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PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL '7, 1919.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
ALASKANS TURN EYES
TOWARD GOLD FIELDS'
rnciinr happy yanks leave
PRESIDENT IS BETTER,
BUT REMAINS IN BED
EXECUTIVE IS PER JUTTED "TO
RECEIVE CALLERS.
LABOR TO
T
LiiumiL . rnpiFM7 for hpimf
fir mt BOYS OP RAINBOW DIVISION
JAPANESE TREAT!
ATTEMPT RECALL
MEN LEAVE WAR INDUSTRIES
FOR PAY GROUND.
X J V. K A -ia A J
CI
CM 0 SCRAP
I I
AS PASTOR RESIGNS
NEAR
END
Preliminary Treaty to Be
Ready by Easter.
LLOYD GEORGE IS OPTIMISTIC
Dismisses Wild Rumors.
German Civilians Silently Ixok on
as Ji'evr York Warriors Shout
Gay Farewell.
COBLEXZ. April . (By the Assocl-
Iatcd Press.) Two more tralnloads of
happy, smiling soldiers of the 42d
: (Rainbow) division started this after-
i noon for home br way of Brest. The
soldiers composed the 165th regiment.
New York City's famous 69th.
There were cheers but. no tears as
Statement tu French Editor the l?,n! u"f e "T
waved farewells to their comrades, who
ara to follow within the next few days.
German civilians stood In the back
ground, but save no Indication of their
feeline-a. The Rainbow division has
DISCORD REPORTS DENIED turned over to the fourth division reg-
I uiarsi me prisoners in us carc-
The 13d division, consisting- princi
pally of Illinois national guardsmen.
h. Kn nrfrii tn herln nrenarations
Krgotlafors Declared to Bo "om- for returning to France, according to a
pletely in Harmony; Fubllc Is
Asked to Be Tatlent.
More Than 33,400 Officers Arc
general headquarters dispatch received
today.
According to present plans, the Sid
I division of Wisconsin and Michigan
guardsmen, who now are holding a part
of the Coblena brldcehead. will begin
PARTS. April The preliminary ,,., Rhln. ADril 1.
peace treaty will be ready by taster Wor(J aIso waB recelved today at third
and the Germans win be askea to come rmy headquarters that the second
ml sign It at tne eno oi April or ino ,, ,,, M.lnr-Oeneral Bullard.
beginning of May. Premier Lloyd .... .,,- i, i oc-
Ceorge of Great Britain declared In an cupy1ng the Toul sector. This would
interview loaay wn ntpou.. leave the first army, under Major-Gen-
sanne. editor of the Matin. , ..,,, , Kr,nP. and the third
In answer to a remark by M. Lau- I ,,-,. ii,i.,.(;.,rl Dlekman.
" w""1 '"""'" " """ , fh .rmv of oeeuDation.
on was doi so rouca me utuj s m:
aecrecv in which the peace negotla
tlon. were wrapped and the fear U DD CC JM WflR LDSS HUlit
. . . , f nI.lnln. I 1 W W W I ' 1 I ,! " " "
incia w uih ui fttn. w ....
the British premier said:
Discard Restarts Denied.
"I affirm absolutely that there is I Killed In Battle
no divergence among the negotiators. I t,i-tji.t. inrll . (By the Asso-
mey are onto raiuiuuicu " ,.j Prnnila'a hum losses in
nlcal difficulties which can only be orficer8 mnd men during the war are
settled after close study. Take the lndltatei by a Btaff officer, who writes
question or reparauous. in , , i-k.i Anninr. He submits of
the allies have one common principle, ficlal tiBur,B to show that 32.454 active
which I once set lonn inns. i nf ,.- at the front were killed.
