VOL. Li VIII. AO- 1 S.2ff. Entered at Portland (Ore r en)
PORTLAND, OREGON", MONDAY, MAY 5, 1919.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
PpBtofflce as fcond-Clawa Matter.
EFFORTS MADE TO
CONCILIATE ITALY
Delegates Are Asked to Re
turn to Paris.
REDS LEAVE SAMARA
AS SIBERIANS NEAR
ECONOMIC CHAOS
POOR OLD UNCLE SAM!
KIDS LOSE FAITH IN HIM
SOVIET
OREGON IS FIRST IN
TWELFTH DISTRICT
RULE NEAFtlNG
END
HUNGARIAN
HOOD
PROCLAIMED
GERMANY
VALLEY OF PEACE
Portlanders Join in Apple
Blossoms Festival.
CAPTURE OF TOWX EXPECTED
WITHIX FEW DAYS.
INTERNAL REVENUE TAX AP
PLIES TO ICE CREAM CONES.
PORTLAND LEADS BIG CITIES IX
BUYING BONDS.
ACCEPTANCE HELD PROBABLE
Negotiations on Disputed Mat
ters May Be Resumed.
AGREEMENT THOUGHT EASY
Belief Is That Adjustment Can Be
Errccted Which Will Be Ac
ceptable to Italians.
F By the Asoclad Press.)
The Italian delegates to the peace
conference, -who lett Paris almost ab
ruptly when the council of four re
fused to grant Italy's full claims to
Flume and the Dalmatian coast, have
been Invited to resume their places in
the peace conference. .
Paris dispatches say it is believed
the Italians will return to the French
capital and that the negotiations over
the disputed points will begin again.
Freeh and British diplomats in Rome
for several days have been discussing
the controversy with Premier Orlando
and Foreign Minister Sonnino in an
endeavor to straighten out the tangle.
The invitation of the council of three.
It is understood, has In view the- elimi
nation of he personal element in the
controversy and the paving of the way
for a territorial adjustment acceptable
to Italy, when the conferees are ..gain
together.
In peace conference circles Sunday
was quiet. President Poincare had the
members of the cabinet before him and
discussed with them the preliminary
peace terms. A meeting between the
lnter-allied and German credentials
commissions which was to have been
held was postponed. President Wilson
spent the day motoring.
Belgium Much Dissatisfied.
In Belgium the dissatisfaction over
the awards to Belgium has resulted in
a petition being .presented to King Al
bert .asking him to decline to affix his
signature to the peace treaty. A cabi
net council Saturday recalled home the
three Belgian delegates for a confer
ence which is to decide whether the
conditions offered Belgium are accept
able. A big patriotic demonstration
was held in Antwerp Sunday at which
demands were made for the fulfillment
of the allied pledges to Belgium.
PARIS, May 4. (By the Associated
Press.) President "Wilson, Premier
Cletnenceau and Premier Lloyd George,
composing the council of three, today
sent a communication to the Italian
government inviting it to resume its
place at the peace conference. It is
believed Italy will accept.
The terms of the communication to
the Italian government have not been
disclosed, but it is believed they seek
to remove the personal element of the
controversy and to pave the way for a
territorial adjustment when . relations
are resumed.
German Documents Good.
Major Fiorello H. Laguardia, a mem
ber of the United States house of repre
sentatives from New York, who is an
- Italian by birth, today said he believed
the entire Italian question could be
settled within 48 hours.
ROME, May 4. Premier Orlando con
ferred today with Ellis Jones Griffith,
former parliamentary under secretary
to the British home office. The inter
view is considered to have been con
nected with the departure of the Ital
ian delegates from the peace confer
ence. It was announced in Paris last week
that Premier Lloyd George had sent a
representative of his government to
Rome to open informal negotiations for
the return to Paris of an Italian peace
delegation.
VERSAILLES, May 4. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The question of Italian
representation at the peace negotia
tions, so far as can be ascertained, has
not been raised by the German dele
gates. Certainly it was not touched
upon at the meeting of the inter-allied
and German credentials commissions
here Thursday.
Settlement Held Easy.
There has been no meeting of the
German and inter-allied commissions
since, but the inter-allied commission
met today at the Quai D'Orsay in Paris
to prepare a report which will be sub
mitted to the Germans in writing. It
is understood the inter-allied repre
sentatives found nothing to question in
the German documents.
