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0 THE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX, 3IOXDAY, JUNE 0, 1919. " 7 MATIN CAROLS Wit DROWSY PORTLIQERS Daybreak Dreams Routed by Musical Benediction. WONDERING FACES APPEAR Hundred Singers in Early Morninj Tour City and Salute Service Flags Willi Song. "God bless the good folk of tht home. But most of all the lad whom the deep blue star doth show." Clear and sweet this refrain rang out on the morning air. A truck loaded with carolers had stopped In front ot a home on "Washington street between Twentieth and Twenty-first streets. Half awakened apartment-house and hotel dwellers rubbed their eyes and listened. The refrain, "But most of all the lad for whom the deep blue star doth show." growing in volume and bell like clarity rlochetted on sound waves through the open windows. Wondering. Face Appears. Curtains were pushed aside and many tousled heads bobbed up in various windows. A wondering face, evidently the mother of the lad for whom the "deep blue star snows" at the homo before wnich the carolers had stopped, appeared in an upstairs window. The service flag carol was sung gain: then "Keep the Home Fires Burning" followed by the official Rose Kestival song. "Victory Crowned, Rose Renowned. Portland." Then with an evident desire to jest with the sleepy eyed audience the carolrs swung into: "Oh, how I hate to get up in the morn ing, oh, how I'd love to remain in bed," and as the big truck turned the corner and chugged away, rising above the noise of the muffled exhaust and back through the smoke of burning oil came the melody, "Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag, and smile, smile, smile!" Mother Broahei Tear Away. The mother, leaning in the upstair!! window, brushed a tear away and all the tousled-heads smiled and some clapped their hands. This was but one of many scenes that occurred early yesterday morning, when 10 trucks loaded with singeru swung through the city, singing into being the Victory Rose Festival. Every section of the city was covered and homes n whch servce flags hung were the stopping places for the carolers' trucks. The singers, almost a hundred ot them, met at the Soldiers' and Sail ors' club at 6:15 o'clock yesterday morn ing and started out in trucks .arranged for by Mrs. Carolyn Jones, of the National League for Women's Service. For two hours they sang before hornet where service flags were displayed and then reassembled on the shore of the little lake in Laurelhurst park, whero a fairly large crowd listened to an hour's songfest. Carolers Are Entertained. Mrs. Jane Burns Albert was song leader at the park singing and the following were song leaders on the various trucks: Katherine Vedder. Mrs. Kathryn Crystler Street, L. B. Kinne, Mrs. Norman Christie. J. J. Johnson. Mrs. Jane Burns Albert, Walter Jenk ins, Walter Hardwick, Alexander Stewart and J. Irving Crabbe. The sing ers were brought to the mobilization point by Mrs. Ada Rose and Mrs. Nor man Christie. Following the singing in Laurelhurst Park, the carolers were entertained at breakfast by rr. J. Phillippe Tamiesie at his home near the park. The sing was the first event of the big musical programme arranged for the Victory Rose Festival by Alexander Stewart and organized by the war camp com munity service, with the co-operation of the Portland Community Singing as sociation. CANADIAN STRIKE PROBED XJots by Individuals Are Made Sub ject of Inquiry. WIN'NIFSG, June S. Investigation of alleged seditious plots by individuals connected with the Winnipeg strike has been launched by the federal govern ment, it became known tonight. A. J. Andrews, a Winnipeg attorney, has been appointed to direct certain local phases of the investigation. GERMAN BREAK UP SIGHTED (Continued From First Paire.) reached a climax, particularly in Ber lin. Everything indicates that the im pending coup is planned to take place not only in Berlin but simultaneously in the provinces. We can state that the independent socialists figure on the fall of the government in about eight days." On the other hand, an independent socialist newspaper says: "Indications multiply that impor tant circles consider the psychological moment has arrived for a reply to the setting up of a military dictatorship. The unhappy and misguided policy of the majority socialist leaders has done everything to bring about this misfor tune. Meanwhile the militarists are employing means to strengthen