VOL. L.VIII. XO. 18,4(JO En'fr?, Zort'f!!a 0"Bon
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PORTLAND OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 1920
PRICE FIVE CENTS
PflPTullll I P Rl fillll EARTHQUAKE SHAKES
UrlNHIBd. T. DLnllll puGET S0UND cmES
THREE MEN ACCUSED
OF 4 CITY HOLD-UPS
DASH TO SOUTH POLE
TO BE TRIED IN AIR
E
OPEN FLAME HEATER
IGNITES WOMAN'S ROBE!
DUTCH WONT GIVE
UP EX-EMPEROR
IN SHIP FRAUD NET
CHICAGO INDICTED
SUFFERS SETBACK
BRICK WALLS CRACKEU AND
TWO REPORTED TO HAVE
I MADE COXFESSIOXS.
DR. COPE TO START 5 TEARS'
ANTARCTIC TOCR, IN" JUSE.
SIRS. PliTKR A. KIKES MAY .VOT
' Sl'RVIVE INJURIES.
"WrXDOWS BROKEX.
COMPROMISE MOv
Ex-Shipping Board Head
Arrested in Seattle. .
BAIL IS FIXED AT $10,000
Acceptance of Secret Com
missions Is Charged.
FIFTY COUNTS INCLUDED
former Aortli Pacific District .Man
ager of Kmerg-ency l'Jeet Cor
poration Under Fire.
SEATTLE, Wash, Jan. 2Z. Captain
John V. Blain, former north Pacific
district manager of the emergency
fleet corporation, was arrested late
today following his indictment by a
federal grand jury on charges of hav
ing accepted secret commissions
while head of the shipping board in
this section. He was later released
tinder $10,000 cash bail, to appear for
arraignment In federal court Monday.
While the indictment of Captain
Blain is the first definite action in
the probe of alleged frauds in the
Pacific coast shipbuilding programme,
it will be followed shortly by others
Involving emergency fleet corporation
officials -and individuals in the north
west, according to "Walter C Foster,
special agent of the department of
Justice, who is in charge of the in
vestigation. Cases of other officials
will be presented to the grand jury
when it reconvenes Tuesday, it was
announced.
Two Indictments Returned. 1
Two indictments were returned
against Captain Blain. One indict
ment, which contains 50 counts,
charges that while district manager
of the emergency fleet corporation
between August, 1917, and April, 1919,
he was also agent for the Steward
Davit & Kquipment corporation and
was directly interested in the profits
of the firm through sales of mate
rials to equip shipping board vessels
built in Washington and Oregon. The
Indictment further charges that he
received secret commissions amount
ing to $17,750 arising from contracts
between the government and the
Steward company. The second indict
ment covers the same charged.
Captain Blain has been prominent
in shipping circles on both the Atlan
tic and Pacific coasts. At one time
he was inspector of hulls and boilers
in Boston, Mass. On the Pacific coast
he was master of the steamship Penn
sylvania, chief officer of the Great
Northern liner Minnesota and later
assistant general manager of the Pa
cific Coast Steamship company and
manager of the International Steve
dor ins company.
Good Record Made.
While Captain Blain was district
manager here the yards under his
control delivered to the shipping board
one-third of all the steel ships turned
over to the board in the United States,
according to local records. For a time
Captain Blain was director of the
wood yards in Oregon and Washin
ton.
Today's indictments come as the cli
max of a series of investigations con
gressmen and government agents
have been making of Pacific coast
shipyards since 1918.
One of the shipping board s agents,
F. A. Dowsey, formerly a New York
customs officer, was found dead last
summer in the building in which the
Seattle offices of the shipping board
are located. Rumors that he had been
murdered were stilled when a coro
ner's jury found that he died of nat
ural causes.
Honse Makes Probe.
A house of representatives invest!
gating committee was here last sum
mer going over the yards and the
shipyard accounts. Representative
Joseoh Walsh, Massachusetts, was
chairman. When the committee re
turned to Washington it was an
nounced.that their findings had been
turned over to the department of
justice.