PARIS, May 4. (By the Associated
Press.) President Poincare today pre
sided at a meeting of the French cabi
net. The ministers reviewed the pre
liminary peace terms and the various
other subjects considered by the peace
conference.
KNIFE ATTACK IS PLANNED
Youth Arrested Outside of Clemen
ceau's Home Confesses.
PARIS, May 4. The youth arrested
yesterday outside the home of Premier
Clemcrsceau has admitted to the police
that he intended to attack M. Clemen
ccau with a knife.
He carried a black flag with an an
archistic inscription and anarchist lit
erature was found in his possession.
Through. Efforts of Great Britain
and France Large Quantities
of Supplies Arrive.
BEILEBEI, Province of Orenburg,
Southeast Russia, May 4. 'By the As
sociated Press.) Siberian troops are
pushing close to Samara and Orenburg.
The latter town is beine evacuated by
the . bolsheviki, and it Is expected a
few days will see the capture of Samara
by the Siberians. To the northward
the Siberians have occupied Bugulma,
Menselinsk and Glastov.
The retirement of trie Czechs from
the southeastern Russian front, at first
regarded as a calamity, has been great
ly offset by the spirit, self-reliance and
patriotism shown by the Siberians. The
advance of the Siberians has practically
been carried to the determined limit of
possibility prior to the spring thaw. It
is expected that the Siberians will un
dertake a new drive with the river
Volga as their objective.
This front is held by an army of
200,000 officers and men organized since
Admiral Kolchak took control, five
months ago. A second army of 300,000
men is being formed in the rear.
As a result of the efforts of Great
Britain and France, quantities of much
needed equipment are arriving.
VOTE IS IN FAVOR OF STRIKE
Teamsters and Chauffeurs Insist on
Recognition of Union.
SPOKANE, May 4. Union teamsters
and chauffeurs of Spokane will go on
strike tomorrow at all establishments
which do not sign the new agreement
proffered by the teamsters' and chauf
feurs' union which contains as its prin
cipal clause recognition of the union
by the employers. This announcement
was made today following vote upon
the question of a strike in case the
demands of the union employes were
not granted.
In addition to the recognition de
mand, the men want wage increases
of from SO cents to $1 a day and
changes in working conditions.
The "Warehouse and Tranfer Men's
association, through its secretary, has
flatly refused to operate under any
other system than that of the open
shop. The teamsters' and chauffeurs'
union claims a membership of 700.
LABOR MAN RESIGNS POST
Letter to Premier Clemcnceau De
nounces French GoTcrnment.
. PARIS, May 4. (By the Associated
Press.) Leon Jouhaux, secretary-general
of the Federation of Labor, who
was among those Injured In the May
day riots, has resigned from the peace
conference, in which he was a supple
mentary member representing the
working classes.
M. Jouhaux has sent a letter to
Premier Clemenceau, saying that it was
impossible to continue co-operation
after the day "your government bru
tally prohibited the French workers
from expressing their thoughts and
manifesting their aspirations."
COTS ARE FURNISHED POOR
Wholesale Rental Evictions Spur
Federal Officers to Act,
NEW TORK, May 4. The United
States government has contributed
2000 army cots for the relief of poor
persons rendered homeless as the result
of the wholesale rental eviction now
taking place in New. York.
This announcement was made today
by Captain C. A. Goldsmith, U. S. N.,
retired, who is working in conjunction
with Mayor Hylan's committee in an
Investigation of alleged rent profiteer
ing. The cots will be placed in 38
Methodist Episcopal churches through
out the city.
ARMED YOUTH IS ARRESTED
Plot to Kill Premier Clemenceau
Suspected by Police.
PARIS, May 4. (Havas.) Another
attempt against Premier Clemenceau
apparently has been frustrated by the
arrest of 19-year-old youth, who was
seized near the entrance of M. Clem
enceau's home. The youth whose name
is Cornillon was carrying a stilletto
and had in his possession anarchistic
literature. He declared that he did not
want to kill the premier, but desired
only to make a "gesture."
Cornillon was acquainted with Emile
Cottin who recently shot M. Clemen
ceau. 325,000 GERMANS IN ARMY
Number Now Available for Service
Estimated at 2 25,000.