their power. The government no longer has the leadership in its power." One flight Hope lieniiUna. Only the quick signina: of the peace treaty could, it seems, keep the pres ent coalition government in the sad dle. But tiiis very Flight hope is negli gible, as the German delegation" at Versailles now expects a negative an swer to its main counter-proposals. AYell-informed circles believe such an answer will mean the breaking off of negotiations, for Count von Brock iorf f-Ranizau. it is believed, is sincere in liis determination to refuse to sign ii" the allies grant only minor modifi cations. By making militarism the main is sue, the independent socialists have, seemingly, given a knockout blow to the Sctieidtmann government, which bears the onus of raising and using the new volunteer army. Besides, the agi tation of the independent socialists has spread to tne ranks of the majority socialists. The execution of Levine, the lirst political execution in Germany Kinco 1848, has also aroused fierce con demnation anion:? the majority social ists, which has tended .to swing them into line against the present govern ment. Action lias Brought Criiiia. This has led to a crisis within th majority socialist party, which must ome out with, a definite policy Xor or VICTORY ROSE FESTIVAL UNOFFICIALLY OPENED BY 'CAROLLERS y W - . against the new militarism. At the convention preliminary to the meeting at Weimar on Tuesday, the majority socialists significantly voted with the independents in passing- a resolution which virtually declared war by the Berlin proletariat on militarism, so the Berlin majority socialists delegation, representing the workers' council, will go to .Weimar pledged to demand that the majority socialist merftbers with draw immediately from the govern ment. The indications are that Scheidemann is already preparing to how to the in esitable. If the majority socialists at Weimar vote to withdraw from the government, it will mean not only the fall of the alliance between the Catho lic centrist party, but the majority so cialists. No other possible government based on the manifested will of the majority of the German people is in sight. The allies' answer to the German counter proposals may find no respons ible government in Germany. STUDENT NURSES FAVORED WELFARE SHOKIEX COMMISSION" WILL HOIKS, REPORT. Attorney-General Brown Declares Industrial Board IIa Power to Act on Complaint. SALEM. Or., June 8. (Special.) Stu dent nurses employed in the hospitals of Portland are destined to win out in their campaign for shorter hours of work, according to the holding of Attorney-General Brown, who, in an opinion written at the request of Labor Commissioner Gram, holds that the Oregon industrial welfare commission has the absolute authority to regulate the hours of employment and compen sation of student nurses. The indus trial welfare commission will meet in Portland next week to hear the com plaint of the nurses. According to Mr. Gram, members of the commission favor shortening the hours of work for student nurses, and inasmuch as the attorney-general has held they have this authority, he pre dicts speedy action will be taken. Senator Howell from . Multnomah in troduced a bill at the last session de signed to regulate the hours and com pensation of student nurses. This bill was killed in committee. Since then more than 100 nurses employed in hos pitals at Portland have appealed to the industrial welfare commission for re lief. At a meeting of the commission in Portland last week the question was considered and Mr. Gram was asked at that time to procure an opinion from the attorney-general as soon as possi ble. PILOT TO TRY LONG FLIGHT Trip From New York to San Fran cisco to Start This Month. CLEVELAND, June 8. Captain Roy N. Francis, United States airplane pilot, yesterday made the final test of the twin motor, SOO-horsepower Martin bombing- airplane with which he plans to fly from New York to San Francisco, making only one stop and will endeavor to break the world's long" distance iion stop flight record this month. Captain Francis will start from New York probably June 15 or 16, for his luOD-mile continuous flight to North Platte, Neb., where he expects to land about 19 hours after taking the air. The machine will carry 75 gallons of gasolene and 60 gallons of oil. TERRORISTS PLAN REVOLT All Evidence Taken in Trial or In ter national Anarchists. ZURICH, June 7. The taking of evidence in the trial of international