Early last fall, W. C. Foster, agent
of the department of justice, came
here to check shipbuilding accounts
of Oregon and Washington yards.
few days ago he was joined here by
Bert Sohlesinger, San Francisco at
tornev, who had been named special
assistant attorney-general to prob
alleged shipyard frauds.
CAPTAIN BLAIX KSOflTi HERE
Indicted Man Formerly Managed
Oregon Drydock Company.
Captain John F. Blain is widely
known in Portland maritime circle
and made his home here for man
years. He was manager for a num
ber of years of the Oregon Drydock
company, a concern affiliated with
the Willamette Iron & Steel work
and operating a small drydock near
the plant of that company.
Captain Biain left here when
entered the United States steamboat
Inspection service and was" stationed
at Boston. He subsequently returned
to the Pacific coast as assistant gen
eral manager of the Pacific Coast
teamshlp company at Seattle, but
left the service of that company be
fore it was converted into the Pacific
Steamship company, Admiral line.
His next business affiliation was
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Seattle, Rcllingham and Vancou
ver, B. C, Rocked Degrees
or Intensity Are Varied.
BELL1XGHAJI, Wash., Jan. 23. An
earthquake shock which cracked a
number of brick walls in this vicinity
was felt here shortly after 11 o'clock
tonight. At Anacortes, Wash., near
here, windows in a number of houses
were broken by the force of the tem
blor and brick walls were cracked,
according to reports reaching here.
The quake was felt in varying de
grees of intensity in a number of
towns in the northwestern section of
Washington, it was reported.
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 23. Three
distinct earthquake shocks were felt
here at 11;08 o'clock tonight.
So far no material damage has been
reported.
VANCOUVER, B. C, Jan. 23. One
of the most severe earthquake shocks
that has ever visited this vicinity
shook the city shortly after 11 o'clock
this evening. Excited people rushed
out of buildings, but up to the pres
ent no damage has been reported,
beyond some telephones being put out
of commission.
Victoria reported feeling the same
shock almost at the moment it oc
curred here, and a little later reports
came from Nanaimo that the shock
had been felt there. Some Vancouver
people thought there had been an
explosion in Nanaimo.
HOOVER CLUBS BARRED
Julius F. Barnes Announces. Boost
er Bodies Are Xot Sanctioned.
NEW YORK, Jan. 23. Julius F.
Barnes, president of the United States
grain corporation, who intimated in a
speech two weeks ago that Herbert
Hoover, ex-food administrator, might
be "drafted" for the presidency, an
nounced in a statement today that
"there is no authority or sanction for
any organization work in the form of
Hoover clubs or any other similar or
ganized effort."
"There is not a dollar of campaign
funds nor a dollar authorized to be
spent," he added. The situation is
exactly as when I spoke two weeks
ago. He will not permit his friends
to organize sentiment . in his behalf
and personally I do not believe he
will permit himself to become a can
didate unless there is unmistakable
evidence of spontaneous and popular
demand for him." '
400,000 TO TAKE SERUM
American Red, Cross Combats
Smallpox at Dvinsk.
RIGA, Jan. 23. (By the Associated
Press.) The largest single vaccina
tion task ever undertaken in Europe
s being started by the American Red
Cross in the neighborhood of Dvinsk.
More than 400,000 vaccinations are to
be performed in an effort to prevent
the spread of smallpox, which has
broken out in bad form in the prov
ince of Latgalia. Unless localized, it
feared the disease will spread
northward throughout the Baltic
states and southward throughout
Poland.
Vaccine for 400,000 persons shipped
from the American Red Cross head
quarters in Paris is being distributed.
Dvinsk was captured from the bol
shevik! three weeks ago by the Poles
and Letts.
SLAYER'S PLEA IS VAIN
Dismissal of 19 Murder Charges
Denied Dynimate Case Convict.
LOS ANGELES, Cal.. Jan. 23.
Thomas Lee Wooiwine. district attor
ney, toaay announced receipt or a
letter from David Kaplan, convicted
in 1916 of murder in connection with
the dynamiting of the Los Angeles
Times, October 1, 1910, and now serv
ing a sentence of 10 years in San
Quentin, in which Kaplan asks dis
missal of 19 murder charges etill
standing against him.
