'i i k i VOL). L.VIII. JfO. 18.238- Entered at Portland (Or n J Pontofflee as gecond-Cla-w Matter. 22 NATIONS TO SEE TREATY PRESENTED Minor Powers Admitted to . Versailles Meeting. PACT IS SAID TO BE READY Marshal Fo6h Protests That France Is in Danger. TREATY IS HELD UNSAFE Chinese, Portuguese and Italians File Objections to Different Tarts ot Proposed Agreement. PARIS. May 6. (By the Associated Press.) It was decided late today that the following: delegations which were to be excluded will be admitted to the congress at Versailles tomorrow when the peace terms are handed to the Ger mans: China, Siam. Cuba, Guatemala, Nicauragua, Haiti, Panama, Liberia and Honduras. Countries on the original official list of those to be represented are: The United States, Great Britain and her dominions, France Italy, Japan, Bel gium, Brazil, Serbia, Greece, Poland, Roumania and Czecho-Slovakia, PARIS, May 6. The peace treaty was presented to the minor powers at a secret plenary session this afternoon which adjourned at o'clock. The draft of the treaty is considered now as having- passed the final stage before being: presented to the Germans. Koch Expresses Fur, Marshal Foch, In a speech at the plen ary session, declared that the security given France was inadequate from military point of view and eatd It was his personal conviction that the treaty ehould not be signed. The marshal emphasized the necessity r France s holding the 2bridgeheads 4Uong the Rhine and said that occupa tion limited to 15 years was not suf ficient , The Chinese delegates presented a brief, formal and dignified protest con cerning the disposition of Kiao Cuau. The Portuguese delegates expressed dissatisfaction regarding the treatment, accorded Portugal. The protestations made by the vari ous delegations are not regarded as Serious as no definite reservations Were made by the Protestants. Italy was represented at the session by Sig hor Reapi. Italy Makes Reservations. The Itaian spokesman said he de tircd to make reservations concerning any provisions in the treaty not ac ceptable to Italy. Lu Cheng Hsiang. the Chinese for eign minister, asked for reconsidera tion of the decisian regarding Shantung and Klca. Chau. The Chinese foreign minister said that in the opinion of the Chinese dele gation the decision had been made without regard for justice or for the protection of the territorial integrity cf China. He said that if" reconsidera tion was impossible, he desired to make reservation on behalf of China. TARIS. May S.-By the Associated Press.) The credentials of the Italian delegates to the peace congress were handed this morning to the German plenipotentiaries at Versailles. This official announcement was made this Evening. Italians Still Loral. Members of the Italian delegation how in Paris stated that dispatches In German newspapers suggesting Italy had broken with the entente have made it imperative for the Italians to dem onstrate that they are still loyal to the allies. Marquis Imperial!, Italian am bassador at London, represented Italy at the meeting of the organization com mittee of the league of nations tnis afternoon. VERSAILLES, May 6. (By the Asso ciated Press.) The Interallied and American economic delegates resumed their deliberations at the Trianon Pal ace hotel at 10:30 o'clock this morn ing under the chairmanship of Major Exbrayat of France. PARIS. May 6. The supreme eco nomic council has decided, pending the signing of the peace treaty, to suspend the financial blacklist and neutral countries are free to extend credits of any kind to Germany or German citizens. Economic Threat Is Made. The complete isolation of Germany lc being considered by the council of for eign ministers of the peace conference as a measure to be adopted in the event that Germany refuses to sign the peace treaty. The plan for the measure was sub mitted to the ministers by the supreme economic council. The clause regarding responsibilities. which was not acted on at the previous session of the plenary conference is un derstood to have been incorporated in the final draft of the treaty. This pro vides for the trial of the German ex emperor for a "supreme offense against international morality and the sanctity of treaties" by a tribunal composed of representatives of the United States, Great Britain, France. Italy and Japan. PARIS, May 6. (By the Associated ,; Press.) The following official com munication was issued tonight: "The supreme economic council held Its Hixteenth meeting May 5, under (Concluded on Pago -, Column 1.) ANGER OF JAPANESE TOWARD U.S. GROWING AMERICANS DECLARED TO BE TROUBLE-MAKERS. 