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VOL. LVIII. NO. 18,211.
Entered at Portland (Orf on)
Foetoffte aa tecond-Clasa Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1919.
" PRICE FIVE . CENTS.
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WILSON USES RADIO IN
BREAKING HUN SPIRIT
tESSAGES FLASHED TO (.Eli
3IAXT PRIOR. TO ARMISTICE.
WILSON ILL IN BED
U. S. FLYING CIRCUS TO
LENINE PEACE OFFER
IS DECLARED UNTRUE
ALLIES RETURN TO
FIRST PEACE PLAN
CAVORT IN PORTLAND
BIG AIR FLEET TO EXHIBIT FOR
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WITH SEVERE GOLD
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BOXAR LAW DEXTES ALLIED
VICTORY LOAX.
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- pleted, Say British.
RESULT AT SPA YET SECRET
Marshal Foch Holds Two Con
. Terences witn Germans.
. BELGIUM'S NEEDS RELATED
Jving Albert Tells Big Four Tha
k If Belgium Is to Live the
Council Mast Act.
f (By th. Aueetmted Prs
PARIS. April 4. The opinion w
expressed tonight by responsible Brit
Ish authorities that tnt peace treaty
v.ould be ready for signing by Wednes
day next.
LONDON". April 4. (British Wireless
Service.) The Tarls correspondent
the Daily Telegraph telegraphs tha
Jie la able to state on the highest au
thority that by next Sunday a com
plete agreement will have been reached
by the council of four.
LONDON. April 4. "We are In a po
aitlon to anticlnate that within a com
paratlvely few days the stage will be
reached In the peace conference wham-ill
nermit Premier Lloyd George t
to
return to Ens-land." Sir Robert Steven
mnn Horne. tha minister of labor, de
dared today at the reassembling of the
Industrial council.
PARIS. April 4. By the Associated
Tress.) Marshal Foch Is expected to
arrive from Spa tomorrow.
No word haa yet been received In
Paris regarding the negotiations with
the Germans over the proposal to land
Polish troops at Danzig.
Tut Coarrrraeea Arc Held.
Marshal Foch had a second conference
t Spa with Mathias Ersberger. head
of the German armistice commission
after their Initial meeting yesterday
morning, advices from Spa state. The
f:rst Interview began at :30 o'clock In
larshal Koch's private car and lasted
) minutes. The second conference be
an at It o'clock and continued until
12:30 o'clock.
With Marshal Foch were General
Weygand. his assistant, and General
' udant. the marshal's' representative
atationed at Spa. llcrr Ersberger was
accompanied by Genel Baron von
Hmmentetn. a member of the Ger
nan armistice commission, and another
Otrmin government caJflciaL
PARIS. April 4. (By the Associated
Press.) Belgium's case has been laid
before the peace conference by the
most distinguished advocate Belgium
could have chosen. King Albert has
been In Paris for the last three days.
and in numerous conferences with the
representatives of the great powers he
has outlined the needs of his country
arid told or the steps that must be
, taken Immediately if Belgium is to be
I restored.
Ll (.'arervaeea Are Held.
King Albert has had long conversa
tions with President Wilson. K. M.
House. Premier Clemenceau and David
Lloyd George.
These conversations led up to his
appearance before the council of four
oday.
A member of the Belgium peace dele
-.tion told the Associated Press today
hat. shorn of all Its diplomatic nlce-
;tes. what King Albert told the council
might be summarised thus:
The time of promises has passed.
If Belgium is to live the council must
act.
The Associated frets is able to state
that three questions of vital Immediate
importance to the re-establishment of
Belgium financially, economically and
politically were dicurxed. The first
question was the immediate advance to
Brlclum of about ten billion francs, th
verond the exportation to Belgium from
Kngland and the United States of raw
materials, and the third the cession to
Belgium of the Irft bank of the
L'bl.caut river and the Lembcrg penin
sula.
Redraaptioa la Impassible.