Wooiwine immediately replied, re
fusing the request and telling Kaplan
that he had received light punishment
for participation in a conspiracy
which was "the forerunner of the
present attempted campaign of
terror."
EXPORTS SHOW DECLINE
Imports Into IT. S. Also Register
Loss Over Xovember.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. December
exports decreased in value $60,000,
000 from the $741,000,000 recorded
for November, while imports dropped
to $381, 000,000, a decrease of $44,000,
000, the commerce department re
ported today.
The excess of exports over imports
for the entire year 1919 reached $4,
017,000,000, a high record. Exports
totaled $7,921,000,000 with imports
amounting to $3,904,000,000, compared
with 1918- exports of $6,149,000,000
and imports of $3,031,000,000.
SMOKING BAN PROPOSED
South Carolina Act Would Apply to
Public Eating Places.
COLUMBIA, S. C, Jan. 23. Smoking
in eating places would be prohibited
under a bill passed to second reading
by the state senate.
Restaurant and hotel keepers would
be required to display "no smoking"
signs and enforce the rule under pen
alty. - . ,
Effort to Overthrow Gov
ernment Charged.
ALL BELONG TO COMMUNISTS
Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes Is
One, of Those Accused.'
PORTLAND MAN ON BAIL
Harry M. Wicks, Said to Have Been
Member of National Commit
tee, Is Xumcd.
CHICAGO. Jan. 23. Indictments
against 85 members of the communist
party of America were returned today
by a special grand jury inveetlgatinB
mriiral activities in Illinois before
Judge Robert E. Crowe of the crim
inal court.
The 85 were named in one general
conspiracy indictment charging them
with advocating the overthrow of the
government by violence and all but
three were named in separate lnaicv
ments charging violation of the new
iato edition law. Bonds were fixed
at J5000 on each charge.
Prominent among those indicted are
Mrs Tfnso Pastor stokes, WOO is oo..u
. . . u
to be a member of the national exec
utive committee of the organization
and an active organizer, ana wicnoias
Hourwich of New York, said to do
oditni- of Now Mir, the newspaper
which employed Trotzky bef-e h
returned to Russia. ,
Others indicted were Isaac L. Fer
guson, Chicago, alleged chief counsel
for tha communist party; lu ' .
Ruthenburg of Cleveland and Louis C.
Fraina of New York, reportea to oc
ditor-in-chief of all communist party
propaganaa, wno i u ;..- -Mexico.
Alexander Stoklitsky, now saia to
Jl tin ir "f
be in Mexico tjny. ana . xx.w
Wicks, Portland, Or., also were in
dicted. They are said to be memDers
of the national executive eommittee.
indictments returned by the grand
jury to date number 123. Last Wednes
day 38 members oi me coniiuu.""".
labor party were indicted. The grand
jury will now turn its attention to
evidence against members of the
I. W. W., and is expected to conclude
its work next week.
SPOKANE, Jan. 23. Harry M.
Wicks was convicted of criminal syn
dicalism here last spring after he had
been active in the affairs of alleged
rfii-a.1 organizations.
Titer he was indicted by a federal
irrand jury for alleged violat'on of the
Mann white elave act in bringing Mrs.
Erma Lamb, whom he declared was
his secretary, here from Portland, Or.
He was at liberty on bail under this
indictment, and was last heard from
in Chicago, according to his attorney
here who said Wicks had resigned
from the national executive committee
of the communist party some time
ago. .
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., Jan. 23.
A man alleged to be John Reed, also
known as Harrison Ellerson, wanted
in Chicago under an indictment for an
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Robbery of Fashion Garage, Nau's
Drug Store, Filling station, Phar
macy Admitted, Say Police.
At least four holdups in Portland
since the first of the year, in which
an aggregate of about $1000 in loot
was secured, are charged acainst
Charles Langdale, Robert Hall 'and
Russell Higginbotham, three men who
were arrested yesterday afternoon by
city detectives under the leadership
or Lieutenant of Detectives John
Goltz.
