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clusion of Peace.
HHflDESTPROBlMS SOLVED
President Announces Work So
Far Along as to Warrant
Summoning Teutons.
I- several questions pending
Indications Are That All Will
Be Gotten Out of the Way
Shortly, Says Wilson.
PAKIS, April 14. (By the Asso
ciated Frees.) A statement by Presi
dent Wilson in behalf of the council of
four says that the questions of peace
are co near a complete solution that
they will be quickly and finally
rlrafted. This announcement was con
tained in an official bulletin, which
added that the German plenipoten
tiaries had been invited to meet at
Versailles on April 25.
The president hopes that the ques
tions of Italy, especially relating to
the Adriatic, will be brought to a
speedy agreement. The Adriatic ques
tion will be given precedence over
other questions.
Settlements Rearing End.
The settlements belonging erpecial
y to the treaty p-ith Germany, the
statement says, will thus be got out
of the way, and at the same time other
settlements will be completely formu
lated. The text of President Wilson's
statement follows:
"In view of the fact that the ques
tions which must be settled in the
peace conference with Germany have
been brought so near a complete solu
tion that they can r.ow quickly be put
through the final process of drafting,
those who have been most constantly
in conference about them have decided
to advise that the German plenipoten
itaries be invited to meet the repre
sentatives of the associated belligerent
nations at Versailles on the 25th of
April.
Other Work Not Retarded.
This dors not mean that many
other questions connected with the
general peace settlement will be in
terrupted or that their consideration
which has long been under way will be
retarded. On the contrary, it is ex
pected that rapid progress will now be
made with the questions so that they
may alsc presently be expected to be
ready for final settlement.
"It is hoped that the questions most
directly affecting Italy, especially the
Adriatic questions, can now be brought
to a speedy agreement. The Adriatic
question will be given, for the time.
precedence over other questions and
pressed by continual study to its final
stage.
Alt Problem ('n.lderen'.
"The settlements that brlonc espe
cially to the treaty with Germany will
in this way- he pot out of the way at
the same time that all other settle
ment are being hroucht to u complete
formulation. It is realized that, thouch
this proce?. mut be followed, ail the
questions of the present great settle
ment are parts of a single hole."
rAfll. Anril It. President Wilson,
speaking today wih the correspondent
of the Temps with reference to the
work of the peace conference, said:
"I have tolay good hope. The most
complicated que-.ttons now are solved
Inder thefe condition. I hope that a
ti.-factory solution will bo reached
pretty soon.
Trlbate raid rart.
The remainder of the conversation.
MVS the correpondet, consisted of
expres.Mons by President "Wilson of his
admiration for France, the French peo
ple tn Taris. which city, the pre.-ident
aid. reminded him greatly of Wash
ington, which was planned by a French
man. Major IVF.nfant. who was Wash
ington's companion. The president
also declared that the Seine reminded
blm and other American of the t'o
toiuac. PA HI 5. April It. i tiy the As.ociatrd
Fre3 ) The council of four did not
imet this afternoon, hut rrsidnt Wll
iun conferred with the American peac
delegation repeii int; the proa ram me
of work etiU to t done by the peace
eti n f c re nee.
r.vni5. Apu! If. Tl-ic status of the
American. Japanese and French amend
ments to the covenant of the league of
nations, has been definitely established
o far as the league of nations commis
sion Is concerned, with the American
CvaUuaed ca lato Cviumn --
Part Played In Recent Pardon' ,Clse
Held Indefensible Minority He
port Crgcs Censure.
DES MOINES. Ia., April 14. Charging
ins blm with malfeasance in office for
his part in the Hathbun pardon case,
the Iowa house judiciary committee
will present a majority report to the
house tomorrow recommending lnt
peachment of Governor W. L. Harding:.
A minority report will recommend
censure.
Final approval of the majority report
was given by the committee late to
day in executive session by a vote of
17 to 11, three committee members not
voting, but joining; with the dissenting?
11 in the minority report.