The first item represents the value
of German marks Irft in circulation in
Helctum. After the departure of the
licrmans the ministry of finance sent
out an urgent call to holders of the
marks to deposit them in the banks
The amount was estimated to be about
two billion and It had been the govern
ment a Intention to redeem them at the
par value of one franc ?a centimes.
Brlgium oil not prepared for the ava
lanche of marks that resulted. Eight
billion marks passed through the banks
windows Into the vaults. The banks
were unable to redeem this amount of
paper, and depositors were merely
given receipts, stating that a certain
amount of marks was held to their
4,-rrdit.
The payment of an immediate Indem
nity by Germany was relied upon to en
able repayment for these deposits. The
iuJrmutly thus far has failed to ma
terialise. Depositors cannot draw
against these credit, with the result
that some t-n billions of francs are idle,
as the banks are paying no Interest ou
such deposits.
Raw Mat, rials Xredrd.
The Importation of raw materials is
aal'l to t Indispensable to the rctrlev
c.titiudid i-e I'.g Cviuiuo t-
President Disregards Diplomatic
Precedent bjr Communicating
With Wirclos Station.
NEW TORK. April 4. The story of
how President Wilson broke diplomatic
precedent on October !0, 191. by direct
parley with the Germans was told here
today by C. M. Ripley, a wireless spe
ciallst of the General Electric company.
It was exactly at noon on October
10. Mr. Ripley said, when an operator
in the naval wireless station at New
Brunswick startled American and el
lied government wireless operators
with the call:
"P. O. Z P. O. Z. Pr O. Z de N.
F. F."
Translated, the call meant:
"N. F. F.," the New Brunswick sta
tion, was calling -P. O. Z.." the German
government wireless station at Nauen.
Visions of daring treachery on the
part of some naval wireless operator
or equally daring German spy opera
tions, Mr. Ripley Imagines, flitted
through the minds of .operators who
were not "on the Inside" of President
Wilson's plan.
Almost immediately there flashed
back from the Nauen station the pa
tronising comment:
"Tour signals are fine, old man.
Then the New Brunswick operator
began sending President Wilson's first
message to the German people, touched
in plain, terse English, and informing
them that no peace negotiations could
be considered until William Hohenzol
iern had stepped down and out.
From that time until the signing of
the armistice. Mr. Ripley said, the
president maintained direct wireless
communication with Germany, couching
all his messages In plain English which
the allied governments could pick up
by wireless and giving the texts to the
American public as soon as the mes
sages had been sent.
HUN CONFESSES LOOTING
German Soldier Tells How Teutons
Pillaged St. Quentin, France.
BRUSSELS. April 4. (French wire
less.) The city of St. Quentin, France,
was systematically pillaged by the Ger
mans during the occupation, according
to evidence given by a German soldier
named Giessen. a Belgian war office
communication said. Giessen, who
served in the 115th German Infantry
regiment, has been arrested at Calcar
in the occupied aection of Rhenish
Prussia.
Giessen declared that the city was
divided into districts and each district
was given to one regiment In which to
operate. Each regiment detailed a com
pany to carry out the work of gather-
ng the plunder. Giessen said that he
sent to his home a considerable amount
of booty, having received permission
to do so.
SYRIA ASKS U. S. TO GUARD
United Staler. Wanted to Act as
Mandatory Over Country.
NEW YORK. April 4. The ' Syrian
moderate party, said to have aesumed
leading position among Syrians in
Syria and Egypt, has petitioned the I
peace conference to maintain the I
country undivided with the United
States as administrator under the man
datory system, according to a cable
gram from Cairo received today by the
new Syria national league.
The latter organisation also made I
public correspondence declaring that
sentiment is almost unanimous for
American mandatory, which it was said I
would solve "one of the world's most I
pressing problems."
FARM JOBS ARE SPURNED
Offers of Positions at S I and 93
Day Arc Turned Down.
TAKIMA, Wash.. April 4. (Special.)
Farm jobs at $90 a month and board
and city work at 4 and 3 a day are I
going begging at the Yakima employ- I
mem office, while at times as many as
0 men await offers of softer snaps and
higher wages.