In confessions which the men are
said to have marie in rmiain r t-
tectives Circle and Lieutenant Goltz,
Langdale and Hall admitted the hold
up of the Fashion garage on January
1. that of Frank Nau's drugstore on
January 7, a Standard Oil filling sta
tion at Thirteenth and Burnside
streets on January 13 and the robbery
i ine aoo Mill pharmacy on January
16. In their COnfRKinnn i V, a ..... n
said to
botham.
have implicated Higgin-
Charges of assault and robbery, be
ing armed with a dangerous weapon,
were placed, against Langdale and
wi .! nignt and Higginbotham was
neia on an open charge "for invest!
gation."
detectives last night expressed the
ueuer mat several other recent hold
ups in ine city would bo
against the three men.
charged
The arrest of the trio w the
suit of an investigation made yester-
"ij oy .uetectives La Salle. Tacka
berry, Leonard, Hellyer. Philios. How
ell and Morak under the leadership
of Lieutenant Goltz. Langdale was
UD " Nineteenth and Wash
T, alreets- Hal1 at Fourth and
Washington streets and Higginbotham
i ientn and Morrison streets.
During the course of the investiga
c.v,.. jtoieraay afternoon the
wives of
i-ngdale and Hall
and the
..call OI .Higginbotham were taken to
the police station and questioned. The
girls wept copiously under the ex
amination given them, relative to the
movements of the three men, by Cap.
tain Circle and Lieutenant Goltz
Jewelry Is Recovered.
In the arrest of the three men the
detectives recovered three watches
and four toilet sets. The watches had
not been identified last night al
though in the four jobs to which the
men confessed a total or five watches
was taken. Detectives were unable to
account for the toilet sets, inasmuch
as at none of the four robberies was
the loss of toilet sets mentioned. This
is one basis for their belief that more
jobs may be charged against the three
men as 'the result of further investi
gation. The loot, which the robbers are de
clared to have secured from the four
jobs they are said to have admitted
included, according to reports made
at the police station. $70 obtained at
ine .rasnion garage, 198 obtained
the Frank Nau drug store, $130 at the
filling station at Thirteenth and
Burnside streets and $35 at the Nob
Hill pharmacy. In addition two dia
mond rings valued at $500 were taken
from the Nob Hill pharmacy and a
total of four watches at the same
place. One watch was taken by the
holdup men at the Frank Nau rob
bery. The first of the series of robberies
charged to the three men was that of
the Fashion garage, at Tenth and
Taylor streets, which was" heid up at
10:40 P. M. on the night of January 1.
Three men participated in this hold
up in which the cash register was
rifled of $70. R. Morrison, night clerk
at the garage, was in . the place at
the time of the hold-up.
The Frank Nau drugstore was held
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YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO'S BOSS
Airplane, Weighing 12,600 Pounds
With Load and Crew, to Land
. on Ice With Skids.
LONDON, Jan. 23. (By the Associ
ated Press.) Dr. John L. Cope, com
mander of the British Imperial Ant
arctic expedition which will leave
England on the steamer Terranova
next June for a five years' tour of
exploration in the Antarctic, says an
attempt will be made to dash to the
south pole bv airplane. Today he
told the Associated Press how he
hoped to accomplish this pretentious
undertaking.
"The plane we are taking with us
said Dr. Cope, "is being specially con
structed and will be so designed that
it can land on the ice by means of
skids. Three men will make the dash
for the pole from the top of the great
ice barrier at the Bay of Whales.
"From the starting point it will b
a continuous climb, since the plane
wiil have to cross a mountain range
with peaks 11.000 feet high. The pilot
will be Captain G. H. Wilkins, who
participated in the flight between
England and Australia.
"The plane will be fitted with a
patent sledge attachment which wijl
be used to carry provisions and equip
ment if anything happens to prevent
the Journey being continued in the
air. With a full load and crew the
airplane will weigh 12,600 pounds. Its
speed will average 93 miles an hour.
"If the weather is favorable I In
tend to commence the flight for the
pole next Christmas day. The jour
ney will have to be made in two
stages, since we could not hope to
cross the highest peaks with a full
load. Hence, at the foot of the peaks.
in latitude 84 degrees south, we will
land on the ice and establish a depot
of spare fuel and provisions and
far as possible lighten the machine.