Majority and minority reports will
be prepared tomorrow morning- in re
sard to Attorney-General H. M. Hav
ner, whoee methods in revoking the
pardon also have been under investiga
tion by the committee. Exoneration
will be the majority recommendation.
while the minority report will urge
censure.
The majority report on the governor's
case declares the evidence obtained by
the committee does not show he re
ceived any money for granting the par
don, but charges that he violated his
oath of office and is guilty of negll
gence and carelessness in granting
clemency without thoroughly invest!
gating the case.
There were renewed assertions to
night from the Harding forces in the
house that their unofficial poll of the
houi-e assured them of enough votes to
defeat decisively the impeachment ree
ommendalion.
PERSHiNG IS AT BREST
General Awaits Arrival of Secretary
of War on Leviathan.
BREST, April 14. General Pershing
arrived here today to meet Secretary
Baker, who is due late In the after
noon on the American transport Levia
than.
William G. Sharp, retiring American
ambassador to France, and Mrs. Sharp
are expected tomorrow. Mr. Sharp and
Hugh Wallace, new American am
bassador, who Is also coming on the
Leviathan, will confer Tuesday.
Mr. Wallace will go to Paris Wednes
day. French officials have arrived
here to receive Secretary Baker and
Ambassador Wallace and to eay fare
well to Mr. Sharp.
When Secretary Baker sailed he took
with him Warren Pershing, 9-year-old
son of the American commander. The
secretary said he intended to surprise
General Pershing with his eon.
RATE INCREASE IS SOUGHT
Daylight Sarins Plan Held Detri
mental to Business.
SALEM. Or.. April 14. (Special.)
In an application filed today with the
public service commission for a right
to ircrease rates, the Eastern Oregon
Light & Power company asserts that
the daylight saving law inaugurated
by the government has had a detri
mental effect upon its business and has
decreased its gross revenue from 6 to
$ per cent.
It asserts it lost (17,000 last year, in
addition to an Increase. The company
also asks that it bo allowed to dis
continue the giving of discounts on
bills payable before the 10th of each
month.
MAN, 90, TRIES OUT TRAIN
Mexican War Veteran Takes First
Ride Behind Iron Horse.
BEND, Or.. April 14. f Special.) A
veteran of the Mexican war, 90 years
of ace. Marsh Aubrey of Tumalo took
his firt ride behind an iron horse last
night when he stepped on board the
Oregon Trunk train and started for
Uoseburg. where he will enter the old
soldiers' home. He was accompanied
by County Judge Barnes.
Mr. Aubrey has been a continuous
resident of Tumalo since 1S6S and was
on the Pacific coast for a number of
years before that date, coming out from
the middle west after the close of the
Mexican war.
MORTGAGE OF $900,000 PAID
Portland Cement Company Take Vp
Icbt Two Years Before Due.
OREGON' CITT.' Or., April 14. (Sp-
rial. Satisfaction of a mortgage of
fJOO.noo was filed here Saturday, which
is one of the largest on record In
the local county recorder's office. This
was a mortgage given by the Portland
Cement company to the Security Sav
ings- & Trust company for bonds.
The mortgage covered the holdings
of the cement company in Clackamas
and iHjuElas counties and was to run
for a period of 15 years. It was given
in October. 1905, and was not due for
over two years.
WALLS FALL BEFORE BOLT
Violent Electrical J-lor in Reported
From Terrebonne.
BEND, Or., April 14. (Special.)
Stone walls were no prot-ctlon against
a violent electrical storm which raged
hrough the northern part of Deschutes
county Saturday night, reports received
here today from Terrebonne stated.
A large "V"-shaped fragment was
torn from the solid masonry walls of
the school and every piece of glass in
the building shattered by a particularly
vicious thunderbolt. Classes are being
suspended thu week while repairs are
made.
Uncle Sam Discovers Lack
of Legal Authority.
WAR-TIME LAWS INADEQUATE
Enforcementiuestion Appar-
enuv .en in Air.