-Germany must pay up to the last I wounded or missing out of a total o
farthing of her power. 34.350. and that more than 4.330.000
-But la it sufficient to draw up a Idi ,. kl.d. wounded or miss
bill and hand It to the enemy? Must . , . io.i78.000 who actually
. we not require guarantees ana musi oucht at the front.
we not study tne terms, metnoas ana H Mint, out that these figures
forms of delayed payments? siusi we belio 8tories sometimes heard that
not be able to say to our adversary fh prusian officers did not attack
when he pleads lnadeqnacy or re- with their men. and asserts that their,
sources: Tea, yon esn go as far as that Ios8ea were particularly heavy in the
and you must no tnis ana you must ao . lr, lwo yearn, but were much less
that'? In a word, shall we simply pre- I tn8 later years of the war because the
sent a bill or collect all the money I officers had to be saved for general
possible? I staff work
Work Plow 4 Difflralt. I The figures show also how little
"Well, that is where tha work comes Germany countea ou a long war. ir
In. flow and difficult worS. complicated the Prussian mobilisation con tern
i,. fot ih.. -inert f plated 3.700.000 soldiers, to which ap
,k. ii.k.., ,.mii,,.. r-t i proximately 6.SOO.O0O had to be added
pertence are not in agreement among I oeiore tne eng.
themselves either as to the method of
liquidation or as to the assets to be Tpi cr.PJPUCDC Tfl Rfll I flT
Vn rh.r. I nn wfrni amnnr the
negotiators but. aUa. there are inevl-1 riko ' ocmcu ouii
Nullification of tjcta
1915 r A .
y
DEMANT .cLD INTOLERABLE
Nipponese Are Charged With
Imposing Hun Terms.
TREATY DECLARED FORCED
Conditions Held to Be Incompatible
With Principles Vpon Which
League Is Being Founded.
table ones among the experts, often
among those from the same country.
Who Is to decide between them if not
the negotiators, and do you think it
can always be done quickly?"
M. Lausanne remarked that what
After April S3.
NEW TORK. April . Balloting to
determine whether the 400.000 members
of the Commercial Telegraphers' Union
of America and six affiliated unions
I . . ...in. rn
was why. before everything. Germany
was not handed a full bill, no matter
what amount, and forced to admit full
liability?
Fatlesrc A.krd mt Pablir.
And who says we shall not do so?
cried Premier Lloyd George. -Who
says we have not decided that?"
wire control, was authorized at a meet
ing of the union's executive committee
here tonight. Ballots were distributed
returnable for tally at the union's head
quarter. In Chicago April S
S. J. Koncnkamp. national president
of the union, said that the contemplated
strike was tn result of dissatisfaction
.cncu-I-i on rC 2. (o!umn 1
No one- the Interviewer Interrupt-! vi. Mr Bur,onil mcUon on requests
for wage adjustments. Mr. Burleson
I also had refused, he declared, to abide
by President Wilson's mandate that the
fights of workers to organize should
not be abridged.
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LICI TE1 T DVMKXTTOTKLL
MOW OHM.O III-:ROt
Few Know thm history of the
fraou lt (Wtld Weso divilon
and its explotts
In Franc bt
tr than Colin
Pyment. 1 1 e u
tf nant A- R- C
with the di U
vi5ton. whose
work as a Red
C ross searcher
took him all
through the
division In rest
time and bat
tle time. Lieu
tenant Pyment
Is director of
the school of
journalism of
the University
of Washing:-
JLt.C-llV.Dy-.,... K.rly last
September he Joined the divi.iun
in Its tralnlnc area in the Haute
Marne. It was then about lo start
for the front. From that day till
I he came home a short time ago
J Lieutenant l'yment was with the
e 91st constantly.
S Amid other Red Cross work he
S found time to gather the detail
of death of a grat majority of
the lst men who were killed.
He brourht back ten notebooks of
forts. Two of them contain the
names of more than 1309 of the
dtvtston--all dead: and Licuten
ant Iyment kr.oms how most of
the 1500 died. In msny Instances
I he knows ' their last words: In
e hundreds of Instances he knows
whether death was instant or
I lingering, where the wound was
1 received and on what part of
I the battlefield the soldier fell.
i This priceless material was
gathered for the relatives of
J JOHN R. HEGEMAN DEAD
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.,
I Started as Accountant.