"Having searched for the tent left
by Amundsen and the flags which he
and Captain Scott deposited there, we
will commence the return journey
Both on the flight to the pole and
back I shall follow the tracks Amund-
sent followed afoot, because the winds
there are more reliable than those
prevailing over the route used by
Scott.
"During the flight we will be in
touch by wireless with our base and
a searching party will be sent ou
afoot to find us if we should be out
of touch more than two days.
"With the aid of tho airplane 1 am
certain we shall be able to penetrate
farther into the interior and reach
spots which could be' reached on foo
only with the utmost difficulty and
great danger.
"The time I spent marooned on Ross
island after the Aurora (the Mawson
expedition ship of 1916) was driven
away in the blizzard gave me every
opportunity for studying weather con
ditions. In the little hut establishe
by Scott on. that lonely island amid
the ice I and my comrades in mis
fortune lived for two years with all
hope of rescue abandoned. We kept
records regarding the weather an
continued our research work, hopin
that even though we perished, future
explorers would find data that would
benefit them. Those records con
vincedi me of the practicability of
aviation in the Antarctic during the
summer. During the expedition an
attempt will be made to circumnavi
gate the Antarctic and three mem
bers of the party, including myself,
will spend a whole winter on the
great ice barrier, a thing never be
fore attempted, for the purpose of
studying weather conditions.
"When we return our data will be
public property."
AROUND HERE, START SOMETHING."
Republicans Protest Fur
ther Reservations:
ULTIMATUM IS GIVEN LODGE
Sherman, Illinois, Threatens
to Join Third Party.
CONCERN IS EXPRESSED
Ex-President Taft Urges Compro
mise on Change to Article 10, De
claring Covenant Safeguarded.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. Protest by
large group of influential republi
can senators against turther compro
mises on reservations to the peace
treaty today gave the compromise ne
gotiations a severe setback and, sen
ators declared, involved future soli
darity of the republican party not
only in the senate but in the nation.
Light republican senators, headed
by Senators Johnson, California, and
Borah. Idaho, and claiming to repre
sent other senators, called Republican
Leader Lodge into conference and de
livered what was declared to be an ul
timatum against proposed compro
mises of the informal bi-partisan com
mittees or senate lrnriir
Some of the senators in the con.
ference with Senator Lodge declared
that the reception of the nrnte.t
would affect the republican leadership
ana unity in the senate, while one.
Senator Sherman of Illinois, stated
after the conference that v. u
leave the republican party and join
a third party if the republicans sup
port emasculated" reserve in
Situation ln (onfuwd.
The conference with Senator Lodge,
which lasted nearly three hours, pre-
l scheduled session of the
bi-partisan committee. This commit
tee will meet again ' tomorrow, but
with the situation thr6wn into confu
sion by todays developments. Demo
crats interested in the compromise ne
gotiations tonight expressed concern
over the turn of events at the re
sultant possibility of success.
The movement of protest against
compromising the Lodge reservations
was almost coincident with a visit
to the senate by former President
Taft, who consulted with several
"mild reservation" republicans, in
eluding Senators McCumber of North
Dakota. McNary of Oregon, Kellogg
of Minnesota and Colt of Rhode
Island. Mr. Taft urged compromise
strongly and declared that a compro
mise on the Lodge reservation to arti
cle 10 of the league of nations coven
ant would not 'kill" the treaty, be
cause, he asserted, other provisions
would make for world peace and cause
resort rarely to article 10.
Both Partiea Blamed.
Another offset of the opposition to
compromise was a speech in the sen
ate by Senator Ashurst. democrat.
Arizona, In favor of immediate rati
fication. Mr. Ashurst charged both
republicans and democrats with de-
lavlnir ratification bv nlavine- rjar -
tisan politics "while the world waits
. . .
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Fire Consumes Night Dress and
Burns Hair From Head Full
Hospitals Delay Treatment.
Mrs. Peter A. Kikes, 33, was severe- j
ly burned about the back and shoul
ders and her hair burned from her
head at 9 o'clock yesterday morning
when her night robe caught fire from
an open-flame gas heater at her home,
731 Union avenue North. She was
taken to the Portland sanitarium
where Dr. H. Dammasch pro
nounced her recovery doubtful.
