THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 38, 1910. s HI SIGNATURE RESTS ON PLACE IN LEAGUE Germans Demand Plebiscite in Disputed Territories. . YANKEES ON RHINE ALERT Ucrlin Kcply to Allied Terms to Be Presented Soon Peace Army of 100,000 Is Sought. BERLIN, May 26. (By the Associat ed Press.) The question whether Ger many will sign tne peace treaty or not, it was believed here tonight, depends altogether on whether the allied and associated powers win agree to a plebiscite in alt disputed territories and the reception of Germany into the Jeague of nations as a member with o.i equal -ote. Both these issues are made the cardi nal features of the German reply, which has been approved by the cabi net and Count Von Brockdorf f-Rantzau and his associates, and which is being put into shape for presentation within the next 36 hours. " ' Allien Plan for Emergency. The reply, in general, will reaffirm the adherence of Germany to .the prin ciples laid down in the armistice .con ditions and will lay especial weight on the right of self-determination which Germany is winins to grant to all con tested sections of her frontiers. The allies also will be asked to abide by the decision of a popular vote in Aus tria on the question of a union with Germany. COBLENZ, May 26. (By the Asso ciated Press.) General Fayolle. group commander of two French armies of occupation, arrived here today for a hurried conference with Lieutenant General Hunter Liggett regarding the emergency plans of tha allies in the event the Germans refuse to sign the terms of peace. Tank! Prepare lor Advance. The activity ambng the troops within the bridgehead areas has been more marked during the last few days than at any time since they reached the Khine. The American doughboys are preparing for action, sme of them stat ing that in the near future "they will probably be moving in the direction of Brandenburg gate. Berlin, or toward the statue of liberty tin New York harbor." of Sergeant Hobart M." Bird of 662 Williams avenue. Sergeant Bird was wounded In a bat tle in Death Valley during the Chateau-Thierry drive, but refused the admonition of members of his organ isation to move back of the lines for medical attention. Instead Sergeant Bird Jumped in and for several hours aided in bringing other wounded men from the field and refused all proffers of medical aid until the other wounded men had .been cared for. The 29 croix de guerre awarded by the French government to members of batteries A and B were for exceptional bravery and service under enemy fire. A large number of the members of the organization were given regimental citations for particular acts of heroism, and in addition every member of bat teries A and B has the "decoration" for having been In the hottest engage ments of the world war. EstiMlm' I.oaBcM Liisht. Both Oregon ' batteries which re turned yesterday" were exceptionally fortunate in lo casualties and ex tremely low record in the number of men lost. Battery -A lost five men killed in action, one from sickness be fore the organization reached France, and 32 wounded, later recovering. Battery B lost one officer and six men in battle and also had a large number of wounded men. Both bat teries had many men ill from influ enza and other diseases because of low resistance due to privations dur intr the engagements. Battery A. lost no men from sickness in trance, dui Battery ,B was not so fortunate, losing 13 men. Battery A Is the veteran military organization of the state of Oregon and has answered every call for service since 1 it first came Into existence February 5. 1865. Battery B was or ganized through the concerted efforts of former members of Battery A and was accepted for service by the gov ernment July 2o, 1917. Camp Mills Remembered, The two organizations left Portland on September 11, 1917. for Camp Greene, where they were trained for one month. The men were then sent to Camp Mills for another month's stay, and the next move took them to Camp Merritt, where they remained from December 11 to January 10. The men have not yet forgotten Camp Mills, one member of the or ganization saying that Camp Merritt seemed like a paradise to them after a month's stay at Mills. It was the conditions at Camp Mills which sen a volley of protest from officials and citizens of Oregon to the Oregon dele gation in congress In the winter of 1917. On January 11. 