PR0BLE- PERPLEXING ONE
Government, It Appears, May Pre
vent Illegal Production of Liquor
bat Not Illicit - Sale.
WASHINGTON". April 14. Legal ad
visers of government agencies inter
ested in . liquor 'regulations examined
statutes and executive orders today
without finding specific legal author
ity by which the internal revenue bu
reau might enforce war-time prohibi
tion after July 1.
President Wilson, under the Overman
act, giving him power to transfer func
tions from one department to another,
might delegate the authority to the
revenne bureau, come lawyers declared.
However, this still would, leave the
bureau without adequate funds to pay
the costs of maintaining a large fed
eral police force.
Problem Perplexing One.
Suggestions received today did not
change materially the air of uncer
tainty over the question of how prohi
bition is to be enforced as caused by
Internal Revenue Commissioner Roper's
announcement that his bureau has not
the authority nor the funds to carry
out the enforcement -measureB prop
erly. Many telegrams received today
reflected keen interest by individuals
and organizations throughout the
coubtry in the status of war-time pro
hibition. Mr. Roper added nothing to
his statement in replying to these
queries, it was said.
Legal advisers of other agencies to
day discovered that an executive order
of the president dated September 2,
1917, Issued under authority of the
Overman act, delegated to the revenue
bureau and the customs division the
enforcement of the provisions of the
food conservation measure of August
10, 1917, which prohibited the use of
food materials in production of whisky
and paved the way for restriction of
beer brewing. These agencies were
authorized to employ such additional
assistants for this work as the secre
tary of the treasury might deem neces
sary. Old Order Ineffective.
The amendment to the agricultural
appropriation act of November 12, 1918,
by which war-time prohibition, ef
fective July 1, was established, did not
become law until long after that ex
ecutive order was issued, and Xonee-
quently the order would not apply to
the prohibition measure.
The act of November 2, 1918, provided
that after June 30, 1919, until the
completion of the present war there
after and until the termination of de
mobilization, the date of which shall be
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Captain Raynhnm, British Aviator,
Hastens Assembling of Martin
syde for Early Start.
ST. JOHNS, N. F., April 14. (The
changes of Harry G. Hawker, Austral
ian airmen "hopping off" within the
next day of two in an attempt to fly
across the Atlantic in competition for
the London Daily Mail's prize dimin
ished tonight when a drizzling rain set
in again. The ground in front of his
airdrome is now virtually a quagmire.
Captain Frederick Praynham, British
aviator, who is rushing the work of
assembling his Martinsyde plane, is
planning to make a trial flight tomor
row.
Hawker was disposed to attempt
take-off today despite the unfavorable
wind and fog, but gave up his plans
when meteorological reports were re
ceived of low pressure areas and rain
squalls in mid-Atlantic.
Captain Raynham consented consent
ed today to discuss his plans for the
flight. Twenty-five years old, seven
years an aviator and like Hawker,
originally a mechanic, he declared the
proposed pasage of the Atlantic was to
him "like any work day flight."
His Martinsyde, he said, could fly 25
hours. Averaging 100 miles an hour,
he expects to make the flight on a bee
line for the west coast of Ireland and
then, to Brooklands airdrome in 20
hours.
"We will carry only food for 24 hours
and life belts," he said. "We might as
well leave the belts behind, because
they are no blooming good anyway.
I'd as soon have it over with as to
linger an hour or two if we have to
come down."
He added that lack of further per
sonal safeguards was due to the fact
that he proposed "to cross the Atlantic,
not to fall into it."
HAVANA, April 14. Although of fi-
ci lis have been on the alert, no word
his been received of the fate of the
two American naval aviators, Lieuten
ants Otto and Parker, who, with Mech
anician Hornby, etarted from x Blue
fields, Nicaragua, Sunday on the second
lap of a flight from the Colon naval
station to Key West, expecting to land
at Havana.
So far no search has been organized.