Mrs. Kikes was prevented from be
ing burnea to death by the ready
action of John Gilson. 22, who rooms
at the Kikes residence. The woman
had run outside, the flames leaping
over her body, when Mr. Gilson eeiv.ed
a blanket and throwing it around her
succeeded in putting out the fire.
Mrs. Kikes was dressing one of her
three little children at the time of the
accident. She leaned over to arrange
something about the child's dress
when her robe swept into the flame
of the heater and the fire Immediately
swept up her back to her hair.
Miss Kikes is the wife of Peter
A. Kikes, who is employed in a res
tjiurant at 155 North Sixth street, as
a waiter.
Owing to the crowded condition of
the Portland hospitals and the im
possibility of securing accommoda
tions it was an hour and a half be
fore Dr. Dammasch finally was able
to make arrangements to have the
suffering woman cared for at the
Portland sanitarium.
"I spent an hour and a half tele
phoning the Good Samaritan hospital,
St. Vincent's hospital, the Emanuel
hospital and other hospitals and was
finally compelled to send her clear
out to the Portland sanitarium," said
Dr. Dammasch.
"The incident is an object lesson
in the need for greater hospital fa
cilities in Portland."
The several months' old baby of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Smith, 327
East Nineteenth street north, was
slightly burned as the result of a
fire which started in the Smith resi
dence from an overheated stove yes
terday, doing about $1200 damage
to the residence and furnishings.
The crying of the baby, which had
been sleeping in the living room, led
to the discovery of the fire. The
baby's burns were not considered
serious.
MILK MEN TO MEET HERE
Dealers and Inspectors to Hold
Combined Tliree-Day Convention.
EVERETT, Wash., Jan. 23. The
combined convention of the Pacific
Milk Dealers association and the Pa
cific Northwest Association of Milk
and Dairy Inspectors will be held
February 3. 4 and 5 in Portland.
L Davies, president of the Inspectors'
association, announced today.
Dairymen and inspectors from the
Pacific coast states and British Co
lumbia will participate in the three
days' programme.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature,
o.8 degrees: minimum. -T degrees.
TODAY'S Fair, easterly winds.
Foreign.
Airplane dasi to south pole to be tried.
Pago 1.
1 Holland refuse to give up ex-kaiser.
Page 1.
I National.
! , . ,. , r .
' South Americans have finance plan. Page 8.
I Reserve banks rapped by state banks.
Page
j Hoover boom solo Washington topic.
T rage a.
ise move suffers setback.
Page 1.
Ioinetir.
nsFlor award not recommended ty na'
decoration? board, declares Chairman
Knight. Page 2.
witnesses at congressional investigation
say that raiders were part of Carranza
army. Page 2.
Antl-sedlti'on bill fight splits party lines
in house. Pas' iu.
Eighty-five radicals Indicted In Chicago.
Pago 1.
Pacific Northwest.
Poindexter coming to west to put more
"jazz Into Ills campaign in nome state.
Page 4.
Captain Blain, former district manager for
shinning boara, arrestea in seame.
Page 1.
L, H. Compton to be new prison warden.
Page 7.
Eight measures to be referred to voters In
May. rago .
Ex-soldier slain by former friend at Ray
mond. TV ash. Page 4.
Snorts.
Tommv Gibbons asks bout with winner at
Milwaukie next Wednesday. Page 12.
Frank LeRoy Chance's efforts to purchase
Cubs aired. Page
"Hack" Miller, Oaks' reliable batsman, is
signed again. Page 12.
Mrs. Francis Cowells Schroth to swim at
New York. Page 12.
Commercial and Marine.
New government plan of flour buying fa
vored by millers. Page 19.
Losses in Chicago corn prices are regained.
Page 19.
Fears of stock-selling movement are not
realized. Page 1.
Public dock commission rejects bids on
bonds. Page 14.
Portland and Vicinity.
Diplomas awarded at eight Portland
schools to approximately 345 graduates.
Page 6.
Louis E. Bean appeals for co-operation in
aiding fish and game development.
Page 3.
Dr. Suzzallo pleads for new leadership in
national life. Page 6.
Woman badly burned when heater ignites
night robe. Page 1.
Confession of four Portland hold-ups
reported. Page I.
