vol.. ivni.-
Entered at Portland (Orel on)
PoRtoffice as Ferond-Claaa Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY,
MAY 8, 1919.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
CHINESE START RIOTS
OVER PEACE DECISION
TREATY OF PEACE
MOST OREGON MEN TO
SAIL BY SEPTEMBER
SOME WILL NOT RETURN UNTIL
LAST UNIT LEAVE
HURLEY ASKS WILSON
TO AID SHIPBUILDING
BANDITS, TRAPPED,
KILL DALLES CHIEF
GIVEN TO GERMANS
TOTALS 57.
GIVING CONTROL TO JAPAN
AROUSES RESENTMENT.
COXSTKCCTIOX OF VESSELS FOR
FOREIGN ACCOUNT URGED.
GERMANY LEU
HER PUNISHMENT
OREGON
ROAD WORK
r
Proud Nation to Be Reduced
to Military Impotence.
ALL COLONIES TAKEN AWAY
Full Reparation Must Be Made
to Nations for Injuries In
flicted During War.
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K meant inDDiiwc DccmDcn
V - HLOHUL-LUilliniilL ULOIUIILU
Port of Dazig Internationalized.
Upper Silesa and Province
of Posen Ceded to Poland.
NEW YORK, May 7. The treaty
of peace, submitted to the German
delegates at Versailles today by the
representatives of the associated
powers, reduces Germany to military
impotence, deprives her of her colo
nies, restores Alsace-Lorraine to
France, and provides for reparation
to the najtions in jured by her in the
war. ; s
This was made known in an offi
cial summary of the treaty, cabled
from the American peace commission
to the committee on public informa
tion in New York. At the same time
official announcement was made that
President Wilson had pledged himself
to propose to the senate aii agreement
that the United States, in conjunction
with Great Britain, would go to the
assistance of France in case of an un
provoked attack by Germany. The an
nouncement of this proposed agree
ment was made in a statement supple
menting the official summary of the
peace treaty. " , ;.: '
Alsace-Lorraine Lost.
. The main points in the peace treaty
follow:
Alsace and Lorraine go to France.
All the bridges over the Rhine on
their borders are to be in French con
trol. The port of Danzig is permanently
internationalized and most of upper
Silesia is ceded to Poland, whose in
dependence Germany recognizes. Po
land also receives the province of
Posen and that portion of the province
of West Prussia west of the Vistula.
The Saar coal basin is temporarily
internationalized. The coal mines go
to France.
Germany recognizes the total inde
pendence of German-Austria and
Czecho-Slovakia.
Colonies Are Taken Away.
Germany's colonies are taken from
her by the clause in which she re
nounces all her territorial and politi
cal rights outside Europe. The league
of nations will work out the manda
tory system for governing these colo
nies. Belgium is conditionally given the
Malmedy and Euphen districts of
Prussia bordering on Belgium, with
the opportunity to be given the in
habitants to protest. The league of
nations has the final decision.
Luxemburg is set free from the
German customs union.
All concessions and territory in
China must be renounced. Shantung
is ceded to Japan. Germany recog
nizes the French in Morocco and the
British protectorate over Egypt.
Heligoland to Be Demolished.
German troops and authorities must
evacuate Schleswig-Holstein north of
the Kiel canal within 10 days after
peace. A commission will be appoint
ed to supervise a vote of self-deter
mination in the territory and the dis
tricts wishing to join Denmark will
be ceded by Germany.
Heligoland must be demolished, and
by German labor; the Kiel canal must
be opened to all nations.
The German cables in dispute are
surrendered.
Germany may not have an army
of more than 100,000 men and can
lot resort to conscription.
War Material Making Prohibited.
She must raze all her forts for 50
kilometers east of the Rhine and is
almost entirely prohibited from pro
ducijjg war material. Violation of
the 50-kilomtr zone restriction will
be considered an net of war.
Only six capital ships of not more
than 10,000 tons each are allowed
Germany for her navy. She is per
mitted six light cruisers, 12 destroy
ers and 12 torpedo boats in addition
to six battleships, but no submarines.