COBLE NZ, Friday. May 2. On May 1
which officially marked the end of the
demobilization of the old German army
and the functioning of the new army or
reichswehr, Germany had 325,000 men
of various classes under arms, accord
ing to estimates by American Intel
ligence officers.
The present strength of troops
available for service is approximately
225,000.
EXPENSES DROP IN MARCH
Signal Corps Only Branch of War
-. Department Showing Rise.
WASHINGTON. May 4. Daily expen
ditures of the war department from
March 15 to April 15 averaged J14,-
502.000 against 828,711,000 between
July 1, 1918. and last January 31.
The signal corps is the only branch
of the amy whose disbursements increased.
Collapse of Nation's In
dustry Is Catastrophe
CONVALESCENCE NOT IN SIGHT
People Suffer From Neuras
thenia and Mass Hysteria.
REVOLUTION STAGE LAST,
Loss of ATar Contingency Never Pre
pared For One of Chief Fac
tors in Great Debacle. '
BY CYRIL BROWN.
(Copyright by the New Torlt World. Pub
lished by Arrangement.)
BERLIN. April 12. Economic chaos
Is king in Germany today. The col
lapse of Germany's economic front has
been, if possible, even more complete
and catastrophic than her military col
lapse. There is not the slenderest sign
that Germany's economic convalescence
has begun or is about to begin.
On the contrary, all symptoms indi
cate that economic Germany is increas
ingly suffering from a serious nervous
and physical breakdown nation-wide
neurasthenia complicated with mass
hysteria and that it has entered the
last stage of revolutionary delirium
from which the old economic order will
emerge either dead or weak, -but cur
able. Economic Collapse Analysed.
Analysis of Germany's economic col
lapse reveals the following principal
casual factors:
1. Loss of the war a contingency
never prepared for; the- military col
lapse completely frustrating the elab
orately prepared plans for Germany's
orderly, gradual, scientific military
economic demobilization.
2. Indiscrmlnate, precipitate dump
ing of millions of demobilized soldiers
on the labor market, chiefly in the
already congested large industrial
cities at the most unfavorable season
of the year. All this with Germany's
economic demobilization machinery
hopelessly gone wrong. '- '
3. Sudden collapse c Germany's
overstrained artificially Inflated war
industries and their physical inability
to make the tran.I'Jon to per -e
smoothly and quickly.
Adequate Work Not Provided.
4. Impotence of the starved peace in
dustries and their consequent inability
to provide adequate work for the de
mobilized army; principally due to
continued and increasing shortage of
raw materials.
5. Disastrous coal shortage and trans
portation shortage, both due to the in-
Concluded on Page 5. Column 3.)
11
In General, Increases Arc Made to
Make New Price Even Money,
Including the Tax.
Uncle Sam has been gone and dons it
again! Probably not a kid in town
will have confidence in him today.
Those old war taxes apply to ice
cream cones. Of course, Milton A.
Miller, internal revenue collector, said
a few days ago they didn't, but "Wash
ington h ""eversed him. He intends
to appe A likes kids.
So, frer Portland, 6 cents will
be th "ce of one juvenile ice cream
cone Sky. There will bo exceptions,
hoy' jvr.
3ne Plaee Absorbs the Tax.
' "e'll absorb the tax," said the man
C r of one of the leading Ice cream
v .laces. "At this store, until the tax
A repealed, small cones will be 4 cents,
plus 1 cent tax; large cones 9 cents,
plus 1 cent tax; thus the original price
of S and 10 cents will stand just the
same.
"Wajea may aviate, but the ice cream
cone stays if we lose on every on
wo serve. And the size will stay the
same, too."
In general, especially at the drug
stores and suburban ice cream stores,
the price of ice cream cones, however,
will have the tax added.
The Cone Most Pay, Anyway.
Collector Miller yesterday received
word from "Washington that the cone,
whether consumed on the premises ot
taken home, must pay the same tax as
ice cream eaten while you wait. Ice
cream in bulk, carried home, pays
no tax.
Do you remember the good old argu
ment in the days ot rubber sandwiches,
served but never eaten: "What is a
meal?"