anarchists here was completed tonight. It is expected the court will announce its decision during the comintr week. Evidence adduced at the trial by the prosecution showed that during the war Germany kept up a widespread fee cret terrorist service. especially in Switzerland. Special efforts, it was in dicated, were made to start revolutions in Italy and India. Irish and American agitators also were supported by the Germans. ROBBERS LOOT IOWA BANK Cash and Bonds Secured in Raid on Sioux City Suburb. SIOUX CITY. Ia., June 7. Four rob bers held lip the Leeds bank at Leeds, a suburb of Sioux City, today, locked the bank's'cashier and clerks in a vault, took J4000 in cash, $10,000 worth of J bonds deposited for safe keeping and $i,uuu worm oi oonus nem oy me oanK ahu escaped in a waiting automobile. PLACE LEASED FOR TURKS Peace Mission Expected at Versailles June 11. VERSAILLES. June 8. (By the Asso ciated Press.) The French ministry of foreign affairs has leased La Vaucres soniere villa at Vaucresson. about three miles from Versailles, in -which to lodge the Turkish peace commission, expected to arrive June 11. Phone your want ads to The Orego nian. 1'hone Mala 7070, A 6095, SINGING FESTIVAL. .: II ii 2; J 1 TruekJoad of Mneerti wha serenaded the city yenterdAx with victory iodkn) M f Caroline C. JoneM, In command of motor corpn, who mobilized tranM portction facilities for Kinder. ' Alexander Stewart, army ftonjr leader, who arranged for nlns; and who in In char ice of all ftinginf? event In con nection with Portland's fiesta. SERGEANT YORK IS HEPPED HERO OF ARGOXXE MARRIED BEFORE 3000 ADMIRERS. Miss of Gracic Williams Is Bride Graetest Soldier, Who Wears Colonel's Uniform. PALL MALL, Tenn., June 8. Sergeant Alvin C. York, hero of the Argonne, was married here Saturday to Miss Gracie Williams, his boyhood sweet heart. The ceremony, conducted by Governor Roberts of Tennessee, was in an open-air amphitheater on the r ork farm, before 3000 of his mountaineer neighbors, many army comrades and visitors who had traveled long dis tances. Sergeant York wore a colonel's uniform, in accordance with the title conferred upon him since his return by Governor Roberts. SPOKANE, Wash., June 8. Sergeant Alvin C. York of Pall Mall, Tenn., "the war's greatest hero," is proud of his red head, "because he got it honestly," and for that reason he has accepted a membership in the Clemmer Red Head club of Spokane, according to telegrams received here today. Dr. Howard S. Clemmer, president of the club, has sent Sergeant York a membership certificate bearing the in scription "conferred upon Sergeant Al vin C. York by virtue of the color of his hair and in recognition of his serv ices to this our glorious country." "We are the only organization of reds in .the country that waves the American flag," commented Er. Clemmer today. FUND CANVASS PRESSED Over Half of 3Ioney for Woman's Building at University Raised. The committee of alumni conducting the canvass for funds for the Woman's building will make every effort to se cure the amount still needed, in time for announcement by the close of the school year. Out of the $100,000 necessary to the fund, about $57,000 has been secured already. For the benefit of the building fund Dr. Harry Huntington Powers will give a series of .lectures at the Little the ater. Twenty-third and Washington streets, beginning Monday night a't S:15. Following is the programme of lec tures: Monday, June 9 "The Western Border." Wednetday, June 11 "The Eastern Bor der." Thursday, June 12 "The Balkan States." Friday, June 13 "The New Wards." Monday, June ltt "The Far East." Tuesday, J une 17 "The League of Na tions." Wednesday, June 18 "The League of Nations." BERLIN CARMEN ON STRIKE Protest Walkout Is Called, and An other Is Planned Xext Week.- BERLIN. June 8. (By the Associated Press.) The street cars of Berlin ceased running at 3 otrlock yesterday afternoon as a result of the declara tion of the 24-hour strike by the Greater Berlin soviet as a protest against the execution of Levine Nissen, Bavarian communist leader, at Munich Thursday. Only two of the morning papers appeared today and these in re duced form. The strike is not general, but is on a large scale. The workers also are invited to strike next Friday, the day set for the funeral of Rosa Luxemburg, the radical social ist, who with Dr. Karl Llebknecht was killed by a mob in .Berlin early in the year. Cottage Grove Branch Elects. COTTAGE GROVE. Or.. June 