MAMARONECK. X. April .-John
R. Hegeman, president ol tne metro
politan Life lnsurancecompany. died
at bis home. Orients Point, today after
an Illness of two years.
He waa "4 years old.
Although Mr. Hegeman's condition
had been considered serious for the
pss wee, his death was unexpected."
Born in Flatlands. now a part or
Broolyn. he was educated in the public
schools of New Tork and became em
ployed as a naccountant by the Man
hattan Life Insurance company In 1S6S.
Later he became associated with the
Metripolitan Life Insurance company.
He was elected to the presidency of
the concern, the position ne neia unwi
his death, in October. 1L
BURGLARS VISIT MAYOR
Small Trunk Containing Valuable
Tapers Only Loot Taken.
LOS ANGELES. April t. Burglars
late tonight visited the home of Mayor
F. T. Woodman. Indicted on a charge
of "asking, receiving and agreeing to
receive a bribe" and. among other
things, stole a small trunk containing
papers said to be of value to the
mayor, but to no one else, according to
a report to the police.
PARTS, April 6. (By the Associated
Press.) Nullification of tha 21 de
mands made by Japan early in 1915
is urged by the Chinese government In
an official statement cabled from Pekin
and received by the Japanese peace
delegation Saturday.
The Pekin statement declares that
the Japanese treaties and terms forced
upon China in 1915 should be abrogated,
"because their terms are incompatible
with the principles upon which - the
league of nations is founded."
The statement Is largely in reply to
a recent statement made by Baron
Maklno of the Japanese delegation on
the position of Japan.
Terms Imposed, Says China.
"Since the Japanese delegate In
Paris," the Chinese statement says,
"has pointedly referred to the 21 de
mands, it is incumbjnt upon the Chi
nese government to draw attention to
the fact that China's acquiescence to
terms subversive of her own interests
were secured by means of an ulti
matum to which she was forced to
yield because of the preoccupation or
the rest of the world in the European
war. It is a fact that the terms were
imposed upon China at the point of the
bayonet, the example followed being
that of Prussia; the extension for 99
years of the lease of Port Arthur and
the South Manchurian railways con
cessions being precisely the German
Shantung terms.
'In a subsequent agreement secured
by Japan under the former cabinet the
principles followed have been equally
dangerous, not only to China's liberty
and action, but to her very Independence."
The statement says that the claim of
(Concluded oq Fase 3, Column 4.)
Bulletin Says Mr. Wilson Passed
Good Night ' and That His
Temperature Is Normal.
Unions Level Guns on Ad
ministration Heads.
STANDARD OIL HEAD DIES
William S. Itheera Drops Dead In
Restaurant After Auto Trip.
SANTA CRUZ, Cal.. April 6. William
S. Rheem, president of the Standard
Oil Company ot California, dropped
dead in a restaurant here today a few
minutes after he and his family had
arrived on an automobile trip.
PRISONERS JOIN IN PROTEST
Roils Unionists.
JURY TRIALS ARE SOUGHT
Soldiers and Sailors' Council Al
ready .Taking Steps to Hold
Another Sale Soon.
PARIS, April 6. (By the Associated
Press.) President Wilson has reached
a point so far on the road to recovery
that Rear-Admiral Grayson, his per
sonal physician, permitted him to re
ceive late today the other American
peace commissioners. It was the first
Lima ilia preaiaeni uas wmcu w " j i - ,
one other than Colonel House, Admiral) RefUSal 10 SanCtlOn Tag Uay
Grayson and the immediate members
of his household since he became 111.
The cold from which the president
has been suffering appears to have
been broken. The fever has dlsap
peared, but the president is still weak
and it is not expected that he will leave
his room before Tuesday. It is expect'
ed, however, that he will be strong
enough tomorrow to look after some of
the details of the peace negotiations,
but that he will not be In a condition
to attend any of the meetings of the
council of four until Tuesday.
President Poincare sent by an aide
to President Wilson today a message
of hopefulness, and the allied officials
to the peace conference again ex
pressed their wishes for his rapid re
cover'.