'Too hard work and not enough pay.
is the comment of a six-footer yes-
erday when offered concrete work at
I a day. A few minutes later a lad
in uniform accepted the job. Many I
f the men set a day as a minimum
wage, and some think that amount too
small.
WAR DEEMED NOT ENDED
udsc Refuses 1o Di:-mis Charges I
.(rain.t Alleged Slackers.
SAN" FRANCISCO. April 4. The war
Europe is not over, despito the ver-
ict of United States District Judge
Walter Evans of Louisville, Ky., United
tates District Judge E. E. Cushman of
the state of Washington ruled here to
ny In refusing to dismiss complaints
gainst two alleged violators of the
selective draft act.
Attornos for the defendants held
that the complaint no longer held good.
n view of Judge Evans' decision.
The war Is not over until the pres
ent notifies the people by proclama-
ion," Judge Cushman held.
AGE NO BAR TO HONORS
Colonel. 58, Declared Too Old
14 1
light. Wins Service Cross.
NEW YOKK. April 4. The dis-
tinguifhed service cross lias bees
warded to Colonel Ashcr Miner, 51
ears old. mho, after first being dc-
ared ""too old to fig lit" by regular
rmy officers in 1917. went to France
the head of the 109th field artillery
of the :th (Pennsylvania National
uard) division and distinguished t)in-
If in activn.
President Has Fever and
Visitors Are Bped.
l'a
QLfET AND RESVE ORDERED
Executive- ertaxes Strength
in Peace Conference Work.
MRS. WILSON AT BEDSIDE
Attack Comes During Meeting on
Thursday and President Soon
Becomes Very Hoarse.
PARIS. April 4. (By the Associated
Press.) A bulletin concerning Presi
dent Wilson's condition was Issued at
S o'clock this evening. It says:
"President Wilson's condition Is vir
tually unchanged, but he had a com
fortable day and secured needed rest."
PARIS. April 4. (By the Associated
Press.) President Wilson Is confined
to his room today with a severe cold.
Rear-Admiral Grayson, the presi
dent's physician, sent the president to
bed as a preventive measure. The cold
developed last night.
The president, who retired' at S
o'clock last night, rested comfortably
through the night. The president has
fair degree of fever, although just
what .his temperature is has not been
revealed.
Visitors Are Barred.
Except on questions of the greates;
importance, no one is permitted to en
ter the president's room. Members of
the supreme council a'nd representatives
of other governments sent solicitous
inquiries to the "White House" regard
ing the president s condition.
E. M. House took the president's
place at the meeting of the council of
four.
Reassuring news from President Wil
son's bedside was sent to the peace del
egates this evening, although the news
indicated that the president's condition
was such as to make it advisable that
he remain in his room at least for to
morrow.
Study of the case has caused Rear-
Admiral Grayson, the president's phy
sician, to reach the conclusion that the
president is not suffering from influ
enza, but that the' severity of the cold
s such that the patient will require
careful watching.
Until late today no specific bulletin
was issued concerning the condition of
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Demonstration Will Take Place on
April 2 1 and Then Planes W ill
Go to Other Coast Cities.
OREGONLiN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, April 4. The flying circus, sent
out to fly for the victory loan, will be
in Portland April 21, and is expected to
give the most notable aerial demonstra
tion ever witnessed on the North Pa
clfie coast, staging a thrilling and spec
tacular battle in the clouds.
There are four captured German fok
ker planes in the squadron, which will
have a conspicuous part in the demon
stration. In addition there will be 11
or 12 American planes, and the entire
fleet will be manned by several of the
most celebrated American, French and
British aces. Two American planes will
fly over the city, dropping victory loan
pamphlets. The four captured German
planes will soar after them, making the
attack intended to look sensationally
realistic. A squadron of -American
planes will go up and drive the Ger
mans off. being careful, however, to do
no damage that will cripple the enemy
ships.
Following the battle there will be a
spectacular display of aerial acrobatics.
The itinerary -for the northwest is as
follows: . Pocatello. Idaho. April 18;
Boise, Idaho, April 19; Portland. April
1; Tacoma. April 22; Seattle, April 23:
Yakima, April 24; Spokane. April 25;
Helena. April. 26.