'Hypocrite, 'Despot,' 'Transformed Kaiser' Among Epithets Applied to President 'Wilson. TOKIO. May 6. (By the Associated Press.) The anti-American campaign in the Japanese press continues with renewed force. No serious overt acts have been committed against Ameri can property, but evidence exists that the newspaper agitation Is inciting popular feeling against America and thus paving the way to possible open demonstrations. The belief Is t expressed that 'the basis for the agitation is fear of the growing influence of the United States in International affairs and that It. will act as a curb on Japan's aspirations in China and Siberia- - - After declaring that renewed at tempts for anti-Japanese legislation on the Pacific slope indicate that the Americans persecute Japan in every thing while wearing the mask of lib erty and fairness, the Hochl Shlmbun charges the Americans with having in cited the Chinese to make the secret treaties public and also accuses Amer ican . missionaries . of fomenting the Corean insurrection. The Yorodzu Choho says the Ameri cans responsible for attempts at anti- Japanese legislation are nothing better than barbarians. "Hypocrite," "despot," "transformed kaiser," "man with the voice of an angel but with deeds of he devil," are some of the epithets applied by the newspapers to President Wilson- OLE HANSON NOT LAWLESS Statement That He Advocates Public Hangings of I. YY. IV. Denied. CLEVELAND, May 6. Mayor Ole Hanson of Seattle, , Wasfi., speaking here today on his tour of the country in the Interest of the victory loan. Is sued a statement denying stories pub lished throughout the country quoting him as saying, that he was going to resign as ' Mayor of Seattle to take the law in his own hands and ad vocate public hangings of the L W. W. and anarchists. Mayor Hanson's statement follows: "Certain stories are being printed in the press quoting roe as saying that I would resign as Mayor of Seattle and take the law in my own hands and advocate public hangings of the I. W. W. Every such statement published is absolutely untrue in. substance and tn fact. I have never advocated law less acts by anyone at any time. I desire this denial- to be as sweeping as possible.", RAID ON 1. W. W. DENIED Industrial Workers Charge ' Unfair Inspection of Luggage. CHICAGO, May 6. Several delegates to the I. W. W. convention in session here today reported that they were aroused at 6 o'clock this morning by persons who insisted on looking through their luggage. Chief of Police Garrity and Stephen J. Barry, headof the local bureau of the department of justice, both denied that there bad been any such raids. Chief Garrity said that he expected to make several arrests before the con vention adjourns, but he did not say who the persons were nor of what they were accused. NE1CE-NURSE GETS $50,000 Aberdeen Bachelor, 64, Rewards Relative Who Came to Give Aid. ABERDEEN, Wash., May 6. (Spe cial.) Fred Matthews, 64. a resident of Aberdeen for 30 years, died last night at his apartment here. Mr. Matthews had been seriously ill for some months and had been cared for by Miss Eldridge, a niece, who came to Aberdeen upon no tice of his serious illness. . Matthews was a bachelor. He leaves an estate valued at about (50,000. which is left by will to the niece who nursed him during his illness. POLES CHEER MR. WILSON National Holiday Celebrated First ' Time Since 1791. WASHINGTON, May 6. Hugh Gib son, American minister at Warsaw, cabled the state department today that tor the first time since 1791 the Polish national holiday was celebrated in Warsaw Friday in the presence of high officials of the republic! There were repeated demonstrations In front of the hotel where the Amer ican minister lives, the crowds cheer ing President Wilson and the people of the United States. YANKS SAIL FOR FRANCE One Thousand Officers and Men to Replace Occupation Army. NEW YORK, May 6. One thousand officers and men who will take the place of as many troops with the Amer ican army of occupation in Germany sailed today for Brest on the steamship Agamemnon. Most of the officers were In service in camps in America when the armis tice was