(Concluded on Page O. Column G-
Peace Delegates Told Not to Sign
TreatyJapanese Get Hun Islands
In PaclTic North or Equator.
PARIS, May 7. (By the Associated
Press.) Serious trouble has broken out
in China as a result n( the decision of
the council of three with regard to
Shantung; and Kiao-Chau, according to
news received in authoritative circles
here.
In riots in Ppkin the house of Tsao
Tu-Lin, minister of communications,
who is friendly to Japan, was burned.
PEKIN. May 6. (By the Associated
Press.) The Chinese cabinet at a meet
ing today decided to instruct the Chi
nese delegates in Paris not to sign a
peace treaty assigning the German
rights in Shantung to the Japanese.
TOKIO. May 7. (By the Associated
Press.) Japan has notified China that
the anti-Japanese agitation in Pekin at
present is liable to cause misunder
standings. The Japanese government
also has advised the Chinese govern
ment that it will be well to prohibit the
"national disgrace" meeting planned
today In Pekin.
PARIS, May 7. (By the Associated
Press.) The council of three has
agreed upon the disposition of the for
mer German colonies.
The mandate for the German Samoan
islands goes to New Zealand, and for
the other former German possessions
south of the equator to Australia.
Japan is to be mandatory of the islands
north of the equator.
WOUNDS STIR PATRIOTISM
Ohio Soldier, 19, In Wheeled Chair,
Gets $1000 Nest Egg.
NEW YORK. May 7. An object les
son in what Private Herbert Kahn of
Bellefontaine, Ohio, invested In the w'ar
for liberty stirred one New Yorker to
'take Just one more" victory note. It
was of the $1000 variety and he turned
it over to Private Kahn for a nest egg.
The 19-year-old soldier, who left an
arm and leg in France, rode down in
his wheel chair to the Grand Central
terminal yesterday from the debarka
tion hospital to see if he could glimpse
a familiar face in the hurrying crowds.
Seated near a victorybooth, his maimed
form attracted the attention of a
man who pushed through the crowd
about the booth and' purchased a bond
for the boy in the wheel chair." The
benefactor withHeid -. his! name...
. Kahn's brother, a year younger, lost
botfc arms while fighting in France.
MEDAL GIVEN FOR BRAVER?
Humane Society Recognizes Act of
Otto Ixerch, Line Foreman.
ASTORIA, Or., May 7. (Special.)
Otto Loerch, line foreman for the AVest-
ern Union Telegraph company In this
district, has been awarded a medal by
the Oregon Humane society for his
bravery in saving the life of a child
here recently.
Loerch and his assistant were pass
ing through the city on a railroad
speeder. Just as . they reached the
Twelfth-street crossing a little child
ran in front o' the speeder. There was
no time to stop, but with quick pres
ence of mind Loerch reached over and
lifted the child out of danger.
VETERANS MEET JULY 3-4
Date of Annual State Encampment
Is Changed.
SALEM, Or., May 7. The annual state
encampment of the United Spanish War
Veterans of Oregon will be held July
3 and 4 instead of during June, accord
ing to announcement made today by
Harvey Wells, state commander.
The date was changed in order that
the veterans might be in Salem during
the gigantic three-day homecoming and
Fourth of July celebration which Is ex
pected to draw visitors from all parts
of the state.
OREGON'S UPKEEJ $20,000
Government Sets I'orth What State
Must Pay Yearly for Warship.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. May 7. The navy department's
proposal for the taking over of the bat
tleship Oregon, submitted to Senator
McNary today calls for an annual ex
pense to the state of approximately
$20,000 for care and upkeep, as indl
cated in earlier dispatches.
In making this transfer to the state
it would be necessary to take the ship
out of commission for a period. Acting
Secretary Roosevelt said.
ORLEANS PRINCE INJURED
Alfonso, Infante of Spain, Is Hurl
While Skiing In Switzerland.
BERNE. May 7. Prince Alfonso of
Orleans was injured seriously yester
day while skiing near Brunn, near
Lake Lucerne. He slipped down a
snowbank 1100 feet into a gravel pit.