NEW YORK, April 14. Two and pos
sibly three NC airplanes will take part
in the navy department's attempt to
win for America the honor of being
the first to make a trans-Atlantic
flight, it was stated by Lieutenant
Commander Scofield, naval aide for
aviation. . today. Three machines are
being got ready at Kockaway Beach,
but tests are still in progress to decide
whether they shall be equipped with
three of four 12-cylinder Liberty mo
tors ana other details of equipment.
While tne navy is bending every ef
fort to complete its preparations. Com
mander Scofield explained that haste
to beat the other competitors would
not be allowed to interfere with all
possible precautions to make the flight
"safe and sane."
BOLSHEVIKI RULE IN RIGA
Entiro Male Population From 18 to
38 Mobilized for War.
COPENHAGEN, April 14. The entire
male population of Riga between iS
and 3S years old has been mobilized by
the bolsheviki.-according to a Libau
dispatch to the Lettish press bureau.
The bolshevik! also are reported to
have seized 300 influential citizens as
hostages and taken them to Russia.
Open revolt is prevented only by
terrorist means. i
Reds and Loyalists-Con
tend for Mastery.
MANY KILLED AND WOUNDE
Several Public Buildings
Communists' Hands.
in
BERLIN REPORTS DISORDER
Serious Clash Occurs In Center of
City District Is Strongly Cor
doned by Army Forces.
BERLIN. Aoril 14. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The latest news re
ceived here is to the effect that the
communists in Munich have not ye
been mastered and that heavy fightin
is raging in the streets of Munich be
tween red guards and troops loyal to
the government.
The central railway station, the past
office and telegraph office and several
other public buildings again are in th
hands of the communists, who used
heavy mine throwers in their recap
ture.
A number of persons have been killed
or wounded.
Earlier advices reported that the
whole of Bavaria, excepting Hof, had
been regained by the Hoffmnn govern
ment, which provisionally remains af
Bamberg.
Reds Rongnly Handled.
On Sunday, according to the Lokal
Anzeiger, armed soldiers drove through
the streets of Munich cheering for the
soviet. They were dragged out of their
cars and roughly handled. -
Railway stations and postal, tele
graph and other government buildings
fell into the hands of the government
without resistance. Dr. Levien is said
to have fled to Switzerland with 2,000,-
000 marks of state money.
PARIS, April 14. (Havas.) A proc
lamation issued by the Bavarian gov
ernraent announces that the garrison
in Munich has swept away the Hoff
man regime and re-established trans
portation and that General Haller's
Polish army will start across Germany
for Poland April 15.
BERLIN, April 14. (By the Associ
ated Press.) Many porsons were killed
or wounded in the center of Berlin
at noon today during a collision be
tween troops and street vendors. The
troops fired on the vendors.
District Strongly Cordoned.
This district was strongly cordoned
by the Alexander regiment with a view
to suppressing traffic in stolen goods
and the vendors forcibly opposed their
removal.
This district is strictly cordoned and
tram cars are deflected from it.
NUREMBURG, via Copenhagen, Sun
day. April 13. A report from Third
army headquarters at Munich says the
garrison ' has established a military
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Belief Expressed That Allies Have
Indicated to Berlin Final Peace
Terms to Be Accepted.
BERLIN, April 14. (By the Associ
ated Press.) The German government
is firmly resolved to refuse to discuss
at the peace congress the future allegi
ance of the Saar territory, according to
a Berlin news agency on what it terms
competent authority. The government
will "resolutely reject any proposal to
tear the Saar territory from the empire
by means of a general plebiscite."
PARIS, April 14. (By the Ascsoci
ated Press.) It was stated in author!
tative quarters tonight that a satisfac
tory agreement had been reached on
the question of the Rhine frontier, thus
removing the last of the main obstacles
in the way to the peace treaty with
Germany.
PARIS, April 14. (Havas) The Midi
today expresses the belief that the al
lies already have indicated to the Ger
mans the final peace terms of the en
tente and have assurance that the con
ditions will be accepted.