Major Carl Spatx of Rockwell field.
San Diego, Cal., probably will be in
command of the expedition, which will
be carried on a special train of three
sleeping cars, and nine open-end bag
gage cars. There will be a total of 100
men with the train, including officers.
flyers and 50 mechanics, who will take
care of the machines.
The aeroplanes will have to be
"knocked down" each night and loaded
into the open-end baggage cars and un
loaded the following morning and set
up, the setting up in the morning and
the knocking down in the evening by
the 50 mechanics carried for that pur
pose being a part of the big show.
Senators McNary and Chamberlain
were told today that the squadron could
not stop at Pendleton, as the itinerary
already is made up, and it is asserted
there is not sufficient area there for
landing planes traveling at 160 miles
an hour, which is the landing speed of
the ships in this squadron. The same
conditions, it was said, obtain at Walla
Walla, where the fleet will be exhibited
on April 20, but will not fly.
110,000 MINERS ON STRIKE
Situation in Ruhr District Quickly
Becomes Worse.
ESSEN. April 3. (By the Associated
Press.) Despite reports, the strike sit
uation in the Ruhr district has grown
distinctly worse in the past 24 hours,
until now about half the entire mine
personnel is out.
The number of men out has increased
from 58.000 to 110.000.
I 1 rUR UiM A . y3 1
Allied Troops in Danger of
Extermination.
SPEEDY RELIEF HELD URGENT
British. Statement Shows Peril
Steadily Growing.
AMERICANS MORE HOPEFUL
Ukrainia Anxious to Ally Itself With
Entente Menace of Bolshe
vism Keenly Realized.
PARIS, April 4. The situation in the
Archangel- region in northern Russia
has been forcibly brought to the atten
tion of ' the peace conference by the
publication in Paris of the British state
ment that the troops in the Murmansk
and Archangel districts were in danger
of extermination unless they were
speedily reinforced.
Brigadier-General W. P. Richardson,
V. S. A., is on his way to take com
mand of the American forces in north
Russia, and is expected to reach Mur
mansk with 200 soldiers in a few days.
There is apparently no change, how
ever in the avowed intention to take
the American troops out of the region
at the earliest possible date.
Retreat Believed Possible.
General Tasker H. Bliss and other
American representatives here, while
admitting the gravity of the situation,
are Inclined to believe that the troops
at distant outposts can retreat, if nec
essary, before an advance by the bol
sheviki, as armored trains are available
for all the Americans in the region
south of Archangel and Murmansk.
Relief of Archangel from the sea
probably will not be possible before the
end of May, because of the ice. but the
forces in the city are well equipped
with artillery and ammunition. There
is no direct communication at present
by either land or sea between Mur
mansk and Archangel. Murmansk, how
ever, can be reached immediately from
the sea.
Americans More Confident.
The feeling in American circles here
is that the British statement possibly
overemphasizes the gravity of the situ
tion because of the desire to send large
reinforcements, and perhaps because
there may be an announcement soon of
allied policy toward the bolsheviki.
-The bolsheviki. in
Prerious Published Report Said to
Have Been Based on Statements
of American Investigators.
(Copyright by the New York World. Pub
lished by Arrangement.)
LONDON, April 4. (Special.) "I
gather from the abbreviated report of
the debate in the house of commons
last night that Bonar Law said there
was no truth in thts assertion that an
allied mission recently visited the bol
sheviki in Russia and returned with an
offer of peace from Lenine to the al
lies." So telegTaphs Wilson Harris to the
Daily News. He continues:
"As this statement might appear to
call in question the facts telegraphed
by me, I must briefly repeat, and in
certain particulars elaborate, the infor
mation already sent. I did noj; say an
allied mission had been dispatched to
Russia or that Lenine made an offer
of peace. I have made no suggestion
of official . negotiations, and have no
reason to suppose any sucli negotiations
have taken place.
"'The facts of which I made mention
were brought to the knowledge of
persons in high quarters here by two
American Investigators William M.