He was taken to a hospital at Zurich.
Prince Alfonso, who is an infante of
Spain, is 33 years old and a son of
Prince Antoine of Bourbon-Orleans,
duke of Galliera.
NEW YORK HAS 58 PER CENT
Big Federal Reserve District So Far
Subscribes $7 91,3 73,300.
NEW YORK, May 7. Victory loan
subscriptions officially recorded in the
New York federal reserve district today
aggregated 8237,100,900, bringing the
total up to 8794,373,300, or 58 per cent of
the district's quota.
Terms Presented by 27
Nations at Versailles.
HUNS ADMIT THEIR DEFEAT
Foe Demands Peace Based on
Wilson's 14 Points.
ITALY ATTENDS CONGRESS
Orlando and Sonnino Back In Paris
and Latin Premier Goes at Once
to Meet Council of Three.
PARIS, May 7. The German dele
gates to the peace congress declare
they will sign the peace treaty but that
Germany will not pay an indemnity.
. VERSAILLES. May 7. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The historic meeting
today at which. the Germans received
the peace treaty from the allied and as
sociated powers was concluded at 3:51
o'clock this afternoon.
VERSAILLES, May 7. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Germany today was
told the terms upon which the allied
and associated powers will make peace
witn her.
Treaty Is Very Loik.
These terms were contained in a
treaty, some 80,000 words in length.
wnicn -was handed to the German
plenipotentiaries at a memorable as
semblage here, attended by the dele
gates of .the 27 nations which are
parties to the peace pact.
M. Clemenceau opened the session of
the peace congress, and as presiding
officer delivered the address to. the
German plenipotentiaries. Following
M. Clemenceau's address, which was
brief, Paul Dutasta. secretary-general
of the peace conference delivered a
copy of the treaty to Count von Brock-
dorff-Rantzau. head of the German
delegation, who made a brief reply.
.Count Von Brockdorff-Rantaau said:
TVe declare, that w-e do rot-deny the
extent of our defeat. We know the
power of the German armies is broken "
H was unable to admit that Ger
many was solely culpable and de
manded that the allies make peace ac
cording to President Wilson's points.
Germany pledged itself to repair the
wrong done to Belgium and gave assur
ance oi me reconstruction or the terri
tories !n northern France. Count Von
Brockendorf f - Rantzau asked for the
liberation of German prisoners, and said
that Germany adopted the league of
nations.
Following is the address of. M.
Concluded on Page 9. Column 3.
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HE HAS PLENTY TO THINK ABOUT NOW.
VOUVrNT I ' IMl IB J
t WlSL "t"CU,V tiELrVt Ol-O ) j
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Army Officer Points Out That Men
of the Northwest Are Scattered
Through Entire Organization.
. BY PEGGY CURTIS.
NEW YORK, May 6. (Special.) Yes
terday 1 discussed with an army offi
cer In trdop transportation service the
probable time when all of our troops
shall have arrived.
"It is, naturally, a matter of great
Importance to the public," said the offi
cer, "but all that I can say is that we
are bringing them home as fast as
possible. I believe that by September
we will have practically all of the boys
home."
He was of the opinion that so long
as there were troops overseas there
would be Oregon men among them. It
is probable that supplies men, outfits
on reconstruction work and shattered
regiments in which there are Oregon
men and Oregon replacements will be
about the last units to return.
During the last two days seven ves
sels with our men aboard have docked
here. No definite Oregon unit was
aboard any of the boats.
Orfgoa Heroes Resell Port.
On the United States steamer Pres
ident Grant, which Cocked late yester
day afternoon and whose troops went
to Camp Mills, were, the 304th . field
artillerymen. In detachments with them
were Glambatista Salvaresza of Pendle
ton and Guy F. Phelps, Young Men's
Christian association worker, of Sa
lem; -in a quartermaster's railroad de
tachment of the 77th division were
Werner Bartman, Quincy; Frank Rem
bert, -Rye- Valley, and Howard Bel
dinger, Lebanon.
In M company, 307th ammunition
train, which arrived on the Black Ar
row, was Harry H. Peterson of The
Dalles, now at Camp Upton.