1918. the two Oregon batteries, together with the reroajnde of the 147th field artillery, sailed from New York on the White Star liner Olympic, reaching Liverpool on Jan uary 19. Following short stays in sev eral rest camps in England, the men were sent to Havre, France. There the regiment was split into sections and sent to various artillery schools in France. Batteries Lone in Action. Batteries A and B went into battle June 10 and performed front line service continuously until November 11, 1918, then the armistice was signed. During that time they participated in five different campaigns Toul, Alsace, second battle of the Marne (Chateau Thiery), Juvigny and the Meuse- RED LEADERS FLEE WITH STATE FUNDS Heavy Firing Is Heard in Direc tion of Petrograd. ALLIES TO FEED REFUGEES Two Companies of Americans, Mov- lng Against Korolcvets, Target of Bolshevik Gunners. STOCKHOLM. May 28. (By the As sociated Press.) The sound of a heavy bombardment has been heard within the last few days in the direction of Petrograd and Kronstadt. acording to advices received from Viborg. The advices report a panic among the bolshevik leaders in Petrograd, a num ber of whom, it is asserted, have fled with state funds. Petrograd, according to report, is in the hands of Chinese, Lett and Finnish reds, who are said to have mastered the soviet authorities after heavy street fighting. Workmen are patrol ling the workmen s district to prevent the Chinese from pillaging. The bolshevik! have placarded the city, threatening to execute the bour- geoise class if they are compelled to leave the former capital. WASHINGTON, May 27. Capture of Peterhof, 16 miles west of Petrograd, on tne uuit oi Finland, by the army of the Northern Russian government. probably assisted by British naval forces, was reported to -he state de partment today in Swedish press re ports. The Stockholm Tidningen points out that the report presages the fall j of Petrograd in the near future. While expressing the belief that the capture of the town of Peterhof may be slightly premature, the Stockholm paper points out that Its loss by the bolshevik forces means the isolation of Petrograd from Kronstadt, from which the bolshevik warships have been operating. Machine Qui Are Mounted. Fugitives from Petrograd arriving in I Heisingfors have reported that ma chine guns have been placed on tha roofs of houses in Petrograd and that hostages have been taken in large numbers. A Libau dispatch received today said Riga was captured last Thursday through the co-operation of Lettish. troops and German Baltic guards. BERLIN, May 26. (By the Associ ated Press.) The German reply to the allied peace terms will agree that the German army shall be 100.000 men on a noar-A footlnsr. but will urge that this nn n-enrA until fnnriftinnR I ArgOnne, are thoroughly stabilized Tne Meuse-Argonne. which was a are thoroughly staDinzea. terrific allied offensive, executed In Germany to Aak Frontier Patrol. American style, was the final drive of Germany will request the right to I the wa.r, covering a period of 44 days keep a sufficient force moouizea, unless l 0f hard fighting without rest or re the allies will assume responsibility ief. Four officers and 20 men of the for maintaining order on all newly Oregon ba"tteries were recommended created frontiers or cn such as are Ior and received the croix de guerre, menaced, if they remr.in Intact. a result of exceptional service ren- The Germans will send another note dered at Juvigny. The remainder or to Premier Clemenceau in connection with the -economic .terms of the peace treaty, the Vossische Zeitung says it learns officially. The note will point out that the al lied claim, that more, than 12,000,000 tons of shipping were destroyed by German submarines is not true, be cause more than half of the shipping was sunk by legal cruiser warfare. The Germans, the paper adds, will also the French decorations came as a re- ult- of service in the last drive. The 147th field artillery was cited three times by the French for extraor dinary service and seven times In American orders for meritorious serv ice. Three Get French Grouses. The officers who received the French war cross were Captain James b. Gay Jr. of Portland, who. according to army !eclare that the allied reply to the first reports previously issued, will also re German note on, the economic terms rfli,, the distinguished service cross: shows a misunderstanding of the agri- I Captain Richard J. Dorer of Bellalre, cultural needs of Germany. Coal Losa to lie Protested. Obiection will also be made to the loss of coal which the treaty woud imposa on Germany. HAMBURG. May 26. (By the Asso ciated Press.) A movement for the separation of Rhenish Prussia from the rest of Germany is showing positive re sults, according to a Dusseldorf dis patch to the Fremdenblatt. Fifty thou sand voters In the city of Aix-la-Chap- Ue and the immediate neighborhood have signed a petition demanding es- " tablishment of a West German free state. PARIS. May 27. (Havas.) The coun cil of four of the