Bullitt and Lincoln Steffens. They
have preserved the most discreet si
lence since their return to Paris, and
I, perhaps, owe it to them to say that
I have seen neither of them, but that I
derived the information I sent you from
quite other sources.
"As to Lcnine's 'offer,' what I said
was, there was reason to believe that
Lenine should be willing to enter into
agreement with the allies on certaia
terms. That is quite a clear statement,
and I have every reason to believe it
accurately represents the facts."
HAWAII GREETS AVIATORS
First Inter-Island Airplane Trip
Covers 400 Miles in Fast Time.
HONOLULU, T. H. March 27. (By
Mail.) Carrying three passengers be
sides Pilot Major Hugh Knerr, a 6th
aero squadron flyboat yesterday com
pleted the first inter-island airplane
flight in this territory. The distance
covered in the flight was slightly un
der 400 miles and the hours spent in
the air were six in number.
Leaving Honolulu. Oahu, on Monday
morning at 7:18 o'clock. Major Knerr
and his passengers traveled to tVe city
of Hilo on the island of Hawaii, a dis
tance of 195 miles, in 197 minutes. Tha
city of Hilo turned out en masse, to ac
cord a weicome to the first aeroplane to
reach that spot.
BOYS' HOME GETS $132,000
Mrs. Elizabeth Foss Dies at Seattle,
Leaving Large Estate.
SEATTLE, April 4. By the estate of
the late Mrs. Elizabeth Foss, Seattle
pioneer and philanthropist, $132,000 was
left to the Edwin Briscoe boys' home
at Orillia, which 6he founded.
Other charitable and religious or
ganizations were left legacies totaling
$10,000..
SHIPPING HEAD TO SERVE
Charles R. Page, Resigned, Grants
Request of President.
WASHINGTON, April 4. Charles R.
Page of San Francisco, one of the 'mem
bers of the shipping board, has for
warded his resignation to President
Wilson.
At the request of the president, how
ever, it was said today that Mr. Page
would continue an authorized member
of the board for the present.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
Tbe Weather.
TESTERDATS Maximum temperature.
degrees; minimum, 4a degrees.
TODAY'S Showers; moderate south to west
winds.
Foreign.
President Wilson ill in bed. with severe cold
Pase 1.
Peace treaty may be finished Wednesday.
Face 1.
Lenine peace offer is declare untrue.
Pase 1.
Allied troops in northern Russia in danger
of extermination. Page I.
42d division men to leave Coblens for homo
tomorrow. Page 2.
Peace delegates see error of secrecy. Page 4.
Spartacans' great offensive now on in Ger
many, fage 2.
National.
AnsMl-Baker-Chamberlain squabble stirs all
army powers with court-martial talk
Page 3.
Official casualty list. Page 9.
U. S. flying circus to be in Portland. Page 1.
Domestic.
Oregon and Washington troops duo in Bos
ton loaay. .fage o.
Wilson uses radio to break Hun spirit.
Pago 1.
Steel price dispute nearer settlement. Page 6.
Pacific Northwest.
Association asks congress to keep farm
bonds tax exempt. Page ltj.
Sports.
Baltimore's Federal franchise declared lia
bility rather than asset. Page 14.
Vincent Richard wins indoor tennis singles
- titles.- - Page 14.
Commercial and Marine.
I Mohair market in northwest opening. Page
31.
Cargo is offered for West Munham's oriental
trip. Page 20.
Stocks higher with urgent demand for rail
way issues. Pago -i.
Portland and Vicinity.
California aiding Portland In campaign for
jyi'O tinrlne convention. rage II. ,
f'O.OOO rolled up in livestock campaign. J
iage v.
I Portland plans aero club. Page 9.
f Coast impresses naval committee. Page 7.
Limit on width of residence roadways pro
posed, .rage i.
I Long, red hairs in brush cause of divorce
action. l-age la.
Portland greets veterans. Page 20.
Committee of lO) citizens to Investigate
Portland schools. Page 4.
Shipbuilders draw pay for sleeping. Page 8.
Victory loan qupta expected hero soon.
Page id.
Check for $100,000 aids war sufferers.