Well, it crops up again. Ice cream
served with a meal pays no tax. Now,
if a piece of pie is a meal, well, yon
can see for yourself that pie a. la mode
pays no tax.
Oh, we're getting wise, we ice cream
fiends.
A hubbub and commotion was raised
in Portland yesterday because prac
tically all the leading ice cream and
soft-drink establishments issued new
bills of fare which showed many pro
nounced Increases, especially on ice
cream and sundaes.
This is the way it works out:
"Lovers' delight" sundae, old price
35 cents. New price 36 cents, war tax
4 cents, total 40 cents.
Plain ice cream is hit pretty badly.
For Instance: Old price 10 cents, new
pries 13 oeuts, plus Z-cent tax, total
15 cents.
In general, the increases have been
made Just to make the new price even
money. In some instances, the increase
Is but one cent, but in the more ex
pensive dishes two. three and four cents.
and in one or two cases as much as
seven cents.
Overcharge of Tax ted.
One leading establishment had on its
bill of fare: "Dove of "tace sundae, 40
cents, war tax five cents, price 45
cents."
Now the 10 per cent war tax would
have made that dish 44 cents, or if the
price had been made 41 cents. 46 cents.
(Concluded on. Page 2. Column l.
NOPE, THE WAR ISN'T OVER YET.
Desperate Efforts Made to
Create Army.
SOLDIERS REPORTED HONGRY
Third of Red Force, Perhaps,
Willing to Fight.
MUNICH COMMUNISTS LOSE
Government Troops Practically in
Possession of City; Hoffman Ic
. mantis Full Surrender.
VIENNA, May 3. (By the Associated
Press.) The political situation in Buda
pest remains unchanged. The Hun
garian communist government denies
that it has acceded to the demands of
the Czech, Roumanian and Serbo
French troops, involving the surrender
of Hungarian territory.
The Budapest soviet government is
making a last erfort to build a red
army which it Is roughly estimated
will number 100,000 officers and men.
Many of t.:ese soldiers are hungry and
it is said that probably one-third are
willing to fight.
VIENNA. May 3. (By the Associated
Press.) It is stated in allied circles
that the commander of the Czech, Ser
bian and Roumanian troops have de
cided not to occupy Budapest, con
fining their operations to an encircle
ment ot the Hungarian capital.
VIENNA. May 3. (By the Associated
Press.) Alexis Bolgar, representative
of the Hungarian soviet government.
on returning to Vienna today from
Budapest, found the Hungarian lega
tion occupied by counter-revolutionary
forces. Bolgar was refused admission
to the legation.
It is stated that the officers found
large sums of money in gold and Eng
lish and American notes and also stocks
and bonds at. the legation.
BERLIN, May 3. (By the Associated
Press.) Government troops have cap
tured the whole of Munich with the
exception of the Ganhen quarter, where
the communists have made frequent
attempts to negotiate. Premier Ho.ff
man has reiterated his der.-and for their
unconditional surrender.
The communists made a bitter de
fense, but it proved ineffective.
LONDON, May 4. Gustav Landauer,
minister of enlightenment in the Ba
varian soviet government, who recently
fled from Munich, has been shot by
government troops at Bamberg, accord-
(Concluded on Page 6. Column o. )
'
San Francisco, Far Short of Mark
Set, to Open Intensive Cam
paign Today.
SAX FRANCISCO. May 4. Oregon is
the first state in the 12th federal re
serve bank district to subscribe its
quota in the victory loan, and Portland
Is the first big city in the district to
go over the top, it was officially an
nounced here tonight at loan campaign
headquarters.
Oregon's quota was J.'6.T9S.S0O and
Portland's quota was 315,000.000. Ac
cording to advices received from loan
campaign officials In Portland, the
quotas were subscribed last night.
Oregon is the third state in the nation
to take up its allotment.
Although 4S counties in northern
California, exclusive of San Francisco,
have nearly 50 per cent of their quotas
to raise within the next six days, Carey
S. Hill, campaign manager, said tonight
he was confident the counties would
reach their allotments.
San Francisco tomorrow will start
an Intensive campaign through the me
dium of posters, campaign committees
and flying squadrons of bond sellers to
bring the city up to the mark in its
subscriptions, which, officials pointed
out. have lagged way behind. Up to
yesterday the subscriptions totaled
314.013.S50. The city's quota is $79.