signed. REDS WARNED BY POLICE Buenos Aires Takes Steps to Curb Spread of Propaganda. BUENOS AIRES. May 6.' An edict against anarchists was posted In Bue nos Aires today by the police. Immediately after the edict was post ed the publisher of the radical newspa per Bandera Roja took the next boat for Montevideo. PORTLAND, TEACHERS' DEMAND DECLARED UNJUST Hat-Increase of All Sal aries Criticised. PURPOSE DEFEATED, IS CHARGE Low-Paid Pedagogue Said to Bear. Burden Under Plan; PORTLAND SCHEDULE HIGH Investigators of Committee of One Hundred Report Legality of Spe- clal Tax Levy DoubtfuL Clouds of misapprehension surround the request of PnrM.n ...in. , . - . yuuuu ncnooi teachers for in in-... i- . v , . coo salaries. 10 be voted upon at a special school elec- on may to, according to a report submitted last nlp-hr t tk. u..., ... Aivici run land by a committee composed of U J Goldsmith and C. Henri Labbe. a sub committee of the committee of one hundred. Claims that If the an n.- . Is granted by the voters It would result a increase or 82.7 per cent over wages paid In 1910 t.,i ... fourth, fifth and sixth grades and an ""rMM OI "-a Per cent over wage paid In 1910 for t,,rh.r. i. v- enth, eighth and ninth grades of the vuuiic scnoois. are made. Although the report Itself bears no recommendation, figures are submitted tending to show that the Issue has not been placed fairly before the voters and that, In addition, the teachers of Portland are now rrrrivin hut... arles than are paid in Seattle and Ta- T" Levy Declared Forbidden. By way of introduction h. cites the fact that the proposed In crease In teachers" salaries of 8200 for each teacher receiving less than 13000 a year, amounting to a total of 8230,000, was defeated, and that "the 6 per cent tax limitation law forhtrla anv i..... ing body to levy a tax to ri. . i.,... amount, of revenue for purposes other man me payment or bonded indebted ness or interest therr-nn. than h ... i amount levied by it the year immedi ately preceding lor purposes other than paying or bonded indebtedness, or in terest thereon, plus 6 per cent thereon." ii is aiso stated that under the amended teachers' tenure- act, after serving as probationary teachers for two years, no teacher may be dismissed or transferred to a lower kind of serv ice or one carrying, a lower salary without the consent of the ta-hr . cept after a full hearing before a com- uunciuu uicdieu ig near sucn cases, x ne subcommittee states that upon investi gation it is found practically impossi- . . o . itai.iin nu inai every .. . " ... uu I. . HAD UCCII tlC elded in favor of the teacher sought to uiDiiusscu or iranBicrrea. Following a renewed agitation for (Concluded on Page 15. Column 3.) OKEGOX, WEDNESDAY, International Situation. (By the Associated Press. ) - ALL is In readiness for the presen tation this afternoon of the peace treaty to Germany. The small powershave been apprised of the contents of .the momentous docu ment and all that remains is to call the German delegates before the peace congress at Versailles and hand to them the treaty- The terms admittedly will be hard for Germany, but it is asserted that there is only one road for her to fol low If she is to obtain the return of peace and - the- chance to rehabilitate herself economically.-Acquiescence even to a demand for the trial of their former- imperial master, ' "William Hohenzollcrn, which is understood t have, been incorporated In the treaty. Is to . be 'required. Reports say the complete economic" Isolation of the country is being considered if Ger many should decline to affix her sig nature to the treaty. There is still dissent among the al lied and associated powers over some provisions of the treaty. Chief among the objectors Is Italy, with Klumo and the Dalmatian coast the point In dis pute. Italy's chief delegates to the peace conference did not visit Ver sailles yesterday afternoon when the treaty was read, to the smaller pow ers, but are expected to be present today.. Their credentials already have been' handed to the Germans. The Italians were represented at the ses sion Tuesday by SIgnor Crespl, who made reservations concerning any pro visions of the peace treaty which are not acceptable to Italy. The Chinese delegates have reiterat ed their protest concerning the dispo sition of Kiao-Chau, and Portugal ex pressed dissatisfaction against the treatment accorded