The reception by President Wilson
today of Secretary of State Lansing,
General Bliss, Henry White and Colonel
House took place in the president's
bedroom. The five men discussed the
work done since illness eliminated
President Wilson from the conference
Thursday night and planned the pro
gramme for the present week.
General Bliss explained what he re
garded as a satisfactory adjustment of
the Danzig question and assurances
were given by all the other delegates
that progress had been made by the
different commissions, with the possi
ble exception of the reparations com
mission.
It is understood that President Wil
son impressed upon the delegates the
extraordinary importance of an early
agreement.
His conviction is said to be that a
long step must be taken this week
toward the preparation of the peace
reaty.
The official statement Issued this
morning said:
President Wilson had a good night
and his temperature is normal. He is
much better, but remains in bed today."
J. E. Barrett, Head of McCarthy
Commercial Club, Looks Ahead
to Prosperous Tear.
- SEATTLE. Wash, April . (Special.)
Alaskans are returning from war in
dustries and from military service to
prospect for gold in all parts of the
north, according to J. E. Barrett, pres
ident of the Commercial club at Mc
Carthy, Alaska, and part owner of the
Green group of copper claims near
Kenecott. Mr. Barrett has Just arrived
from the north on business.
Mr. Barrett says many of those who
Joined In the stampede to Susitna
several years ago are returning to
prospect for further pay on ground
which they are convinced Is not worked
out. He looks for an exchange of
ownership of many of the properties
which have been Idle for years.
"With so many of the old-timers re
turning." Mr. Barrett points out, "no
one should go north without some
money. Any man with sufficient funds.
say $500, can devote his time for a few
months to prospecting without worry
ing whether he has a Job. The outlook
is better this season for the prospector
than for the man working for wages.
'McCarthy Is situated in one of the
best gold districts in the country, with
Rev. Dr. Boyd Sees Wider
Activities in East.
SEMINARY OFFER IS ACCEPTED
TACOMA. -April 6. Union labor of
Tacoma will attempt the recall of the
entire city administration, including
Mayor C. M. Riddell and Commission- a quarts belt running parallel to the
ers F. H. Pettit. H. Roy Harrison, Fred copper belt and gold bearing for the
Shoemaker and Ira S. Davisson, because entire distance. With the construction
of the refusal of the commissioner of of good roads into this and other prom
public safety and the council to sane- ising areas, the most important prob
tion the tag day of the Soldiers' andllem for Alaskan development will be
Sailors' council yesterday. This action solved.
citizens'
was determined upon at a
special session of the Central Labor rC I I VI CIV VUIL IU OlnlfVC
council this morning and attended by I
delegates to the council and others who Local Union Reported to Bo Unit In
chose to enter. I
A committee of 25 to manage the re- XBlor OI "aiaoui,
call campaign was authorized and a 1 Balloting on the proposed strike of
majority of the membership went into telegraph employes was concluded for
session following the meeting for first J the Portland district at an open session
steps in the recall preparations. of local No. 92, Commercial Telegraph-
Recall Committee Named. era' Union of America, held in Musi-
Th. nmmirf r,f 55 meet ..rain "" '"'"" " wa-a amiounccu
Monday to nrer-are recall netitions and a" Yl lavureo. mt proposeu
perfect precinct organization by the Str'ke' International officials have
citizens' meeting to act in an endeavor called for sports on all strike votes
, . fn- 1 1 un:a ar,.ctil not later L ii it ri April 4. iii ic xor mo
iiuiiucu wa.iK.uut win men db deter
mined.
Saturday in connection with the tag-
day and still in jail.
A resolution drawn up by the mem
bers of the soldiers' and sailors' coun-
The Portland Central Labor council.
it is said, promises full support to the
11. whd spent the night in the city dissatisfied workers in event of a
jail, was read before the meeting, as . ana me raiiroau. iciegrapners
follows:
Fellow workers:
Resolved, here in this bull pen, that
I are expected to refuse to handle com
mercial business.