8. (Special.) The following officers have been elected by Cottage Grove branch of the Red Cross: President. C. M. Shinn; vice-presidents. Mrs. A. B. Wood and Eev, Joseph Knot is; secretary. Airs. WHO TOUR CITY IN UNIQUE B. R. Job; treasurer. Worth Harvey. The branch Is in good financial condi tion and has sufficient funds for all local needs. TACOMANS' OUT FOR WOOD Organization of Club to Push Candi dacy of General Started. TACOSA, June 8. Thirty Tacomans, most ot whom were republicans, at tended a mcetinjt in the office of At torney Guy E. Kelley. former speaker of the mate legislature, and heard Major Henry ArmBtead of Spokane out line why they should center "their ef forts to obtain the nomination of Major-Goneral Leonard . Wood .for the republican presidential nomination. A committee on organization was formed which proceeded with the for mation of a permanent club here, hav ing for Its sole purpose that of obtain ing General Wood's nomination. The committee Is composed of William Jones. Louis H. Burnett and Miss Rose Jackson. Harry Hanover, state organizer of the Loyal Legion, precipitated laughter when he told or an interview with Captain Hazlett, the bayonet instruc tor for General Wood's division. "He said General Wood was a regular 'he man.' " declared Mr. Hanover, "and further characterized him as a 'heller.' " A temporary chairman was named and, after additional members are ob tained permanent officers will be chosen. "BATTLE WITH BUGS" WON Men Who Risked 1.1 fe to Save Amer icans From Fever lauded. PHILADELPHIA. June 8. A com pany of soldiers who faced death in a "battle of the bugs" to save the Amer ican army in France from trench fever was lauded today by Surgeon-General Merritt w. Ireland at the Jefferson Medical college 94th commencement. 1 he degree of doctor or laws was conferred upon General Ireland and Vice-Admiral Gleaves. I he unsung heroes, the surgeon- general explained, submitted them selves as volunteers for experiments with disease-bearing cooties to deter mine the cause of trench fever. The men survived the experiments. Surgeon-General Ireland said: "As a result of the experiments ws learned that trench fever is transmitted by the bite of this insect. This led to the elaborate delousing plants." NAVAL COMPROMISE MADE House and Secretary Daniels Agree on Size of Personnel. WASHINGTON", June 8. The house naval affairs onnmittee agreed Satur day to meet Secretary Daniels half way on the size of Uie navy. In framing the 1920 bill the commit tee approved the secretary's 'recommen dations that the enlisted personnel be fixed at 250,000 until October 1. From that date to January 1, Mr. Daniels wanted 25,000 men. The committee voted to put. the maximum for that period at 200.000 and 175.000 thereafter, as against 200.000 thereafter, the num ber asked by the department. Chairman Butler said the committee was determined to have economy and that it would eliminate or greatly re duce all items not regarded as ab solutely essential for a high degree of efficiency. Members estimated that the reduc tion In personnel meant a saving of 150.000,000. MARKS TO BE UNCOVERED Pioneers Will locate Historic Points In Two States. SEATTLE. June 8. Historical points buried in the big timber along the nearly forgotten pioneer trails that led through the Nachez pass will be sought out by Ezra Meeker, Puyallup; George H. Rimes. Portland: Clarence B. Bag ley, Seattle, and others who have spent 66 years or more in Washington and Oregon. Meeker today Issued the call for the "big hunt" to begin at Steilacoom Wash., July 12, and to last 10 days He asks all pioneers or be years stand ing to join the party. Historical points located will be marked for future permanent record. The trip will be made partly over the McClellan pass highway and partly afoot. Oi! Tools Reach Aberdeen. ABERDEEN. Wash.. June 8. (Spe cial.) A flatcar loaded with oil drill ing equipment has arrived at Moclips for the Standard Oil company. The arrival of this machinery for the oil derrick makes possible an early start of drilling operations by the Standard company. The machinery now here consists of drums, bitts, cable, bailera and other tools. Protective Bill launched. WASHINGTON. June 8. Representa tive Hadley, republican, of Washing ton, today Uitroduced a bill levying a tariff of 3-f cent a pound on magne tite ore and a 25 per cent ad valorem tax on magnesite brick. The meas ure, he said, was designed to protect Washington and