peace conference at vesterdav's session ratified the decision of the supreme economic council that the blockade of Hungary snouia De maintained until a government based on the expression of the free popular will had been formed in that country. O.. who was twice cited, and Lieuten ant Arthur G. Bergstrom of Minne apolis. The enlisted men or Battery a, some of whom have not yet been discharged from hospitals in France, but some of whom returned yesterday, who received the French decorations are faergeant James H. Heffron, chief of staff, of Portland: Sergeant Ayres H. Larrabee, nrivate. first class: Phillip T. Lee, Ser geant David Levy. Corporal waiter McCrum. Corporal Carlyle Odgers, Gun ner Thomas E. Pitts, all of Portland; Charles M. Dalby. Vincent P. Hensen of Fresno, Cal., and Edward Hardy of Portland. Sergeant Floyd Young, who was killed in action was awarded croix de guerre, posthumously, Official Recognition Noted. The members of Battery B who re ceived official recognition for extraor dinary service were Captain James S Gav Jr.. Sergeant "Warren L. Cooper, Sergeant Earl C. Kieselhorst, Sergeant Frank B. Ritchey. Corporal Koy Stone. Corporal Claude T. Sunderland, nDTPnU'O f"lAM UCI rfilUlPn private, first class; Arthur Anderson. UntUUlK O utwwiiii.i Ernest L. Reck, all of Portland: Corpor al Charles E. Stoddard, Falls City, Or.: : , .v. sergeani r rancn w . numuo, nuioiraiu itcurea mu ":r'-, corporal Edgar C. Morford, Forest croix de guerre maKe - - - . ot any organization and that'. command of ba.tterv t nitirtn t am told that so B during its entire service in the -var, UHILZ). ill ttVIWwVi PARIS, May 27. (By the Associated Press.) The cduncll of four and Japan have offered Admiral Kolchak, head of the Omsk government, money and supplies to maintain the all-Russian government provided he promises to hold elections for a constituent assem bly as soon as he reaches Moscow, or. if conditions are too disturbed to hold elections, to reconvoke the former con stituent assembly. Allies to Feed Petrograd. The proviso also carries with It the necessity for Kolchak to recognise the Independence of Poland and Finland and to come to an amicable arrange ment with other existing governments in Russia regarding their future status within or without the future Russian state. LONDON, May 27. (By the Associate ed Press.) The allied and associated powers have made arrangements to feed Petrograd and render assistance to the starving population after the expulsion of the bolshevik!. Herbert C. Hoover, the head of the allied relief. has the details in hand. It is hoped that relief will be in the city within 36 hours after the bolshevik withdrawal. VLADIVOSTOK, May 26. Sunday morning two companies of American troops were moved against Korolevets village, where it had been reported the bolshevlkl were mobilizing with the In tention of destroying the railroad near Skotova. Reds Fire on Americans. The Americana were fired upon from the hills by the Red Guard, but suf fered no casualties. A dien of the reds were killed. Including a staff of ficer. Three were captured. There were 200 reds In the firing line. The American morale-was high. The American command is taking full measures for the protection of the rail- ay and the operation of all trains ecessary. OREGON CANDIDATES FAIL THIRD DISTRICT NOT Rf PRE I SEXTED AT ANNAPOLIS. - Representative McArthur Dislikes Method of Appointing Cadets and Midshipmen. well did the boys of ?f-f"e a anc in j;-,,-,,. as a prlvate ln battery A perform th-t the oln th. rei- I Mexican trouble and went iment. himself a South Dakota man, border as company clerk. His turned the regimental colors over to l u , :.. . v.... i rise was rftpiu anu wiibh vo.i.lcij' the Oregon units lor saie yiuS ana org.anled ne was BeCond lieutenant preservation. . battery A. He was transferred to Hobart M. Bird Distinguished. battery B as first lieutenant, and re The only distinguished service cross ceived his commission as captain in awarded in tne entire mm iieia France. nrtillerv regiment hangs on the breast! Captain Charles L. Johnson of bat tery A is also a Portland man and has long been identified wltn tne Oregon national guard. His popularity with his men was attested when he asked ( that speeches be made short ln order that the men might eat. Pictures of the "boys taken on their arrival ln Portland will be found in The Sunday Oregoman OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash- ington. May 27. Representative Mc Arthur has been informed that all f the candidates whom he re cently appointed for the two va- ancies at the United State Naval academy from the Third Orejron dis trict, failed to qualify in their final .. 