The 16th aero squadron was on the
Housatonic. ' In the squadron were Fred
W, Curl, Oregon City. 453d artillery
squadron, and Robert E- Thomas, An
lauf. Several aero squadrons were aboard
the Huron,, which also docked yester
day. All of these squadrons went to
Camp Mills. , In the 135th aero squad
ron were Sergeant Chester D. Bodway,
Portland; Charles H. Ling, Medford;
George M. ' Keuscher, Salem; Otto A.
Maunula, Astoria; Francis Criteser, Ice
land; Benjamine F. Mclntire, ' North
Powder; Donnell Bailey. Metzger; Carl
W. Johnson, Melville; Harold Longwell,
Roseburg; Raymond McKean, Oswego;
Earl AV. Ling. Medford, and Ellis E.
Haynes. Union. ...
.4iiwu Fortlajtd Boys Inclsdrrf. '
In the few convalescent detachments
of the U. S. S. Grant were the following
walking cases, for whom no dressings
are needed: Herbert M. Drake, James
F. McGarth and Sergeant Donald E.
Gates, rll of Portland.
The George Washington, which
docked late Monday, brought back to
America the 128th Infantry, which went
to Camp Mills. The Oregon personnel
is:
Headquarters company, 128th infan-
(.Concluded on Pave 2. Column 5.)
Contracts for $1,187,000
Let in One Day.
ADDED MILEAGE IS 58.7
90 Per Cent of Pacific High
way Ordered Constructed.
SURFACING PRICE DROPS
Several Bids Rejected, Because They
Arc Deemed too High, and Re
advertising Is to Be Done.
state: highway commission
results at yesterday's
SESSION.
Awarded contracts for 81,187,
000 of road work.
Let Jobs for 88.7 miles.
Selected Nyesa as terminal of
John Day highway.
Favors 16-foot , pavement on
Pacific highway in Siskiyou sec
tion. Held up or rejected bids involv
ing 36 miles on account of prices.
Agreed to build ten miles in
Curry county, the forest depart
ment agreeing to build ten miles
in Coos county.
Ordered sale of Jl. 000, 000 bonds
June 10.
Ordered bids advertised for
May 27 on 22 miles of paving from
Cascade Locks to Hood 'River;
14 miles of paving from Rainier
to Clatskanie, and nine miles of
macadam from Monroe south.
' When the state highway commission
adjourned last evening 1 it had under
way 17,500,000 worth."of 'road work' Jn
Oregon. The commlislon awarded 81,-
187,000 of grading, macadam and pav
ing jobs yesterday, representing 58.7
miles. About 90 per cent -f Jhe Pacific
highway Is" now under contract, only a
few spots here- and there not having
received attention, but from the Mult
nomah county line - to -the ' California
line something has been done grading,
macadam or paving to almost all of
the stretch, or contracts have been let
for work.
Although at the April meeting prices
had jumped about 12 per cent, the bids
yesterday disclosed that offers on sur
facing had dropped from 5 to 10 per
cent under the April Figures. At that.
1 Concluded on Page .". Column 1.1
Question of Permitting American
Yards to Broaden Opportunities
Is Put Up to the President.
WASHINGTON", May 7. Chairman
Hurley of the shipping board an
nounced tonight that he had taken up
with President Wilson the question of
permitting American shipyards to build
ships for foreign account so as to
broaden their opportunities for obtain
ing business and furnish continuous
employment for their labor.
A number of American yards, par
ticularly those on the Pacific coast,
have urged that the ban against ac
cepting foreign orders be lifted so they
might enter competition with foreign
yards for tonnage to be built by Nor
way and other foreign countries.
SAN FRANCISCO, Slay 7. Edward "N.
Hurley, chairman of the United States
shipping board, is planning a trip to the
Pacific coast, "at the earliest possible
moment." according to a telegram re
ceived by Senator James D. Phelan from
Mr. Hurley today. Mr. Hurley expected
to attend the sextuple launching
planned in Oakland for a date in
August.
NEW AGREEMENT WANTED
Proposal Submitted by Shipbuilders
Not Satisfactory.