000.000. INFIRM TAKEN TO CHURCH
Methodists or Eugene Furnish Auto
mobiles for Aged and Shut-Ins.
EUGENE, Or.. May 4. (Special.)
For the first time in Eugene, furnish
ing free transportation for older mem
bers to and from -church services was
carried out today when the Methodist
church sent several automobiles to the
homes of aged and Infirm men and
women to bring them to morning serv
ice and took them home again.
A committee was appointed a short
time ago for this purpose. Today K. K.
Rorapaugh. C. F. Calkins. Mrs. K. A.
Bowen. Mrs. B. F. Goodpasture, L. E.
Flcgal and Richard Dixon furnished
the transportation.
SOLDIER 5IVEN 7 MEDALS
Charlton Lsc o? Coos, AVIth Marines
In France, Wonndcd.
MARSHFIELD. Or., May 4. (Spe
cial.) Charlton Lee. a former Marsh
field man, who fought with the sixth
marine regiment in France, has seven
medals for bravery, and is now recov
ering from wounds at the army hospi
tal at Quantico. Virginia. He was made
a first lieutenant before the war ended.
He was wounded twice, the second
time by a shell, and has required three
subsequent operations. He was also
gassed. He is said to be recovering
rapidly. Lieutenant Lee had served be
fore In Mexico and Nicaragua.
JULIUS KLEIN GETS POST
Calirornian Chosen C S. Commercial
. Attache at Buenos Aires.
WASHINGTON. May 4. Julius Klein
of California, chief of the Latin-American
division of' the bureau of foreign
and domestic commerce, has been ap
pointed American commercial attache
at Buenos Aires, to succeed Robert S.
Barrett, resigned.
Charles A. McQueen, assistant chief
of the Latin-American division, has
been appointed to succeed Mr. Klein.
Huns Decide Against Berlin Session.
WEIMAR. May 3. (By the Associ
ated Press.) Leaders of the German
national assembly have decided not to
convene the legislature at Berlin as had
been suggested.
INDEX OF JODAY'S NEWS
Tbe VNrftther.
YESTERDAY? Maximum temperature, 69
degrees; minimum, 45 decrees.
TODAY'S Fair; moderate winds, mostly
northerly.
Foreign.
Italian government aaked to return to peace
table. Page 1.
Reds leave Samara as Siberians near. Page 1.
Economic chaos now la king .In Germany.
Page 1.
Hungarian soviet rule appears to be nearing
end. Page 1.
DLscusslon of marine problems adds to peace
parley delay. Page
Brutal Turks find refuge in Germany.
Page 3-
Belgium. Indignant, recalls peace delegates.
Page 2.
Fourth day of Argonne battle deadly.
Page 11.
Domestic.
Ore con first In twelfth district to subscribe
victory loan Quota. Page 1.
Navy aviators to start Atlantic flight early
Tuesday. Page 4.
Pacific Northwest.
Hood River proclaimed valley of peace.
Page 1.
Kuth Garrison, by confession, among famous
poisoners of history. Page S.
IS porta.
Pacific Coast League results: Portland 4.
Oakland S: Pan Francisco 6-7. Salt Lake
o-4 : Sacramento 9-3. JUoa Angeles 14;
Seattle 6. Vernon 3. Page 12.
Templeton and Feavcy of Portland high at
Pendleton rhoot. Page 12.
Multnomah club picked for Junior national
diving meet. Page 13.
High school meet here Msy 23 expected to
be fast affair. Page 13.
Portland and Vicinity.
War tax raises price of Ice-cream cones.
Page 1.
Oregon add laurels to past war achieve
ments. Page 6.
Well done la verdict for Oregon in all cam
paigns. Page 14.
Weather report, data and forecast. Pace IX
Woman jumps 30 feet from window. Page 9.
General Pershing commends service, of Ore
goo soldiers. Page 10.
Housing welcome voted for soldiers returning
this week. Page 10.
Church and religion must be advertised, says
Dean Hicks. Page 11.
Red Cross sends 4rt tons of clothing to des
titute of Europe. Page 11.
BEAUTY OF ORCHARDS CHARM
Whole Valley Converted Into
One Great Fairyland.