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No. 4 common also affected by the same raise. White fir is raised correspondingly. It will be recalled that six week or two months ago we reduced our prices in the Inland Empire to compete with the coast." earn J. tr. mojoiancK, president of the McGoldrlck Lumber company. "This raise is merely an aa lustment ot the prices to meet tne aa varices which have taken place on the coast since that time. . "The present demand . for lumber warrants an advance sufficient cover the cost of production. I cannot sav whether or not there will be further advances." n n B a i stBaaa. Sixth and Stark i . 1 - Compare the New Standardized Net Prices of Pennsylvania Vacuum Cup 6,000 Mile Fabric and Cord Tires with prevailing schedules of ordinary 3,500 mile tires and those of any other make carrying equal mileage warranties. Price Schedule Effective May 12th: Vacuum Cup Vacuum Cup . ,(t t-1" Size .... 6,000 Mile 6,000 Mile t.,kV. 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Solar Phenomenon Thursday Will Be Visible ln Chile, Bolivia, Brazil and on Oceans. until June, 1920, prior to which time an examination will be held for the purpose of determining- new appointees. I am thoroughly disgusted wuij tne prevailing- method of appointing- mld- hipmen to the united States Naval academy, and cadets to the United States Military academy," said Mr. McArthur. 'Tha nrftfient method of annolntinsr cadets and midshipmen is unsatisfac-1 BAN JOSE, Cal., May 27. (Special.) tory, and I am of the belief that the 1 A.trnnnmleal expeditions from three land grant and other military training countrles will view the total , solar Z J "-L, " vi. .1 eclipse which will occur Thursday, May academies, and that the cream of the 2. according to a statement Issued by graduating classes from our colleges 1 W. W. Camp Den, oirocior oi u and universities should be appointed I servatory. to the naval and military academies, I -The shadow path mill cross central- each state being entitled to appoint- , central America, the Atlantic ments in accordance with the popula- ' . r.-.v.ii tlon. The whole matter should be taken nd Africa, says Dr. Campbell. nt of the hand of conrmi and there 'The total phase ot the eclipse will hnnlri he no eon rreesional annoint- I horin about sunrise in the racmo ments. Members of congress are elect- I ocean off tha coast of Northern Chile. ed to legislate, ana tney snouia n re-1 Th. moon's shadow will pass over lleved of such duties as appointing . Lapas in Bolivia, northeasterly the showina made by the young men I Amerlcca at longitude :0 west, jati of my district, who have competed for I tude :0 south, and will pass over the the naval examinations since I have I c, pul rocks a few hundred miles nd point COURT POSITION ACCEPTED J. B. Bridges to Be on Washington Supreme Bench. ABERDEEN". Wash.. May 27 (Spe cial.) J. B. Bridges today telegraphed to Acting Governor Hart his acceptance of the offer by the governor of a place on the state supreme court bench to fill out the unexpired term of Jus tice Chadwlck. resigned. The term of Justice Chadwlck extends to January, 1921, which will give Mr. Bridges been a member of congress. With two ,h o( the COast of Brasll a: exceptions these men have failed miser-I . . -,, f . na ably in their final examinations, and pass off the eirth rt iubmi s jl without represen- between tne norin i ti. Th, and the mainland ot Africa. S- & H. green stamps for cash, llolman Fuel Co.. Main 353, A 33S3. Rtnrkwnnri. nhort slabwood. Rock Springs and Utah coal; sawdust. Adv gress will make the desired change." NDRATA TEA is GOOD TEA. Closest I Phone your want ads to The Orego & Devers. Portland:: Adv. J nian. Fhona Maiu 7070, A 6095. the -district has been tation much of tha -1 hA ! 1 l .... i.ilA.MV MM h.tt.r ahnwinr. hut I im nnnouil t ih, unuiuti length. The total phase whole eye competitive examinations. on the west coast of Afrlca and about i -.u.ui .i t j i i minutes at Lapas. Bolivia. o,U:i.a iiuuniiiuiiivii ouvuiii uj " ... . r . chosen along the lines which I have "Proba Bl 1 m es ar e, n xav oro a ci-.r suggested herein and I hope that con- y CMle and Bolivia, but there. year and seven months to serve prior to the regular general state election. The acceptance of the appointment means the removal of Mr. and Mrs. Bridges from Aberdeen to Olympla. Mr. Bridges will take his seat on the bench soon after June 1. Centralla Elks to Celebrate. CENTRA L.I A. Wash, May 27. (Spe cial.) Centralla lodge of Elks today announced that the programme for the plcnjc at Offuts lake on Memorial day will include dancing afternoon and eve ning. -land and water sports and a band concert. 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