Representative McArthur has prom
we are not sorry for the stand we have ised the telegraph workers a hearing,
taken and that we are ready to go officers were authorized to lay the
through to the bitter end. We know lacis perore mm.
that organized labor is behind us and
ask that we be gotten out of this rot
ten hole.
Boys Join in Protest.
'As we write this the vermin are
crawling over the walls and floors by
(Concluded on Pasre 2. Coluntn 3.)
BETTER GIVE THE OLD GIRL A LITTLE REST IF THEY EXPECT HER TO LAY ANY GOLDEN EGGS
T are available for publication. The J JOHN L METCALF IS HELD
!
Oreaoman - has arranged with
Lieutenant I'ymrnt to write a
serial account of the division
from the casualty side. The
names of local mrn will appear
In this serial. How and where
the men of this state met their
deaths with the l.t will appear.
The first Inntallment of Lieu
tenant Iyment'a story will appear
In The Oreiroslan April . cithers
'mill follow dally.
Former LegUlator Accused Under
Syndicalism Statute.
SPOKANE. Wish. April . (Special.)
John L. Metcalf. former auditor and
member of the legislature from Stev
ens county and delegate to the conven
tion at St. Louis in 19 OS. that nominated
McKinlcy. was arrested here Saturday.
He Is charged with criminal syndi
calism.
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1 ' MEA OET BACK ON, rj' ViL
DAN CUPID RENEWS WORK
Vancouver Gretna Green Mecca of
21 Couples in One Day.
VANCOUVER, Wash, April 6. (Spe
cial.) Dan Cupid," on temporary leave
of absence during the war, is coming
back strongly. Testerday from vari
ous parts of Oregon and Washington 21
couples wended their way to this city
to be married.
C W. Free!, 70 years old, and Martha
A. Corbin, 65, both of Orting. Wash.,
were among the older ones being married.
The youngest couple was Roy Ed
ward Miller, 18 years old, of Portland,
and Nellie' May Bell, 16, of the same
city, who were married here.
Homestead Action Promised.
OREGON1AN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, April 6. George Otis Smith, di
rector of the geological survey, ad
vised Representative Sinnott today that
reports have been received of field ex
aminations made in Harney and Wheel-
er counties, Oregon, and that the gen
eral land office ip free to proceed with
the designation of stock-raising home
steads in these counties. -
Long Service Is Reviewed in
Formal Announcement.
LOVE TOKENS APPRECIATED
Eight Years' Pastorate of Portland
Church Marked by Great
Era of Prosperity.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
1Var.
Official casualty list. Pass U-
Foreign.
Peace makers near end of task, says Lloyd
George. Page 1.
China would scrap treaty of 1915 with Japan.
Page 1.
Happy Yanks leave Coblenz for home.
Fage 1.
Ex-Kaiser defended as peace advocate.
Page .
Spartlacans and allies call general strike in
.Berlin. Page 3.
Official record of bravery and daring of
91&t division made public. - Page 5.
President Wilson better but still confined
to bed. Page 1.
Germans will get entente's war bill shortly.
page 5.
National.
Wilson ultimatum to peace council doubted
at yishingtou. Page 6.
Domestic.
Allied victory held vindication of law.
Page .
Oregon doughboys returning to United States
have laugh on officers. Page u.
Sports.
Beavers defeat Oakland all-stars, 4 to 1.
Page 12.
F. M. Troeh retains possession of Hercules
medal. Page 11
Oregon aces return for field practice.
Pago 13. 1
Gorman will rely upon old-time tactics in
Harper bout. Page 13.
Pacific Northwest.
Alaskans turn eyes toward gold fields.
Page 1.
Captain Johannsen shipmasters' head. Page 4.
eattle girl of is to wea Francis .Burton
Harrison. Page 4.
Tacoma . labor to attempt recall. Page 1.
Portland and Vicinity.
Congregation sad as Dr. Boyd resigns.
Page 1.
Mayor on job again and city business is
moving. , Page i-
Era of great church activity predicted.
Page 10.
Old clothes drive starts here today. Page 7.
Oregon farmers in favor of municipal dis
trict plan. Page 14.