Bed on floor in two-room habitat with parents-in-law
wins divorce lor woman.
Page 10.
Thirty influenza cases break out near St.
Helens. Page 13.
Zoning vote to be taken in chamber. Page
20.
One-way traffic debated in council. Page
11.
lu.:i.o fire rakas duwnuiwa building,
me 13-
Note Says Holland Is Not
Bound by Treaty.
HONOR HELD TO BE AT STAKE
Nation Cannot Betray Confi
dence, Says Reply.
DEMAND IS REHEARSED
Contention Is Advanced That
Queen Has Aot Same Interest
That Actuates Powers.
PARIS, Jan. 23. The demand of the
entente powers that Holland deliver
up to them former. Emporor William
of Germany, that he may be tried "for
a supreme offense atrainst interna
tional morality and the sanctity of
the treaties," has been refused by
Holland. In a note delivered this afternoon
to the foreign office by the Dutch
minister, Holland takes the ground
that the Dutch governniont is not a
party to tho peace treaty, which con
demned William Hohenzollern. and
that it cannot recognize as an inter
national duty the necessity to asso
ciate itsolf with "this act of high in
ternational policy of the powers."
It declares also t hat the constituent
laws of the kingdom and the tradition
of the country, always a ground for
refuge for the vanquished in interna
tional conflicts, will not permit the
government to defer to the wishes of
the entente by withdraw ing from the
former emperor the benefit of its laws
and tradition. The declaration is
made that the people of The Nether
lands cannot betray the faith of those
who have confided themselves to Hol
land's free institutions.
The Dutch minister delivered Hol
land's reply to the allied demand for
extradition of the former German em.
peror to the foreign office at 5:30
P. M.
.Note la Recounted.
Following is the reply of The
Netherlands government to the en
tente: By verbal note, dated January 15.
1920. given to the envoy of the queen
at Paris, the powers, referring to
article 227 of the treaty of Versailles,
demand that the government of Hol
land give into their hands William of
Hohenzollern. former emperor of Ger
many, so that he may be tried.
"Supporting this demand they
observe that if the former emperor
had'remained in Germany the German
government would, under the terms
of article 22 of the treaty of peace,
have been obliged to deliver him.
"In citing as premeditated viola
tions of international treaties, as
well as a systematic disregard of the
most sacred rules of the rights of
man. a number of acts 'committed
during the war by German authority,
the powers place the responsibility,
at least morally, upon the former
emperor.
"They express the opinion that Hol
land would not fulfill her Interna
tional duty if she refused to associate
herself with them within the limit or
her ability to pursue or at least not to
impede, the punishment of crimes
committed.
Holland Held Not Boand.
"They emphasize the special char
acter of their demands, which con
template not a judicial accusation but
an act of high international policy,
and they make an appeal to Holland's
respect of law and love of Justice not
to cover with her moral authority vio
lation by Germany of the essential
principles of the solidarity of the na
tions. "The queen has the" honor to ob
serve, first, that obligations which,
for Germany, could have resulted
from article 228 of the treaty of
peace, cannot serve to determine the
duty of Holland, which is not a party
to the treaty.
"The government of the queen,
moved by imprescriptible reasons,
cannot view the question raised by
the demands of the powers except
from the point of view of Its own
duty. It was absolutely unconnected
with the origin of the war and has
maintained, and not without diffi
culty, its neutrality to the end. It
finds itself, then, face to face with
facts of '-lie war in a position differ
ent from that of the powers.
"It rejects with energy all suspi
cion of wishing to cover with its sov
ereign right and its moral authority
violations of the essential principles
of the solidarity of nations: but it
cannot recognize an international
duty to associate itself with this act
of high international policy of the
powers.
"If, in the future, there should be
instituted by the society of nations
an international jurisdiction compe
tent to- judge in case of war deeds
qualified as crimes and submitted to
its jurisdiction by statute antedating
the acts committed, it would be fit
for Holland to associate herself with
the new regime.
Honor Held Involved.
"The government of the queen can
not admit in the present case any
other duty than that imposed upon
it by the laws of the kingdom and
national tradition.
"Now, neither the constituent laws
of the kingdom, which are based upon
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