train of the
O emmons Logging 'company became
' unmanageable on a down grade and,
running away, plunged from the rails
to a ravine below.
Tha dead are:
George Clemmons, son of the founder
of the co'mpany and superintendent of
the company.
Walter Hawes, Aberdeen. Wasn.
C A. Selby. Seattle.
William Cliff, Seattle.
F. 3. Yennie, Tacoma. '
The Injured:
W. H. Jones, Montesano. Wash., fire
man. John Boding, Montesano, Wash., en
gineer. Kinnear, address unknown, brake
man. There was but one survivor. Alex
Lempie, of Montesano, a brakeman, who
jumped before the train left the rails
SILK, GAS, FRICTION, FIRE
Portland Woman Has Unusual Ex
perience Washing Waist.
Static electricity generated during
the washing of a silk waist in a basin
of gasoline yesterday caused a fire
which burned the hands and singed tbe
hair of Mrs. C. B. Baker. 362 North
Thirty-second street. Members of the
household put out the blaze with a fire
extinguisher from the garage. .
Captain Roberts, of the fire marshal's
office, reports that firemen made sure
that there was no fire elsewhere In the
room where Mrs. Baker was working.
He is ' convinced that - in rubbing the
silk with her hands she generated elec
tricity, just as it is done by teachers of
primary physics.
Explosion of a gas range on which
she was cooking breakfast yesterday
resulted in severe burns about the
hands and face of Mrs. Axel Holmes,
40. of the Wayne apartments. She Is
in St. Vincent's hospital.
WEST HAS GOING LEAGUE
Peace Congress Asked to Recognize
' Pan-American Union.
NEW TORK. Aprfl 3. Recognition in
the league of nations covenant at the
Pan-American union, which he char
acterized as "the successfully working
American league of nations," was sug
gested as a solution of the Monroe doc
trine problem by ' John Barrett, director-general
of the union, in an ad
dress here today before f. group of
South American newspaper corre
spondents. ...
Mr. Barrett said he had presented
the .proposal to the American peace
delegates before they left for Paris
and that the plan had been laid before
President Wilson.'' "
WE MIGHT HAVE TO GIVE UNCLE
1 SURE?
SUT HOW,
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Fighters From Northwest
Expect Employment.
0RE60NIANS SEND MESSAGE
Experiences of New York Sol
diers Cause Skepticism.
FRENCH PEOPLE SCORED
Member of Infantry Says American
Money Wanted, and Pocketbook
Bears AVound Stripes.
B? PEGGT CURTIS.
- NEW YORK, April 3. (Special.)
These are the days when the 91st's big
huskies, with their pine-tree emblem
on the sleeve, are seen In the metropo
lis. Yesterday and today many were
in the city, and there were joyous re
unions of old friends and old pals at
Oregon headquarters. Now that the
scrap Is over, what do they want to do?
"We want to go nome," said Elmer
Foster, 5th aero squadron, who arrived
yesterday aboard the Henderson, on
which, ship were a number of casual
troops from our state.
- "After we get home we want to see
the folks, and after that we want to go
to work. We're going to try to get oiir
old jobs back, yes; but if not that we'
want something," say one and all. Told
that jobs would be awaiting them, they
are inclined to be sk ootical.
5tn York Rxample Cited.
Look at the 27th, promised jobs
New York," responded a lad from the
91st. "They were sure of getting some
thing, and look how many of them got
work. Of course, we don't expect spe
cial privileges or anything like that,
hut we do hope the folks will remember
the boys enough to see that we do get
to work as soon as possible. I can't
hardly wait to get into civies and get
into the harness again."
It is so with these lads, one and all.
They went away with many illusions
about war and they were disillusioned;
and now, when they have come back
they have not quite convinced them
selves that they haven't another awak
ening coming. .
. "If I had it to do over again," said
a tall infantryman, "I wouldn't go and
fight for France again. That was an
other case of what we believed would
como true. I'd fight for the old girl
that sees us come into the harbor any
day. But for the French well, let me
tell you, they fooled us many a time.
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Records at Three Fort Worth Air
Fields Show 106 Men Killed in
Seventeen Months.
AMERICCS", Ga., April 3. Lieutenants
Colonel Frederick W. Dickman, com
manding officer at Souther Field, neaj
here, and Major John W. Butts, execu
tive officer, were killed today in the
fall of an airplane in which they were
making a flight. Colonel Dickman was
the son of Major-Gcneral Dickman, com
manding the 3d American army of the
expeditionary forces.