JAPAN PAYS FOR DEATHS
Total of $2 70,000 Given for Killing
of Two American Soldiers.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 14. A cable
gram received today by the Chinese
World, a local newspaper, from its
Shanghai correspondent said the Jap
anese government has settled with the
United States government for the kill
ing of two American soldiers by Jap
anese soldiers in the recent disturb
ances in the French concession at Tien
Tsin by the payment of $270,000.
The disturbance evidently referred to
took place in the French concession
at Tien Tsin March 13, when, it was
said, the Americans took exception to'
certain activities of the Japanese police
No reports previously had appeared
publicly in the United States that two
American soldiers had been killed. It
was reported two Americans had been
severely -wounded.
CHINESE FIGHT ALLIES
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Bolsheviks Backed by German Of
ficers Buy Up Mongolian Legion
WASHINGTON, April 14. Investiga
tion ordered by the state department
as the result of frequent mention o
Chinese troops operating with the Rus
sian bolshevik forces has disclosed
that the bolsheviks are using a raer
cenary Chinese legion, some jo.ouu
strong, composed almost wholly of la
borers imported from China by the
imperial Russian government soon
after the war began for work on the
Murmansk railroad.
Until recently, at least, the officers
were German, and it is believed here
that most of the German officers stil
are with the force, although there also
are some bolshevik Russian officers.
SHIPWRECKED MEN SAFE
Americans Lose Fight Willi Storm
and Barely Escape Death.
NEW TORK, April 11. Fiv ship
wrecked sailors and the skipper of the
abandoned three-master schooner Net
tie Shipman, Captain Beryne Bradford
of Eastport, Me., arrived today aboard
the steamship William B. Palmer, after
having experiences at sea which in
cluded a losing fight with a tropical
storm, four days in an open lifeboat
and 22 days existence on an island
after being attacked by natives who
feared they were Germans, before they
were picked up and brought home.
During this period they lived on
sugar cane and fruit.
NDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 3S
decrees: minimum, 3S dosrrees.
TODAY'S Fair; frentle variable winds.
Foreign.
Tied guards and government troops battling
in Munich streets. Page 1.
Japanese sending troop into Corea. Page 2.
New Zeppelin ready for flight across At
lantic. Page
German plenipotentiaries called to sign
treaty. Page 1.
Germany must pay up to limit of capacity.
Page 6.
Germany insists on retaining Saar valley.
Page 1.
Syrians threaten armed resistence to Jewish
Palestine state, page a.
Moro 01st deaths cited by Colin V". Dyment.
Page o.
Nat ion l.
War-time prohibition after July 1 appears
questionable. Page l.
Victory loan campaigners are optimistic.
Page i .
Oregon soldiers stranded in east appeal to
Cham beriam. Page t.
Domestic.
Impeachment of Iowa governor asked by
house committee, page i.
Drizzling rain may delay ocean flight.
Page 1.
America's victory fleet arrives in New York
harbor. Page .
War brides arrive at American port. Page 3.
Ten persons burned aboard diver chaser.
Page 4.
Sport.
Two players are needed by Portland. Page 17.
Frush-Gorman bout Wednesday night prom
ises to be real battle. Page 16.
Commercial and Marine.
Barley active feature of local grain trad
ing. Page 113.
Shorts force up corn options in Chicago mar
ket. Page 23.
Stocks strong as result of victory loan terms.
Page '23.
More time granted germinal contractor to
file bond. Page u.
Portland and Vicinity.
Quick work on victory loan is promised.
Page 1..
Highway commission decids on route for
Pacific highway, rage t. -
Husband fails to halt fleeing wife. Pago 13. i
Portland takes lead in recruiting men for j
overseas duty. Page w.
Zoning system recommended for Portland by
Charles . cneney. jfage i.
Committee named on reconstruction. Page 1'2.
Weather report data and forecast. Page -
Super-Optimism Greets
Lowered Quota.
HURRY-UP DRIVE IS PROPOSED
State Director Etheridge Chal
lenges City Workers.
TWO COUNTIES PLEDGED
Coos and Washington Already Hav8
Sufficient In Sight lo Cover
Their New Allotments.