OAKLAND, Cal., May 7. The pro
posed agreement to replace the Mao
award submitted by the shipbuilders of
the United States to the ship workers
at the recent Washington, D. C, con
ference, is unsatisfactory to the work
ers in the shipbuilding industry of the
Pacific coast, according to the reports
of delegates to the annual convention
here of the Pacific Coast Metal Trades
council.
A new agreement will in all proba
bility be drafted.
C0REANS ARE SENTENCED
Agitators Get Prisfn Terms Ranging
From Six Months to Two Years.
SEOUL. Corea. May 7. Thirty-eight
Corean agitators at Fyeng Yang have
been sentenced to prison for periods
ranging from six months to two years.
Similar sentences were imposed upon
Coreans by the court at Taiku. About
2400 agitators who were arrested at
Seoul and Its suburbs have been re
leased by the police after admonition.
A great many public, market places
have been closed because it was found
that disturbances arose on market
days.
WARSHIP WORK TO GO ON
Steel Ordered So That Battleship
Construction Can Continue.
WASHINGTON, May 7. Acting Sec
retary Roosevelt today signed a navy
order for structural steel sufficient to
keep in progress the work on the three
battleships building at the New York.
Norfolk and Mare Island navy yards.
The price to be paid will be based on
the lowest bid offered for the remainder
of the same type of steel.
FLIGHT START STILL LAGS
American Commander Says Thurs
day Mill Not Be the Day.
NEW YORK, May 7. Commander
John H. Towers, commanding the trans-
Atlantic flight of navy seaplanes, an
nounced tonight that the start on the
first leg of the flight which will take
the aircraft to Halifax would not be
made tomorrow.
He declined to make any prediction
as to the chances for starting Friday.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTEKDAT'S Maximum temperature, 79
degrees; minimum. 45 decrees.
TODAY'S Possibly rain; moderate south
westerly winds.
Foreign.
Treaty of peace given to Germans at Vcr
sallies. Pace 1.
Germany must sign treaty or starve. Pace 4.
Kamoun peace document, longest ever drawn,
totala 80,000 words. Paso 8.
irermany learns her punishment. Pace 1.
History of treaty making- reviewed. Pace 5,
Turks want affairs placed in U. S. hands.
Paca -
College men brave under Intense (Ire.
Page 7.
National.
Special aesslon of congress called for May 19.
Pag
Washington expects Tl S. army to return
soon. Paga 4.
Official . Washington reserves comment on
peace treaty. Page 6.
Hurley asks Wilson to permit American yards
to build foreign snips, page i.
Domestic
Oregon boys lace long stay overseas. Page 1.
Sports.
Pacific Coast league results Portland 3.
Seattle 2; San Kranclsco 7. Los Angeles
5: Oakland 2. Vernon 1; Sacramento 4,
Salt Uka 1. Page 14.
Frank Troeh wins at Pendleton trapshoot.
Page 14.
Pacific Northwest.
Salem man victim of shooting affray. Page
IS.
Ruth Garrison's history since babyhood
bared. Page 3.
Bandits, trapped, kill Dallea chief Page 1.
Bandit search nearing end. Page 6.
Commercial and Marine.
Cheap coffee prices not expected for several
years. Page 23.
Chicago corn closes at lowest point of day.
Page 23.
Wall-street stock trading em larger scale.
Page 23.
C. f. Kennedy demands Inquiry Into ehanree
filed against him and resigns. Page 22.
Conrrwi may save shipbuilding Industry.
Page 22.
Portland and Vicinity.
Oregon road work already ordered now to
tals IT.iOO.fHM). Page 1.
Robber trapped by Fatrview merchant. Page
IS.
Government tax ranges from cradle to grave.
Paga 15.
Weather report data and forecast. Page 23.
Men, in Confessions, Tell
of Bank Robbery.
LYNCH MURDERER, CRIES MOB
Sheriff Pulls Pistol on Crowd to
Stay Interference.
LEADER BEGS FOR MERCY
Police Chief, Twice Shot in Street
Battle, Dies at Hospital $2000
Is Found on Lewis.