BASKET DINNER GAY EVENT
Pastors Preach of Apples and Visi
tors Sec Fotnre Possibilities
of Great Fruit District.
BY JOE D. THOM1SON.
HOOD RIVER, Or, May 4, (Special.!
Do you remember when you were a
little fellow and your mother told you.
after vo had said your prayers and
she vi& tucking you In bed at night,
"Go to sleep, darling, and dream about
the fairies." and you replied "Mamma
I can see the fairies with my eyes
open."
It was like that at Hood Kiver today.
Those who came to the feast of tlio
apple blossoms, and it la estimated that
4000 journeyed here over the Columbia
river highway, saw. fairyland in broad
open daylight. Looking back over the
past week it seems as if every agency
of man and nature had combined to
turn the 13.000 acres of Mood lilvcr
orchards into one great garden spot.
About daybreak the wind that for
three days had driven, with a chill,
mists and rain clouds from the west,
switched to the east, and then died to
a. calm. The sun ascended In a cloudless
sky. and thus the stake was set, with
no properties missing, for the great
spectacle of an Oregon orchard district
in bloom.
Chance of Scenery Marvels.
After the 70-mile ride from Port
land up the gorge of the Columbia
through a prodigality of grandeur it
might naturally be expected that the
Joy riders would hava completely ex
hausted the superlative ejaculations of
their vocabularies. But such was not
the case, for when they passed tlio
Hood River valley gateway and passed
through the city and Into the sea of
blooms the scene changed completely.
In the calm of the valley they forgot
the wildness of the bridse of the gods
or. St. Peter's dome, and after a few
speechless moments one began to hear
whispered expressions of wonderment.
But for II. H. Haynes of the Port
land Ad club Hood lUvcr might
thoughtlessly have enjoyed blossom
Sunday much alone. Several weeks
ago Mr. Haynes suggested to the Hood
River Commercial club that the burst
ing of the season's apple blooms bo
celebrated Jointly by members of the
two organizations in a picnic here.
Picnic Is Gay Kvent.
The festival was far more elaborate
than originally planned. The publicity
given the jaunt of the Ad club innocu
lated all of Portland and Hood River,
and the 400 Ad club members formed
a small part of the great crowd.
The pleasures of the joint picnic will
long provide topics for pleasant remin
iscences for the members of both or
ganizations, who, with their families,
assembled at noon in Chautauqua park,
a wooded plot In the city, and spread
their basket lunches. Coffee, made in
large wash boilers by George I. Slocom
and J. H. Fredericy, masters of camp
craft and members of the local club,
was dispensed to the hungry picnick
ers. Following lunch Marshall Dana,
president of the Ad club, made a brief
talk, declaring that the Hood River
Apple Blossoms festival should be
made a permanent event.
He paid a tribute to the Columbia
River highway and the progressive
ness of Hood River citizenship. Later
Marjorie, the little daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Dana, who had been named
Queen of tho Apple Blossoms festival,
was crowned with a wreath of frag
rant pink blooms.
Fruit District Inspected.
The club members then motored
through the fruit districts. That tha
residents of Portland and the apple
city might become better acquainted,
passengers of every car in the picnio
convoy were divided, carrying half
home folks and half visitors.
The Ad club committee responsible
for the success of the picnic consisted
of H. H. Haynes. Marshall N. Dana.
Todd Haxen. W. B. Dodson and C W".
English. The welcoming commercial
committee was composed of C. W. Mc
Cullagh. Truman Butler. E. O. Blancher,
E. E. Brett. J. H. Fredricy, J. E. Law
and C F. Gilbert.
The beauty of the blossoms today
won for the district the name of "Val
ley of Peace." Moving picture operators
were here to record the coloring of
bloom and the expression of those who
admired. One moving picture repre
sentative came here especially to pho
tograph orchards of the east side and
a group of Pine Grove school children
engaged In a Maypole dance.
The films thus secured will form a
reel of an Oregon-inade movie.
Hotels, restaurants and resorts of
the valley were crowded throughout
the day. Tet. fully prepared, they fed
the hungry with a minimum of uncon.
venience. But the demands of picnick
ers left a bread famine.
Hood River boy scouts established a
camp at Ruthton Hill early in the day
and secured a census of the motor v-
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