The two officers had been up for the
customary afternoon flight and made
the last turn of tha field, preparatory
to descending when their engine sud
denly stopped and the plane came
crashing down from a height of 200
feet.
Both of the officers were graduates
of West Point. Major Butts' home was
Cisco, Tex.
FORT WORTH, Tex., April 3. Rec
ords show that at the three Fort
Worth air fields, where flying practi
cally ceased today and all enlisted men
were discharged, 106 men were killed
from November J, 1917, to April 1,
1919. '
DALLAS, Tex., April 3. At Love Field
near this city, which soon will be dis
continued, the total deaths from flying
accidents were 11, of which nine were
officers and two cadets.
WASHINGTON, April 3. Experiments
are under way at the naval air station
at Rockaway Beach, L. I., to determine
the number of liberty motors which
will drive the naval seaplanes on the
proposed flight across the Atlantic
Ocean next month. The three NC type
planes now in commission were de
signed for three engines, but officers
in charge of preparations for the flight
believe It will be possible to add a
fourth motor, giving each plane 1600
horse power.
MINISTER WARNS BRITAIN
Head of Labor Bureau Comments on
America's Lead.
(Copyrl-fht by the New York World. Pub
lished by Arrangement.)
LONDON, April 3. (Special cables
Sir Robert Home, the labor minister, in
an interview in the Weekly Dispatch,
warns Great Britain that America
with a more settled industrial situa
tion, unhampered by paralyzing restric
tions and the high cost which recently
has been added fo British production
Is now in the lead for world commerce,
and in the matter of steel rails ia able
to undersell the British in their own
country. He says:
"These circumstances are sufficient
to create considerable misgivings in
our minds. These are facts which the
country must realize and appreciate.
They will have to be kept in view
the consideration of many changes
which on other grounds it may be
thought desirable to introduce in the
conditions of employment in this coun
try." CUPID AIDS SEARCHERS
Missing Chicago Girl Found in Mar
riage License Bureau.
SAN DIEGO, Cal., April 9. Miss
Frances H. Gray, a pretty 19-year-old
girl who disappeared from a Pasadena
hotel where her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
George W. Gray of Chicago, are spend-
- a vacation, was caught here today
at the desk of the marriage license
clerk, where she and Joseph Cardenas,
bellboy at the. hotel, were about to
get a license.
Cardenas, who is 21, is the son of a
wealthy coffee merchant of San Sal
vador, and came to California to study
law, working at the hotel to help pay ,
his expenses. He was confident Miss '
Gray "would stick to him forever."
1,447,714 ARE DISCHARGED
Total of 65,939 Released in Week of
March 22.
WASHINGTON, April 3. Discharges
of the enlisted men from the army for
the week of March 22 toCalcd 65,939,
the war department announced today.
Incomplete dally reports through
March 26 bring the grand total of dls
charges of enlisted personnel to
1.447,714.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature,
degrees; minimum, 4 degrees.
I TODAY'S Rain; fresh southerly winds.
Forei-cn.
American food to restore Germany. Paso 1.
Peace delegates alarmed at delay. Paso 1,
Japan averse to meddling in Siberian poli
tics. Fuse 1.
Bolshevists driven from northern Caucasus.
Page o.
National.
Peace cost to be huge, says Representative
Good. Page B.
Domestic.
Two flyers killed by fall at Georgia field.
Page . 1.
Oregon soldiers want employment on ar
rival home. Fage 1.
Colonel Ansell blames secreary of war for
injustice oi court-martial system. Fage
Pacific Northwest.
Kay and Lazarus clash at board meeting.
Page t.
Sports.
Siglin to join Beavers. Page IB.
Gorman or Harper may meet Frush. Page
16.
Commercial and Marine.
Mohair .industry confronted by new condi
tions, -rage -.
) Chicago corn market unsettled by ruling
,n May traaes. rage .'J.
I Orders for boilers sent from orient. Page 22.
Portland and Vicinity.
Portland teachers win 910 monthly bonus.
Page 1.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 23.
AIL Portland out to view war relics. Page 1.1.
State game warden object of attack by
certain 'sportsmen. Page li.
Man. se. found dead; house without food.
iSB 11, . ... .. ...