the republic Marshal Foch also has expressed op position to the treaty as it stands and declared it to be his personal opinion that it should not be signed as the mili tary security given France is Inade quate. Nevertheless the treaty as formulated is to be placed in the hands of the Ger mans, according to the latest reports from Paris. ' ' Allied troops. Including a small de tachment of Americans, have defeated the bolshevikl and captured the town of Mesalskaya. on the Murmansk In north ern Russia. On the Archangel front, the first allied river flotilla has reached the fighting front as a result of the Ice having passed out of the river, under the spring thaw. -The Independence of .Finland the de facto government la that country have been recognized by Great Britain, ac cording to an announcement in the house of commons tn Loodsn. 12 ARMY CAMPS ARE SOLD Material of Hastily - Constructed Bindings Bring 5548,000. "WASHINGTON. May 6. Approval of the sale of 12 army camps, eight na tional guard concentration sites, and four small miscellaneous camps, for a total of more than $548,000 was an nounced today by Acting Secretary of War Crowell. . War department officials showed sat isfaction over the results, the material covered by this sale consisting al most exclusively of hastily-constructed buildings and some stored equipment. The government reserved for its own tie the base hospitals and storage ware- I houses. ITS USELESS TO PROTEST. 31 AY 7. 1919. ROBBERS ABE SEEN YET MAKE ESCAPE Men Disappear Round Curve as Posse Comes. SEARCH CONTINUES ALL NIGHT Looters of Washougal's Bank Separate, Divide Money. RADICALS ARE BLAMED Two of Men Identified as Fror Hillsdale; All Three Have Worked In Shipyards. VATVCOCVER, "Wash, May . (?pe elal.) -Telephone meaaaatrea receives) here at JO P. M. from Waahonsral said that shooting; had been coins on near Cape Horn betwees the fugitive bank robbers and the Bosses alonar the river front for over urn hoar. One deputy sheriff wan reported to have been wounded In the arm. WASHOUGAL. Wash.. May . (Spe cial.) Arrest of an alleged aide of the robbers and evidence indicating that the robbery of the Clarke County bank at Washougal Monday by three youths was the result of radical socialist propaganda picked up by the men when working in the shipyards and was an effort at "a more equal distribution of wealth": that the three robbers have split Into a. pair and a lone hand, divid ing their swag first; that they are without food, but are well armed and provided with plenty of -cash, and that they planned the robbery while camp ing on an Isolated peak of rock Just east of Cape Horn, are developments of Tuesday's steady pursuit of the men. Posses are covering the country from Kllnker's ranch, near Skye, to beyond Cape Horn, and it Is not believed the three men can escape capture. Two ot them were seen by -one posse today and chased on a gasoline speeder up the Spokane, Portland A Seattle tracks, but managed to elude their pursuer and took hiding In some of the rough est country along, the Columbia river. " Esetpe Is Narrow. Their escape was of the narrowest. In fact. In making their get-away they crept through the lines of a posse headed by former Sheriff W. D. Sap plngton of Clarke county while Sap pington himself was looking for them in a cave opening from the rocky pali sades of the Columbia Just above Cape Horn. Near Klinker's ranch, due north of Washougal, on a wooded hill rising from Bear Prairie and overlooking the Washougal river. Sheriff Johnson of Clarke county and a posse is tonight combing the brush and timber for one of the bandits: while above Cape Horn station, an equal distance east of Washougal. former Sheriff Sapplngton and Deputy Sheriff Sweeney of Ska mania county, with a large posse, is keeping vigil to prevent the other two (Concluded on Page 4. Column 1. r ' ) RAILROAD COST IN 15 MONTHS $418,000,000 DEFICIT IX FIRST 3 MONTHS OF 1019 $192,000,000. Marked Reduction of Freight Traffic Held Responsible for Bad Financial Showing. WASHIN-GTON. May 8. Director General Hlnes In a discussion of recent railroad earnings tonight discloses that: The government's deficit In operat ing the railroads for the first three months this year, or the difference be tween net earnings and one-fourth of the guaranteed compensation was about 1192.000,000 for all roads under federal management. The government's loss for 101S was 12:8.000,000. The entire government loss Incurred in IS months of federal operation was $418. 