OFFICIAL VICTORY LOAN QUO
IAS FOR FIFTH DRIVE.
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National quota J4, 600. 000, 000
Oregon's quota , 26,747,550
Portland's quota in
state allotment .. . 14,786,325
State quota, outside
Multnomah county 11,961,225
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BY BEN HUR LAMPMAN.
A sunny day for Oregon was that
on which the official quotas for the
victory loan were announced. Not that
anyone doubted for a single minute
the ability of the war record state to
pluck another laurel, whatever the task
might be, but there ensued a natural
reaction of super-optimism when it
was officially announced that the quota
would be far less than had been an
ticipated. Instead of J30.000.000, or even $36,-
000,000, two problematical quotas of
the past few weeks, the state has been
asked to subscribe $26,747,550. Port
land and Multnomah county will share
in this to the extent of $14,786,325.
while the outer-state quota is fixed
at $11,961,225. Hence the unanimity of
smiles wherever victory loan officials,
state or city, consider the prospects
of the impending campaign.
State Challenge City,,. ..
State Chairman Kdward Cooking-
ham, State Manager Robert K. Smith
nd City Chairman Olmstead are as
one in asserting tnat tne lowerea
quota, with the alluring investment
features of the issue, should insure the
early success of the Oregon drive. But
John 1. Etheridge, state director of
organization, seized upon tho nearest
telegraph blank and issued his cus
tomary challenge in behalf of the
county districts against Portland.
Because of the reduction in the loan
quota," was the message that JJirector
Etheridge sent to all county chairmen
yesterday, "Chairman Olmstead and th
city workers are very sanguine, and an
ticipate that they can raise their quota
Portland sooner than the counties
at Oregon. As director of state organ
ization I call upon you once more to
prove the fallacy of this Portland con
ception, resting upon the knowledge
that there are as big men in charge of
the county campaigns as in Portland,
and that the people of the state are 100
per cent red-blooded, honcst-to-God
Americans. Start your campaign, set
the pace and keep it.
Two Counties Already Pledged.
Already two Oregon counties are de
finitely victorious over their quotas.
They are Coos and Washington counties,
with the respective allottments of
$471,825 and $404,775. And their respec
tive chairmen are Dorsey w.reitzer, oi
Marshfleld, and J. Thornburg, or for
est Grove. A third county is pledged
to such an extent that it may well be
counted as having attained its quota.
Union county asks inclusion in tne
ist of leaders. Its county chairman.
E. Kiddle of Island tjity, visnco mo
tate director's headquarters yesteraay
morning and inquired mr umw.o
quota. He was tola mat n is
and he flashed back a pledge for the
entire amount.
You might as well count Union
... , 1 . I I.-U
among the cnosen, laugnca jh. kin
dle. "I know the temper ot our ioirb
and 'our committee. I give you my
personal guaranteo that we will have
our quota ready on the opening morn-
ng of the drive."
Oregon Will Act Quickly.
State Manager Smith returned yes
terday from' a ten-day dash over the
state. He predicts with tho utmost
confidence that Oregon will distance
any state in the sisterhood of tho
th federal reserve district.
The feeling upstate is general that
they want to have it over with In a
hurry, said Mr. smun. rue coumy
chairmen are keyed up for just that
sort of a whirlwind finish. The fact
that the quota is only 75 per cent of
what we expected is going to k
it much easier to push the drive to
swift conclusion."
Substantial progress was made by
the city executive committee yester
day in developing the machinery ior
the victory loan' drive In the business
ection. City Chairman Olmstead called
his lieutenants into conference at noon
and later in the afternoon, for the pur
pose of designating the downtown
sales zones and the selection of divi-
ion leaders.
The form or organization for the
quick and clean" drive through the
financial and retail centers, where the
ig bulk of the bond subscriptions
will be secured, is as follows:
H. B. Van Duipr. city sales director.
Charles F. Berg, usuislant city sales di
rector. Twpnty-rour district nr directors as
Concluded on rage Column 3.)
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