California producers against low cost foreign products. Many See Roosevelt Exhibit. NEW YORK. June 8. More than 35.000 persons from every state in to, union attended the Roosevelt memorlul exhibition at Columbia university, which, opened May. 9 and closed today. Welcome! Confectioners The Henry Weinhard Plant joins with the City of Roses in extending cordial welcome and a word of thanks to the men who daily are giving to us a fuller measure of the sweetness of life, in the tooth some daintfes their establishments produce. You , are particularly invited to inspect the big sanitary plant where the Pacific coast's favorite beverages are made. Come in and get acquainted; our hospitality will not fail. The Henry- Weinhard Plant Established 1862 Makers of R-Porter, Luxo, Toko, Appo and Puritan Brand Sodas Crushed Fruits and Fountain Supplies. Exclusive bottlers of Coco Cola, Hire's Root Beer and Orange Crush. Take the Washington-Street Car Going West, Thirteenth Street and Walk One Block North. the Tall Tower ALIENS ARMY-LADEN THOUSANDS SWARM TO RETURN TO HOME IiAN'DS. Nearly 4 00,0 00 Seek to Sail From New York Since Armistice Was Signed Eager to Display Wealth. NEW YORK. By the cut of their clothes and the thickness of their wal lets they are Americans. But by their mustaches lops and silky, twirled and scraggly, black shot with gray, short and stubby, but for the most part sandy and drooping at the ends by their mustacres and the way they meekly huddle together in the passport' line at the customs building, they are aliens. Every morning, starting as early as 5 o'clock, a motley line forms before the door of the customs building near the battery. It is the lowly counterpart of a winter night's line at the Metro politan when Caruso sings, and the tenor's countrymen likewise predomi nate here. With tickets clutched In work-worn fingers, passports bearing cheap pho tographs and visees from consuls, the emigrant waits to receive a slip which will admit him to his ship on sailing day. And no amount of waiting seems to discourage him. . He can get his slip only by coming two days before his ship sails: but he frequently comes week ahead of time. Even then, if told to go and return later, he will hold bis place in line. ' The demand for passports to Europe since the armistice has nearly reached the 400,000 mark, it was said at the customs building yesterday. This In cludes requests from thousands of American would-be tourists. But the bulk of the emigration business, in volving nearly 1400 persons a day. comes from immigrants of short resl dence in this country, who are willing to accept any sort of transportation to return to the old country. Asked if he is taking much money back, the emigrant smiles, shakes his head and either says he has had work only part of the time, or has bad doctor bills to pay. t But customs officials tell a different story. When emigrants find they may take no gold with them, nor more than $250 in bank notes or subsidiary silver, to neutral countries, nor- more than $1000 to allied countries, they resort to last-minute expedients. "When they are about to board ship," a customs intelligence officer said yes terday, "we 'frisk' them for concealed money. We usually find, next to the man's skin, some sor tof belt carrying as much as $2500 in gold and bills. ' "A federal reserve banw man is on the pier. We require tke emigrant to exchange his gol dfor notes, and if he insists on taking his whole pile with him he must carry it in the form of a draft, or he does not sail on that boat. "These men are taking back fortunes with them. It is a common occurrence to see them with a sample pay envelope to display before their friends over there. This will frequently amount to $50 or $60." The most frugal of the emigrants, it' was said, are the Greeks and Serbs. Another proof of the emigrant's prosr perity .is the fact that circulars re cently have been Issued by certain steamship companies urging emigrants to book round trip passages in order to escape exorbitant income taxes. Revenue officials have branded the circular as misleading and probably de signed' to sell tickets. Ie declares among other things that "a non-resident alien or person, whether married or single, who has resided in the United States only temporarily adn who goes back to his native country with the in tention of not returning to the United States has no exemption whatever and is required by law to pay 12 per cent income tax on his or