000.000. Marked reduction of freight traffic under records of similar periods of the last two years were responsible forth bad financial showing and conditions in April, though not yet reported fully, show no promise of Improvement. Despite the big government deficits, the director-general does not contem plate any general Increase. In the level of rates, but prefers to wait restora tion of normal business conditions. The government also incurred a def icit of about 814.540.000 In eight months' operation of the American Railway Kxpress company, the consoli dated express corporation, up to March 1. 1919. TRAIL BLAZER, 71. IS DEAD David Meiklejohn One of First Resi dents of Butte. BUTTE. Mont., May 8. David F. Meiklejohn. trail blaser of the west, one of the first residents of Butte and known in pioneer days as an Indian fighter, died today at the home of his son in Los Angeles. He was 71 years old snd was born in Scotland. His parents located in Missouri in 1857. He was a deputy United States mar shal at one time. Eleven years ago he went to. Mexico, where he engaged in mining, going to Los Angeles, which had been his home since. LIEUT. GLEN IN NEW YORK Portland Lad, Stanford Frehman. Was on Verdun Firont. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh M. Glen, 1123 Hassalo street, received word yester day that their 'son. Lieutenant Hugh H-Olen. had Just arrived in New York Portland as a private in the 116th en gineers. Lieutenant Glen was born In Port land and spent all his life here until he went to Stanford university in California.- He was stroke on the Stanford freshman crew when h left school to enlist. He was on the Verdun front at the signing of the armistice WASHINGTON BOYS ARRIVE Transport, Having on Board Cana dian Troops, Reaches Vancouver. VANCOUVER. B. C, May 6. Several Washington men were among the Ca nadian soldiers who arrived here today from Vladivostok on the liner Mont eagle. They were Daniel Ashman. Takima; Vincent Lyons, Tono; Charles Wood bridge, Brewster; J. T. McNeill. Norman B. Fowler and Otto Revelle, Spokan-2. Portland men aboard were G. F. Sebalin and John Boyle. AIR SERVICE TO EXTEND Planes to Carry Mail Between Cleve land and Chicago. WASHINGTON, May 8. Air mail service between Cleveland and Chicago will be established May 15 with trips daily except Sunday. The postoffice department said the service would extend to New York as soon as sufficient machines were ob tained. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 73 degreaa; minimum. -43 degrees. TODAY'S Fair; srentle westerly winds. ' korclsn. Japanese sneer toward United States Is Erovlm. Pass 1. Twenty-two nations to sea treaty presented to Hermans today. Pas 1. Order to take Gasnes proves costly to 91st division. Pass S. Rout of communist forces in Munich com plete. Pace 2. Allied troops capture Important north Rus sian town, rise 2. Kiao-Chau-ShantungT situation held unlike flume. Pace 6. Nstlonnl. Hurley asks coast shipbuilders te coma to Waahlnston. Paso 8. Domestic. Cost of railroads to United States la 15 months f 418.000.000. Pass 1. National wheat administrator may prevent trading in futures. Paso 9. T. M. C. A. overseas work reported upon. Pace 6. Metal workers want coast inated of national board. Pace IT. 8Dorta. Seavey wins stats trap shoot. Pace 14 Pacific Coast leaa-ue results: Portland 7. Se attle 10: Sacramento 7. Salt Lake tl: Los Anceles &. baa Francisco 2; no Oakland-Vernon came. Pace 14. Texan beads list of army marksmen. Pace 13. Pacific North went. Waahoucal bank robbers seen by posses but escape; Page 1. Ruth Garrison bares love for Douclss Storrs. Paso I- Commerelal and Marina. Iowerinc of Portland butter grade meets with protest. Page S3. New rscord set In ship construction. Psje 22. Portland and Vicinity. Citlxens pay visit to Columbia :oush. Pace Road-bulldtnff programme in Oregon to be pushed. Page 17. Sub-committee answers arguments for In creased teachers' salaries. Page 1. Quarrel among Hawthorne bridge employes ordered to atop. Page 2;i. Receivership rasa asalnst Kliers firm out . of court. Pace 12. Weather report, data, and forecast. rs 22. PRICE FIVE CENTS. GIRL SLAYER BARES SECRET DF MURDER Unconscious Spells Told by Ruth Garrison. LIFE HISTORY IS REVIEWED Love Affair With Douglas