Victory loan forces to organize this week.
Page 7.
Wife hits husband on head with sword.
Page 11.
Shriners start drive for council entertain
ment fund tomorrow, page is.
Southern lumber contracts canceled. Page 14.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 14.
Rev. John JT. Boyd, who has served
as pastor of the First Presbyterian
church here for the past eight years,
announced his acceptance of the chair
of homiletics at McCormick Theological
seminary, Chicago, yesterday morning
to a congregation which crowded the
church to its doors.
News of Dr. Boyd's acceptance of the
professorship was made public on his
return here Saturday evening from a
short visit to Chicago.
In his eight years of service in Port
land Dr. Boyd has built up the largest
congregation in the city and on many
occasions has received national recog
nition on utterances made from his
pulpit. In addition to his church duties
he has found time to take an active
part in civic affairs and patriotic '
movements, and his proposed departure
is regretted by the church and city
alike.
Children Serve War Caase.
Since coming to Portland far. Boyd's
family of children has grown to man
hood and womanhood and his wife, who
had been prominently connected with
philanthropies and social work in Chi
cago, has been laid to rest. His eldest
child, Lieutenant Henry Boyd, recently
returned from . France with the 71st
division. Miss Louise Boyd is a yeo
manette at the Bremerton navy yards.
another daughter, Miss Elizabeth Boyd,
presides over his home, and a younger
son, John. Is still In school. The fam
ily came to Portland from Detroit. Dr.
Boyd formerly held pastorates In that
city, in Evanston, 111., and in Tennessee.
Dr. Boyd's resignation from the Port
land pulpit marks the close of a period
of 32 years he has passed in the min
istry. Since he was 30 years of age he
has ministered to congregations of more
than 1000 members.
Cong-resatlon Is Saddened.
He enters his new charge at a smaller
salary than he Is now receiving from
the first church of Portland, to give
to the rising generation of ministers
from his store of knowledge and ex
perience in active church work, which .
from his own standpoint is a wider
field of service to his church than" oc
cupied by him at the present time.
His address to his congregation yes
terday was replete with tenderness and
betrayed a heart torn between a desire
to remain with his congregation and
the call of service in the new field.
"That there might not be any neg
lected factor in reaching a final de
cision," said Dr. Boyd, "I have visited
McCormick seminary during the past
few days where I had counsel with
the president and faculty and measured
the duties and opportunities of tho
proffered position as. carefully as pos
sible.
Wider Activities Loom.
"I returned from the visit last night,
and following the judgment of mem
bers of the session, which accord with
my own that I should make known my
decision at once, with a regret, the in
tensity of which I 'cannot express, I
announce to you my acceptance of tho
invitation which involves the dissolu
tion of the tie which binds me to you
as a congregation on my removal from
Portland.
In announcing this decision, so pain
ful to me and so disappointing to
many of you, there are several things
I would have you understand.
"First, the matter of my going to
McCormick seminary has been before
me nearly five months. The president
and I have corresponded throughout
the winter, and no element of the
problems involved in my giving up the
pastorate of this church has failed to
receive tho most prayerfuj consider-"
ation.
Decision Not Hasty.
"No decision of my life has cost me
such heart searching and agony of
spirit. No deciBion of my life has ever
been reached with greater caution, or
with more earnest Beeking to know
how I could best use the years remain
ing to me in the service of God, to
whom I long ago committed my life.
"Unfortunately for me, the reasons
which awakened my interest in tho
work offered in the seminary, and
which now impel me to accept it, were
so personal that I could not consult
either the session or individual friends.
"I wish it known that apart from the
intrinsic value of the opportunity of
teaching in the seminary, the place has
no attraction or advantage. The change
removes me from Portland to the heart
of Chicago. Residence in Chalmers
Place is a poor exchange for Mont
gomery drive. The salary to be re
ceived is $2000 less than that which I
am now receiving.
"The second fact that I wish to im
press is that I am not forgetful of
your desires to have me remain, nor
do I underestimate the respect and af
fection in which I am held.
"The tokens of confidence and love
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