her gross earnings in the United States before leaving the country." The circular then explains that resi dents who show satisfactory proof that they intend to return to this country escape this tax. "Where have you been working?" the emigrant is asked. "Chicago; on railroad." Or it may be in the Pittsburg steel mills, the copper mines of Arizona, the Pullman shops at Peoria, the textile mills of New England, or the coal mines of Penn sylvania. And those who have the sick ness are often section hands with ruddy faces and, gnarled hands. Italians greatly predominate among the emigrants, with Serbs. Czecho- Slavs. Jugo-Slavs. Greeks, Albanians and other southeast European peoples next. A few Scandanavians and Finns appear, but very few Russians. Yesterdav an American citizen of Russian birth, who had come all the way from San Francisco, found the English consul would not vise his pass port to Russia. "It seems to me," he said angrily, "that England has more to say here than America." The emigrants' clothes are of uni formly good quality and fully 50 per cent of those in line wear neckties and collars. The maority are under 40. , Many of these will be met at the pier when they reach Europe and inducted Into the army, it is said, though they do not always realize thi.-mfact. How ever, one young fellow yesterday said that he expected that treatment. "Its the army for mine." he said. I'll have to relieve the fellows who have been fighting. But I'm going." It is difficult to find original rea sons for returning. It is always i "sick mother," a wife, an estate to set tle up. business reasons, changes caused by the war or sickness that causes them to leave. Customs officials have their little bk.es, and Uie vue Uiey. like best is to find some one in line .who wants spe cial treatment. They inquire if he has his income tax receipt with him and If he has not he gets "special treat ment." "All right, sir," he is told. "Just you go right up to room 609." In room 609 "Big Bill" Edwards takes care of them. When they escape they are usually glad to wait their turn in line: -7 Two obectors who on March 31 de manded special treatment got it. They returned on April 1 to find the income tax law in operation. It cost them more than $1000 apiece. FIST FIGHT STIRS ALBANY COURT HEARING FOLLOWS ROW OF BOY AND AGED MAN. Mark Clayton, 1 6, Accused or Strik ing W. E. Githens. 69, Fol lowing Row on Ferryboat. ALBANY. Or., June 8. (Special.) Because Mark Clayton. 16 years old. blacked the eye of W. E. Githens, aged 69, on Decoration day, a large propor tion of the population of Peoria came to Albany Saturday when the matter was aired officially in the Juvenile court here. Githenk is In charge of the ferry operated by Linn and Benton counties across the Willamette river at Peoria. Clayton Is a son of the former ferry man and it developed that perhaps the trouble was due to ill feeling over the shift in ferrymen. Yesterday's hearing was on a charge nled by C.ithens charging the Clay ton boy with delinquency. At the con elusion Judge iiilyeu gave the young man a good lecture and reserved de cision as to the ultimate disposition ot the case. Though Juvenile court hearings here seldom attract spectators this was an exception, due to the .interest in the little affair at Peoria, where most of the citizens were lined up on the case pro and con. The evidence showed that on Decor ation day young Clayton drove to the ferry landing In his eaf and when the boat came in it didn't make a very good landing. Words ensued and there was a wide varaiance in the testimony as to what happened later. The elder man suffered a badly blackened eye and had his jumper and overalls par tially torn off him. Incidentally the testimony developed other sidelights of the ferry contro versy at Feoria and strayed occasion - Ily into school matters and even busi ness controversies in Peoria. B0LSHE1I ATTACK LINES TRAINS FIRED AND WRECKED BY OUTLAW BANDS. One Hundred Japanese Soldiers Reported Killed in Smash. Canadians Start Home. VLADIVOSTOK, June 8. (By the As sociated Press.) Although the Ameri can guarded railroad sector of the maritime province has not been dis turbed since the Americans inflicted severe punishment on the bolsheviki on March 25, the adjoining sectors, guarded by Japanese, have experienced many disturbances. Trains have been fired on and wrecked while stations have been attacked by bolshevik bands in an at tempt to interrupt traffic In the Amur and