Storrs Admitted by Witness. BODY MARKS ARE SHOWN Girl. Calmly and Delibc-ralclr, Tells of Incidents Leading Vp to Peath of Mrs. Storrs. SEATTLE. Wash., May 8. (Special ) Ruth Garrison, lS-year-old girl on trial for the murder of Mrs. Grace Eliz abeth Storrs. took the stand in her own behalf this afternoon, as the first wit ness for the defense, and told of her meeting with Douglas Storrs and the infatuation that followed. She was called as Attorney Thomas Askren. her. counsel, concluded his statement ot what the defense would prove, the bur den of which' was that Miss Garrison was not mentally responsible. Calmly and deliberately the girl told of her love affair wit the husband of her victim. Her mother, seated beside her counsel, wept as the girl related her story. She said she did not know Storrs was married until after she had gone out with him four or five times, and only learned It when she telephoned to him and Mrs. Storrs answered. 1' aroBkrlo.a Spells Told. She was asked if the spells of un consciousness continued while she war under treatment. "Yes." she replied. "Sometimes when Dr. Plummer was present and some times when he waa not." "Did you ever have these epells at night?" "Yes. sometimes when 1 tried to gel up everything woult turn black." After the completion of the opera tion, she said, she went to Queen Anna high whool for a -while, but noon dropped out and returned to Camano. Thvre ehe worked in a store for a few months and came to Seattle, finding employment as a typist for an abstract company and working at the county auditor's office, and later working for an advertising agency before go ing to work at the attorney's infor mation bureau at the courthouse, where she met Storrs. Meeting With Storrs Recalled. Asked as to her first meeting with Storrs, she said he first spoke to her casually at her desk at the court house, which was In the hall, whero persons passing by could speak to her. "Were you ever iutroducedT' she was asked. "No." she replied, "we were not." "One evening," said she, "when I had my hat and coat on he came up to me and asked If I was going up the hill. He said he would like to take me. 1 said 'Yes," and went with him to my sister's home. He came up to sco me again at 8 o'clock that night-" "Did you know he was married?" "No." "When did you first learn that ho was married?" "One time I called up his mother and she told me to All the Belvedere Vista apartments. His wife answered the phone. That was the first I knew." Body Marks Are Showm. "Did you go with him afterward?" "Yes, frequently." "Did you ever go out of the city with him before you took an apartment downtown and left your sister's?" "Yes, one day we were walking down town together and be suggested that we go to Everett." Ruth Garrison's pale face flushed as she answered the first questions, with all eyes upon her as she sat In the wit ness chair. Attorney Askren then told the Jury there were certain marks on her body that Were regarded as signs of mental disease and led Miss Garrison to a place directly in front of the Jur ors. He then pointed to some red spots on her throat. . Karly Life Is Reviewed. Resuming the stand, the girl told ot her early life, confining her answers to a brief statement of what was asked of her. She said she was born In Bristol, Vs., November IS, 1900. Two years later, she said, she was taken to Ev- ' erett by her parents. She lived at Ev erett two years and then the family w-eat to Camano, where she resided until she came to the Broadway high school and later went to work in Se attle. She was asked if she was always well In her school days. "No," she replied. "I had fits of un consciousness. When I was seven oi eight years old. one time I was skip ping rope and fell down senseless. I was unable to walk for two days after wards." She said ehe had attended high echoa at Coupeville for a year before cominf to Seattle. In Seattle she lived wltl her sister, Mrs. Clara Rice, who wai present In the courtroom this after noon. Others of the Garrison family present were Porter Garrison, a broth cr, and the mother ot the accused girl Mental Coaditloa Affeeted. "I had to stop Broadway High schoe because of trouble with my nose." th girl testified. "Dr. Copcland Plumme treated me and performed an operation by which paraffin was injected into mj. forehead." In answer to Attorney Askren' (Concluded ou l'dgo Column 3.)