Page lo.
Weather report, data and yorctaat Page 21,
Initial Treaty Will Be Made
With Germany.
OMNIBUS PACT IS ABANDONED
France Again Increases Dam
age Claims to 50 Billions.
TEUTON BANKERS GLOOMY
Max Warburg Tells Allied Financiers .
That He Fears Result of Pres
ent Spartacan Agitation.
BT HERBERT BATARD SWOPE.
(Copyright by the New York World. Pub
lished by Arrangement.)
PAKIS. April 4. (Special by wire
less.) Perhaps the most important de
velopment today lies in the belief that
the plan announced recently of effectu
atTn gan omnibus peace is to be
changed again, and that the original
plan of a peace first with Germany will
be followed.
I make this statement upon the au
thority of one who has followed the
workings of the council and who sees
the trend leading up to a separate Ger
man compact, which, however, will be
the basis for the arrangements with
our other enemies. Provided the Saar
and Rhine questions are settled and
there seems good ground to believe
they will be there is no new reason
appearing to prevent the Germans from
being sent for between April 15 and 20.
French Increase DesMndK.
Members of the American and other
economic sections today gave out state
ments corroborating in full the out
line of the reparational plan given in
these dispatches, with the addition of
the fact that the French estimate of
claims falling within the seven ac
cepted categories of damages is placed
at 150,000.000.000 instead of 145.000.
000.000, which is the American mark.
The economic sections under B. M. Ba
ruch's leadership and ta association
with John W. Davis and Thomas W.
Lamont, have reduced to the wording
of formulas the financial, reparation
and economic problems, on which the
other nations have entered an agree
ment to the main elements. Mr. La
mont, who went to Compiegne yester
day to meet the German bankers, re
ports that the Germans are seemingly
much worried about the conditions in
their country.
Herr Melchior of Hamburg presided
over the German delegation, which in
cluded Max Warburg.
Hans Listing Securities.
The Germans explained that they are
now engaged in listing all German
owned foreign securities which have
been ordered confiscated by the gov
ernment for purposes of payment for
food and to apply on reparations.
The list is not yet complete, but it is
expected to be ready by April 15.
The German delegates, as wajs to be
expected, eeem apparently downcast
over the future. Another meeting is
to be held Sunday, after which the
Germans are to return with a complete
schedule of their liquid foreign securi
ties, which are then to be appraised by
i the allied commission and a price put
upon htem. So far the Germans have
paid out something like $50,000,000 in
gold to the allies for rations and sup
plies. Warburg Mas "Blues."
Herr Warburg was especially pessi
mistic over the recrudesence of Spar
tacan strength. He felt that Germany
would need all the aid the allies could
give to throttle bolshevism.
Recent attacks upon the conference
in French and British journals brought
out an Interview with Premier Lloyd
George today, which was palpably de
signed to reassure and conciliate
France as to where he stood.
Silence is still the rule of the con
ference on the subject of bolshevism
and at the slightest indication that
suggests even a remote recognition
of the present Russian government,
there is a wild outcry on the part of
the French and certain elements of
the British press.
HAWAIIAN STRIKE LIKELY
Japanese Bitterly Protest language
School Bills Now Cp.
HONOLULU, T. H. March 27. (By
Mail.) Threat of a strike of planta
tion laborers provided tbe hanguago
school bill in the Hawaiian legislature
Is passed is believed to exist in the
numerous recent star-chamber meetings
held by Japanese plantation laborers on '
various plantations on the different
islands.
The bill now before the legislature
provides that all teachers in the terri
tory must read, write and speak Kns-
ish, which would effectively close many
Japanese language schools where 'the
teachers cannot speak English. The
Japanese are violently opposed to tho
bill.. ,
Young Peoples" Society to Meet.
VANCOUVER. Wash., April 4. (Spe-
cial.) Tne B'ederation of Young Peo
ples' Societies of Vancouver will hold
a meeting in the - first Methodist
church. Sunday Miss Louella Dyer,
state president of Young Peoples" Chris
tian work, will give an address. Tho
meeUiis will be open to the public.
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