maritime provinces In the last two days naif a dozen wrecks have been reported, the rails having been loosened by the bolsheviki. Near Khabarovsk 11 passengers were killed and 23 injured. More than a hundred Japanese sol diers are reported to have been killed or Injured yesterday in a wreck on the Vladivostok-Khabarovsk line. Scattered bolsheviki disturbances in the far eastern provinces are increas ng. plvlngr evidence that they are be - ins: directed by a sinfrle committee. Part of the operators in the Suchan coal mines have returned to work. The Theres Greeds S aisfeLC"ti ort in Krvowirv "tKe cKildL rerv's Head "tin. cltuI eix j cry rrve rvt cvre ieixvcT provided, for whenyou ive "fcKeiw P0STUM ais tKeir Ko-t -table drirvR Get Off at You'll See last contingent of the Canadian Siberian expedition embarked for home today, leaving Russian, Japanese. Czech. American and Chinese forces guarding the railways. PARIS. June 7. (By the Associated Press.) Further details of the reply of Admiral Kolchak, head of the gov ernment at Omsk, to the entente con ditions for the recognition of his gov ernment, became known today. Ad miral Kolchak has made two excep tions to the proposals. He agrees to call a constituent assembly with full powers, but takes exception .to the al ternative In the entente offer that the old constituent assembly elected in 1M7 should be recalled, in case it proves impossible to form a new one immediately after his arrival in Mos cow. He declares that the old constituent assembly was elected irregularly be fore the bolshevik doctrines were dis credited, and consequently the mem bers elected are not representative of thi present-day Russia. He also makes exception to the provision that Fin land shall be represented as an inde pendent state, stating this is a matter on 'which the constituent assembly must decide. He concedes Polish inde pendence, as that was approved by & democratic Russian government, func tioning regularly. FORMAL COMPLAINT OUT Discrimination Against Mexican Children in Schools Charged. SAX FRAN-CISCO. June 8. (Special.) Ramon P. de NeKri. consul-general of Mexico In San Francisco, Saturday ad dressed to Governor Stephens a formal complaint against discrimination against Mexican children tn the public schools of southern California. The complaint was based on information received from the Mexican consul in Los Angeles and Mexican-Americans In other southern communities, to th effect that Mexican children were be ing segregated from white American children and placed in classes formed for negroes and under colored teachers. The consul's complaint to the governor was contained in a telegram urging that action be taken by the state au thorities before it became necessary for the consulate to take up the matter through diplomatic channels at Wash ington. "The discrimination against Mexican children is both a result of and part of the systematic campaign to create ill-feeling between the people of Mex ico and the United States," said Consul de Negri. "Persistent efforts are be ing made to build up race prejudice. This is desired by the big American oil and mining interests simply because the Mexican revolution has restored to the Mexican people some degree of control over their own land and natural resources." AD MEN PLEAD FOR ROSES Flowers Are Sought So Visiting Dele gates May Be Favored. Members of the Portland Ad club. In order to carry out their programme of presenting all convention visitors with a Portland rose each morning, have issued a call for blossoms, and growers who desire to contribute to the cause are requested to deliver the roses at convention headquarters in the Multnomah hotel any time today. Wives of Portland Ad club members will feature Hood River strawberries in their entertainment of women visi tors, and have arranged for the serv ing of liffht breakfast, consisting of toast, coffee and strawberries. RECLUSE LOSES $65,000 Aged Port Townsend Man Keporti Loss of Liberty Bonds. PORT TOWNSEND. Wash.. June J. Lawrence Smith, aged recluse, reported to the police today that some one en tered his "shack" on the beach here last night and took 965.000 worth of. liberty bonds from his clothes. The bonds were of the third and fourth Issues. Six of them were worth $10,000 each and one was 5,000. They were registered and steps have been taken to stop the payment of Interest. ! No trace o? the thieves could be found. Uncle Sam spare in New is the largest York citv. renter of