School Board Grants $10
Monthly Bonus.
$100,000 TO BE DISTRIBUTED
All Pedagogues in Portland to
Benefit Equally.
R. H. THOMAS RE-ELECTED
Decision Reached to Repair James
John Building; Need for New
Structure Held Imperative.
A monthly 310 bonus for all school
teachers, effective from April 1, the re
election of R. H. Thomas as school
clerk for a three-year term and the
establishment of D, A. Grout, super
intendent, as head of the Portland pub
lic schools were among the decisions
reached at a somewhat stormy session
of the, school board held yesterday aft
ernoon in the courthouse.
The question of raising salaries was
not on the printed programme of the
matters to come before the board and
was precipitated by Dr. K. A. Sommer
with the remark, "Now that we have
our chairman with us, it might be well
to consider the proposition of Increased
salaries." Emphasis was laid on the
word "now," as Dr. Drake, chairman
of the board, has been absent from
most of the regular school meetings.
(103,000 to lie Borrowed.
It was finally voted to borrow 3100.-
00O, the limited amount of indebted
ness which -the law permits the school
board to incur, and distribute It pro
portionately as a monthly bonus among
every member of the teaching force.
The bonus was mentioned as $10, but in
actual fact will be somewhat greater
than that amount, as the board based
its figures on 1300 teachers, while in
reality there are a few less than 1200.
Discussion centerad on-whether teach
ers receiving the lowest salaries shoulti...
receivers proportionately greater in
crease than the higher paid pedagogues.
The bonus should be given, it was
argued, because of the increased cost
of living and because it costs a teacher
earning the minimum salary the same
amount to live as It costs a teacher re
ceiving more. The motion, as Anally
presented, gives, to the teachers tho
same result as that which would have
been attained if the election last fall
on appropriating additional funds for
increasing school salaries had carried.
Mr, Gront Indorses Motion.
The motion, made by Director George)
Orton; to re-elect R. H. Thomas as
school clerk for the same length ot
time for which the superintendent and
his assistants have recently been
elected, brought to a head the question
of whether the business or superin
tendent's division of the admlnistra
tion should be in final authority.
I am in favor, personally, of Mr.
Thomas' re-election," said Director
Plummcr, "but before the matter Is put
to a vote I think the board should hear
the recommendation of Superintendent
Grout. If we are to have team work
I think his opinion should bo asked
for in all matters, as he Is the supreme
head of the public schools."
Oh, no, he isn't." contradicted Chair
man tirake, proceeding to put the
matter to a vote. "This Is a double-
headed organization, and Mr. Grout has
no voice in such a matter." Other mem
bers of the board declined to proceed
jc-lth tho re-election of Clerk Thomas
nntil Superintendent Grout had de
clared himself In favor of the motton.
Janitor Contract System Protested.
K. J. Stack, secretary of tho State
Federation of Labor, who appeared in
the interest of school janitors, protest
ed against the present method of con
tracting Janitor work to head janitors
who employ others to do the work at
non-union rates. He declared that his
protest was not made against high
school boys who were doing Janitor
work to put themselves through school,
with whom the federation of labor
wishes to co-operate. George R. Thomas
of the school board buildings and
grounds committee announced that Mr.
Stack's protest was made with Justice
and that already a new system of ad
ministering Janitor work was under
advisement and would be announced at
the next meeting of the board' April 18.
C. A Green, former Janitor in the
Woodlawn school, presented a claim for
$300 which was part of a larger claim
of . $2300 alleged to be due him for
janitor services. On the statement that
the matter had been previously investi
gated. Chairman Drake placed the claim
on file, but Director Orton asked per
mission to look into the matter and
if there was justice In the man's claims
to present them at a future meeting;
of the board.
Ex-Janitor's Plea Iatrrropted
Mr. Green protested: "I am a poor
man and 1 can t aitora to tauce tne
question into the courts. I am willing
to take the matter up according to the
regulations of the school board, but I
am not getting a fair trial."
This plea was interrupted by tha
gavel which poundou and loudly re
peated. Chairman Drake said: 'Tha
claim has now been placed on file and
is a matter for the courts.1
Charles Berg ana Mrs. E. I. Thomp
son, president ot tne pnruana upcra,
association, petitioned the board for
an appropriation or $750 to be used to
give a Saturday matinee of Donizetti's
opera, "The Elixir of Love," at which
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