THE DALLES, Or.. May 7. (Spe
cial.) In a street battle following theit
arrival in The Ualles it 10:30 o'clock
this morning Edward Primrose, con
fessed robber of the Washougal bank,
shot and fatally wounded Ralph Gib
bons, chief of police, and fired two
bullets at Sheriff Levi Chrisman, who.
with the city officer had intercepted
Primrose and "Dolph Lewis, alias John
son, as they alighted from an O.-W.
R. & N. train. Two bullets passed
through Mr. Gibbons' body below tho
heart, and he died an hour later.
Neither of the bullets fired at the
sheriff took effect.
When Sheriff Chrisman later arrested
the murderer, following pursuit through
the business streets, an angry tnob ol
citizens tried to take the prisoner away
front him. The mob threatened to
lynch Primrose, but the sheriff held
them off at the point of his revolver
and lodged the prisoner in Jail.
I-emta llldesj Its Burmrat
For two hours after the murder ot
the chief of police, posses of armed
men searched the city and adjoining .
country. Lewis was discovered in the
basement of a house near the scene oi
the shooting. He was hiding under
neath a mattress and had been over
looked by searchers who had visited
the cellar earlier in the search. Lewis
was unarmed and surrendered without
resistance. When placed In Jail Lewis
corroborated the confession made pre
viously by Primrose to the effect that
they robbed the bank at Washougal .
Monday morning. He was searched and
approximately 12000 was found on his
person.
He said that Re had loaned his gun "
to Primrose and that they were Ue
termined to kill before submitting to '.
arrest.
Local police received word early this
morning that two men answering the
description of the bandits had boarded
an eastbound train at Bonneville. Sher
iff Levi Chrisman and Chief of Police
Gibbons went to the station to meet the
train.
Bandits Are Recognised.
When the two suspects alighted they
were recognized by the officers and
escorted to a point about 100 yards from
the station. The sheriff walked with
Johnson, the chief of police falling In
behind with Primrose.
v reached Second street Prim
rose whirled around, pressed a S 2 -caliber
automatic pistol against Mr. Gib
bons ribs and fired two shots. As
Mr. Gibbons fell to the sidewalk Prim
rose turned on Sheriff Chrisman and
fired two shots at hi. at close range
Both shots missed their mark.
The sheriff then whipped out his pis
tol and fired several shots In the air
In an attempt to halt Primrose who,
by that time, was some distance up th
street.
Primrose carried his revolver in hi:
hand and threatened to kill anyone
who barred his flight. He then ran intc
an alley behind the city hall and con
cealed himself under a. building.
Prisoner Begs for Merer.
When it was learned that Chief o:
Police Gibbons had been killed, a
score of citizens got deir guns ane
started in pursuit. One of them discov
ered Primrose in hiding and calle(
Sheriff Chrisman. The officer found,
the' murderer backed up against fur
ther side of cellar. He ordered Prim
rose to throw up his hands. The ban
dit dropped his gun and begged th.
sheriff not to shoot him.
When the Sheriff took Primrose ou
into the alley a mob of enraged men.
many of them armed with guns, rushed
the sheriff and attempted to wrest the
prisoner away from him. Cries of
"lynch him" and "shoot him" were
heard. The mob threatened to over
power the sheriff, when the latter drew
his pistol and threatened to kill the
first man who laid hands on him or
the prisoner. He hurried Primrose into
:. waiting automobile and took him to
the county Jail, while the mob cried
for revenge.
Tours Quickly Formed.
With Primrose in jail several posses
were organized and a cordon was
thrown around the city to prevent es
cape of the second desperado. Fright
ened citizens locked themselves in thsik
homes while the search was in progresi
and armed men searched every allcj
and cellar where the fugitive might be
hiding. Two hours later Johnson wai
discovered in the basement of a house
not 100 yards from the scene of the
murder. He had crawled under a cast
off mattress and would have passed
unnoticed had not a tired searcher sat
down on the mattress.
Three men covered Johnson with re
volvers and ordered him to surrender.
He did so without resistance. When
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